Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 3
1 An Overview 5
Why this Little Book? 7
About this revised edition 11
Restorative justice is not… 13
Restorative justice is concerned about needs and roles 20
2 Restorative Principles 28
Three pillars of restorative justice 31
The "how" and the "who" are important 35
Restorative justice aims to put things right 38
A restorative lens 43
Defining restorative justice 47
The goals of restorative justice 48
Guiding questions of restorative justice 49
Signposts of restorative justice 51
3 Restorative Practices 53
Core approaches often involve a facilitated encounter 56
Models differ in the "who" and the "how" 60
Models differ in their goals 66
A restorative continuum 69
4 Where From Here? 74
Retributive justice vs. restorative justice 75
Criminal justice vs. restorative justice 76
One vision 77
A way of life 79
Restorative justice is a river 80
Appendix I Fundamental Principles of Restorative Justice 83
Appendix II Restorative Justice in Threes 90
Appendix III Restorative Justice? What's That? 92
Appendix IV Ten Ways to Live Restoratively 95
Appendix V Restorative Justice and Peacebuilding 99
Endnotes 101
Additional Reading 105
About the Author 106
