Foreword - Howard Zehr The Future of restorative justice - John Braithwaite PART I: RESTORATIVE JUSTICE THEORY: THE NEXT STEPS Chapter 1: Looking at the past of restorative justice: Normative reflections on its future - Carolyn Boyes-Watson Chapter 2: Pushing the theoretical boundaries of restorative justice: Non- sovereign justice in radical political and social theories - Giuseppe Maglione Chapter 3: Human rights and restorative justice - Ann Skelton Chapter 4: Beyond restorative justice: Social justice as a new objective for criminal justice - Nestor E. Courakis and Theo Gavrielides Chapter 5: Returning to indigenous traditions of peacemaking and peacekeeping: From Jirga (TDR) to restorative justice (ADR) in Pakistan - Ali Gohar Chapter 6: Finding a normative place for a recast restorative principle of peacemaking: Peacemaking and conflict responses in a threefold typology of temporal focus, level of formality and locus of conflict with an application to Shakespeare''s Romeo and Juliet - Robert E. Mackay Chapter 7: Recovery and restorative justice: Systems for generating social justice - Anna Kawalek, Michael Edwards and David Best PART II: RESTORATIVEJUSTICE PRACTICE: THE EVIDENCE Chapter 8: Victims and offenders'' perceptions and experiences of restorative justice: The evidence from London, UK - Theo Gavrielides Chapter 9: Victims and restorative justice: Bringing theory and evidence together - Arthur Hartmann Chapter 10: Restorative justice and child sexual abuse - Karen J. Terry Chapter 11: Complex cases of restorative justice after serious crime: Creating and enabling spaces for those with disability - Jane Bolitho Chapter 12: Restorative policing for the 21st century: Historical lessons for future practice - Kerry Clamp Chapter 13: Restorative justice and gender differences in intimate partner violence: The evidence - Anne Hayden Chapter 14: Evaluating the success of restorative justice conferencing: A values-based approach - Jonathan Doak and David O''Mahony Chapter 15: Introducing restorative practice in healthcare settings - Janine Carroll and Dan Reisel Chapter 16: Traffic congestion and road rage: A restorative case study to road sharing - Marian Liebmann Chapter 17: Restorative justice in universities: Case studies of what works with restorative responses to student misconduct - David R. Karp and Megan Schachter Chapter 18: Restorative justice re-entry planning for the imprisoned: An evidence-based approach to recidivism reduction - Lorenn Walker and Janet Davidson Chapter 19: Architecture and restorative justice: Designing with values and well-being in mind - Barb Toews PART III: THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE Chapter 20: Restorative interventions in Chinese communities: Cultural-specific skills and challenges - Dennis S W WONG and Wendy C.Y. Lui Chapter 21: Is changing lenses possible? The Chilean case study of integrating restorative justice into a hierarchical criminal justice system - Isabel Ximena Gonzlez Ramrez Chapter 22: Is restorative justice possible through the eyes of lay people? A Polish evidence-based case study - Anna Matczak Chapter 23: Restorative justice as a colonial project in the disempowerment of Indigenous peoples - Juan Marcellus Tauri Chapter 24: Restorative Justice and Reoffending: a "user''s guide" to the assessing the research and claims about restorative justice and recidivism - Ellie Piggott and William Wood Chapter 25: Restorative justice compared to what? - Annalise Acorn PART IV: THE FUTURE OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE Chapter 26: Restorative justice and the therapeutic tradition: Looking into the future - Gerry Johnstone Chapter 27: True representation: The implications of restorative practices for the future of democracy - Ted Wachtel Chapter 28: The best is yet to come: Unlocking the true potential of restorative practice - Terry O''Connell Chapter 29: The new generation of restorative justice - Carl Stauffer and Johonna Turner Chapter 30: Transforming powers and restorative justice - George Pavlich Chapter 31: Extending the reach of restorative justice - Martin Wright Epilogue: Restorative justice with care and responsibility - Theo Gavrielides.