Social Work and Restorative Justice: Skills for Dialogue, Peacemaking, and Reconciliation

by Pamela Blume Leonard, Nancy P. Kropf, Elizabeth Beck

Book Overview

Restorative justice and social work share a number of principles and goals, as they both seek to stem violence and to address the pain associated with harm. Many of the processes used by restorative justice practitioners are based on indigenous practices that facilitate peacemaking, victim healing and reparation, and reengagement of offenders. As a method for transforming conflict, restorative justice can be viewed as a theory, a principle, a practice,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019539464X
• ISBN13: 9780195394641
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"