Anne Hayden is Research Associate at the Office of the Pro Vice Chancellor, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. A Churchill Fellow, her research concerned initiatives for victims of crime (1996). She is a former practitioner who wrote the Restorative Conferencing Manual of Aotearoa New Zealand (2001). She has also carried out research in the same field through the Victoria University of Wellington. She has published in journals and edited collections on the use of restorative justice for intimate partner violence. Loraine Gelsthorpe is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, UK. She has extensive publications across a broad range of topics, but most particularly: women, crime and criminal justice, the development and operation of community penalties, and youth justice. Venezia Kingi is a research and evaluation consultant. She was a Senior Research Fellow at the Crime and Justice Research Centre at Victoria University of Wellington from its establishment in 2000 until its closure late last year. Venezia has extensive experience of research in the criminal justice area, and a comprehensive knowledge of issues relating to crime and justice and social issues in New Zealand. Allison Morris was Professor of Criminology and Director of the Institute of Criminology at Victoria University, New Zealand until she retired in 2001. She has lectured in criminology at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge and in Criminal Law and Criminology at Edinburgh University. She has carried out research on women's prison, youth justice systems, violence against women and restorative justice, and has been widely published in these fields.

This volume provides an essential update on current thinking, practice and research into the use of restorative justice in the area of family violence. It contains contemporary empirical, theoretical and practical perspectives on the use of restorative justice for intimate partner and family violence, including sexual violence and elder abuse. Whilst raising issues relating to the implications of reporting, it provides a fresh look at victims' issues as well as providing accounts of those who have participated in restorative justice processes and who have been victims of abusive relationships.

Introduction; I: Setting the Scene; 1: Living with Intimate Partner Violence: Heeni's Story 1; 2: Family Violence and the Courts; II: Violence in the Home; 3: Understanding the Prevalence of Violence against Women in New Zealand: Implications for Restorative Justice; 4: Ma Matou Ma Tatou 1 - Working Together to Change Young Lives: Where to Next with Child Protection in New Zealand?; 5: Elder Abuse and Neglect; 6: Violent Girls: A Casualty of Family Violence. 'She hits me first, then I hit her back. Can't let your mama hit you like that.'; III: The Practice of Restorative Justice in Family Violence - A Case Study; 7: Titiro Whakamuri - Looking Back: Titiro Whakamua - Looking Forward; 8: Changing Lives through Restorative Justice: A Judicial Perspective; 9: Restoring the Balance: Restorative Justice and Intimate Partner Violence; IV: Recognizing Culture in Restorative Responses to Family Violence; 10: The Promise and Possibilities of Restorative Justice as a Way of Addressing Intimate Partner Violence in England and Wales 1; 11: Restorative Practice with Family Violence; 12: A Pacific Perspective on Restorative Justice: The Power of Saying 'Sorry'; V: Restorative Justice and Family Violence - Research Findings; 13: The Use of Restorative Justice in Family Violence: The New Zealand Experience; 14: Perpetrators' and Victims' Views of Restorative Justice and Intimate Partner Violence; 15: Taking a Fresh Look: Fathers and Family Violence; 16: Sibling Sexual Abuse: Offending Patterns and Dynamics in Conferences; VI: Challenges and Opportunities; 17: Gendered Violence and Restorative Justice; 18: Reflections on Family Violence and Restorative Justice: Addressing the Critique; 19: Concluding Thoughts