Restorative justice has become the emerging social movement for reform in the criminal justice system over the past decade. It refers to a range of informal justice practices designed to require offenders to take responsibility for their wrong-doing and to meet the needs of affected victims and communities. This book, based on empirical research findings, investigates whether restorative justice can offer victims of crime more than the formal court-based justice system.

• 1: The Victim in Criminal Justice


• 2: Victims of Crime and the Victim Movement


• 3: The Theory and Practice of Restorative Justice


• 4: The Reintegrative Shaming Experiments: Research Design and Methodology


• 5: The Lived Experience of Victims: How Restorative Justice Worked in Canberra


• 6: Victim Satisfaction with the Restorative Alternative


• 7: Victims and Offenders: A Relational Analysis


• 8: Conclusion

Dr Heather Strang is Director of the Centre for Restorative Justice and a Fellow at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University.