Part I: Restorative Justice: Origins, Nature and Promises: Conditions of successful reintegration ceremonies: dealing with juvenile offenders, John Braithwaite and Stephen Mugford; Conflicts as property, Nils Christie; Juvenile justice in New Zealand: a new paradigm, Allison Morris and Gabrielle M. Maxwell; Fundamental concepts of restorative justice, Howard Zehr and Harry Mika. Part II: Restorative Perspectives: Restorative justice - the real story, Kathleen Daly; Reconsidering restorative justice: the corruption of benevolence revisited?, Sharon Levrant, Francis T. Cullen, Betsy Fulton and John F. Wozniak; New wine and old wineskins: four challenges of restorative justice, Daniel W. Van Ness; Restorative police cautioning in Aylesbury from degrading to reintegrative shaming ceremonies?, Richard Young and Benjamin Goold. Part III: Juridical Perspectives: Responsibilities, rights and restorative justice, Andrew Ashworth; The use of mediation to resolve criminal cases: a procedural critique, Jennifer Gerarda Brown; Prosecuting violence: a colloquy on race, community and justice. Goodbye to Hammurabi: analyzing the atavistic appeal of restorative justice, Richard Delgado; Reparation and retribution: are they reconcilable?, Lucia Zedner.

Part IV: Race and Gender Perspectives: A just measure of shame? Aboriginal youth and conferencing in Australia, Harry Blagg; Community conferencing and the fiction of indigenous control, Chris Cunneen; Domestic violence and the restorative justice initiatives: the risks of a New Panacea, Stephen Hooper and Ruth Busch; Restorative justice: the challenge of sexual and racial violence, Barbara Hudson. Part V: Social Justice Perspectives: Conservative conflict and the reproduction of capitalism: the role of informal justice, Richard L. Abel; Truth, reconciliation and justice: the South African experience in perspective, Kader Asmal; Youth development circles, John Braithwaite; Punishment and the changing face of the governance, Clifford Shearing; Name index.