Heather Strang The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia worked as a criminologist at the Australian Institute of Criminology before moving to the Australian National University in 1994. She runs the RISE experiment on restorative justice in Canberra and is a leading expert on homicide and on victimology.John Braithwaite The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia is a scholar of business regulation and criminal justice.

• Contents: Restorative justice: courts and civil society, The Hon. Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE; Reforming criminal justice: the potential of restorative justice, Allison Morris and Warren Young; Revisiting the relationship between retributive and restorative justice, Kathleen Daly ; Empowerment and retribution in criminal justice, Charles Barton ; Restorative justice: retribution, confession and shame, Seumas Miller and John Blackler; Restorative justice and reoffending, Gabrielle Maxwell and Allison Morris; Young women offenders and the challenge for restorative justice, Christine Alder; Values and restorative justice in schools, Valerie Braithwaite; Republicanism and restorative justice: an explanatory and normative connection, John Braithwaite and Philip Pettit; Restorative justice and the republican theory of criminal justice: an exercise in normative theorizing on restorative justice, Lode Walgrove; Decolonising restoration and justice in transitional cultures, Mark Findlay; Connecting philosophy and practice, John Braithwaite and Heather Strang; Index.

'The great strength of Strang and Braithwaite's book is that it digs deep...it deserves to be widely read by practitioners from police, probation, judiciary, social and education services, looking for a fresh perspective on offending behaviour and the social consequences of crime.' Charles Pollard, Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police, UK '...offers a very cogent defence of restorative justice...recommended to anyone who has an interest in and some knowledge of current issues in restorative justice.' SCOLAG 'There is much provocative food for thought here...' The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice