Restorative Justice: Promoting Peace and Wellbeing

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This timely collection of chapters written by international experts bridges the gap between peace psychology and restorative justice. The Editors combined their respective fields of expertise to start a much-needed debate on the potential but also risks that are associated when implementing restorative justice in the peace psychology field. The volume highlights how psychological theory and research can inform and evaluate the potential of restorative practices in formal and informal educational settings as well as the criminal justice space. The chapters cover both negative and positive peace across levels while introducing the reader to various case studies from across the world.

All in all, the book explores how restorative justice can promote positive peace through its connection fostering dialogue, empathy, forgiveness, and other key psychological elements of peace.

Table of contents

Series Editor’s Preface: Christie, Daniel J.

Editors’ Preface: Theo Gavrielides and Gabriel Velez

Note on Contributors

Introduction: Restorative justice and psychology for peace – Theo Gavrielides and Gabriel Velez

Part I: Restorative justice and peace psychology in relation to educational settings

Chapter 1: Diverse Approaches for Implementing Restorative Practices in Schools – Jamee Carroll, Astrida Kaugars and John Grych

Chapter 2: Taking a Developmental Perspective on Restorative Justice in Schools – Holly Recchia, Cecilia Wainryb and Laura Pareja Conto

Chapter 3: Developing Youth Peacebuilders: The Potential of School-Based Restorative Justice in the USA – Gabriel Velez and Antonio Butler

Chapter 4: Transforming School Climate and Student Discipline: The Restorative Justice Promise for Peace – Allison Ann Payne & Kelly Welch

Chapter 5: Developing a More Restorative Pedagogy: Aligning Restorative Justice Teaching with Restorative Justice Principles- Mikhail Lyubansky

Chapter 6: Pedagogy of Transcendence: A Framework for Positive Peace and Restorative Justice in Education – Gwynn Alexander, Antonio Luque and David Karp

Part II: Restorative justice and peace psychology in relation to criminal justice

Chapter 7: Peacebuilding and Systemic Change for Survivors of Sexual Violence and Exploitation: LOTUS’s Untold Stories – Rachel Monaco and Emily Nolan

Chapter 8: Creating Peace by Restoring Relationships for Hawai‘i’s Imprisoned Women with Cooperative Learning and Restorative Justice – Lorenn Walker, Hannah Humphreys & Leela Bilmes Goldstein

Chapter 9: Coping and Resilience Through Peace Psychology and Restorative Justice – Thomas Toscano

Chapter 10: The Untreated Wounds of Crime Victims in Tanzania: A Psychological Consideration – Julena Gabagambi

Epilogue: Gabriel Velez and Theo Gavrielides

About the Editors

Index
Editors

Velez, Gabriel

Gavrielides, Theo