Contents: Introduction. Part I Historical and Philosophical Origins: The history of restorative justice, Elmar G.M. Weitekamp; A restorative lens, Howard Zehr; Setting standards for restorative justice, John Braithwaite; Connecting philosophy and practice, John Braithwaite and Heather Strang; Epilogue: reconstructing restorative justice philosophy, Theo Gavrielides and Vasso Artinopoulou. Part II Equality Matters: Restorative justice and international human rights, Daniel W. Van Ness; Resisting co-optation: three feminist challenges to antiviolence work, James Ptacek; Responding to hate crimes through restorative justice dialogue, Robert B. Coates, Mark S. Umbreit and Betty Vos; Bringing race relations into the restorative justice debate: an alternative and personalized vision of 'the other', Theo Gavrielides.

Part III Empirical Testing: Achievements and difficulties, T. Marshall and S. Merry; Towards a framework for conceptualising and evaluating models of criminal justice from a victim's perspective, James Dignan and Michael Cavadino; The ambivalences of restorative justice: some reflections on an Italian prison project, Odillo Vidoni Guidoni; Restoration or renovation? Evaluating restorative justice outcomes, Jaimie P. Beven, Guy Hall, Irene Froyland, Brian Steels and Dorothy Goulding; A third voice: a review of empirical research on the psychological outcomes of restorative justice, Barton Poulson. Part IV Critiques and Pushing the Barriers: Compulsory compassion: justice, fellow-feeling, and the restorative encounter, Annalise Acorn; Victims of restorative governmentalities, George Pavlich; Reflections on family violence and restorative justice: addressing the critique, Anne Hayden; Restorative justice and the retributive legal context, Elizabeth E. Elliott; Restorative pain: a new vision of punishment, Theo Gavrielides. Name Index.