The Praxis of Justice

Introduction 1
Brunilda Pali, Katrien Lauwaert and Stefaan Pleysier

Part I Foundations, expanded
The national, the local and the international: the persuasive levels for restorative justice and victims services 9
Joanna Shapland
Revisioning restorative justice: critique, accusation and hospitality 19
George Pavlich
Motivational interviewing and restorative justice praxis 33
John Braithwaite
Radical pragmatism: the promise of restorative justice for institutions and cities 41
Albert W. Dzur
How do we ‘walk the talk’? Some reflections on restorative justice’s (perhaps not so?) hidden values 51
Fernanda Fonseca Rosenblatt
Restorative justice and the challenge of Aristotelian anger 59
Pieter De Witte and Geertjan Zuijdwegt
Does restorative justice have a future? 73
Ezzat A. Fattah
Victimology as a phronetic social science 93
Antony Pemberton

Part II Praxis, Belgium, up close
On the border regions between research, experience, belief and commitment – Reflections on a search for restorative justice 109
Leo Van Garsse
The restorative pyramid: a framework for change towards a restorative prison 127
Johan Deklerck
Restorative justice and its adjacent fields: complementary or competing? 141
Lode Walgrave
Ivo Aertsen: a multifaceted academic 147
Kristel Beyens
The praxis of mediation or how ‘stories’ need theory to be credible 153
Kristel Buntinx
The praxis of justice: one practitioner’s perspective 159
David Gustafson
The mystic life of a mediator: mediators as reflexive practitioners 169
Kris Vanspauwen
To Ivo 173
Estelle Zinsstag

Part III European journeys
The praxis of Ivo Aertsen 179
Christa Pelikan
My long restorative journey with Ivo Aertsen 187
Dobrinka Chankova
Enhancing the role of the judiciary in restorative justice: challenges for Poland 191
Beata Czarnecka-Dzialuk
Justice, security and victims: linking theory and practice 201
Vesna Nikolić-Ristanović and Sanja Ćopić
A conversation about Ivo Aertsen 213
Renate Winter and Maia Chochua
Ivo Aertsen and the growth and development of restorative justice 219
Tim Chapman
Restorative justice: university education, theoretical and practical training for operators, raising community awareness 223
Grazia Mannozzi

Part IV Global challenges
Restorative justice and access to justice: in search of new perspectives for criminal justice in Brazil 243
Raffaella da Porciuncula Pallamolla and Daniel Achutti
Populism, reconciliation and crime victims: the case of China 257
Xiaoyu Yuan