Allison Morris was formerly Professor of Criminology at the Victoria University,Wellington, New Zealand.
Gabrielle Maxwell is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Criminology at Victoria University in New Zealand.

Internationally,there is now an acceptance of the need to develop new strategies in criminal justice which reflect restorative justice principles. At the same time, theory, research and practice in restorative justice is making rapid advances. This book provides an up to date and critical account of recent developments. It describes the practice of restorative justice with respect to young offenders in a number of jurisdictions - Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, South Africa, the United States and various continental European countries. Research findings on the three most common formats - conferencing, victims offender mediation and circles - are presented. Critical issues for the future development of restorative justice are identified. Two main themes run through the collection - the potential of restorative processes to transform criminal justice processes and the potential for aboriginal or indigenous communities to impact on conventional processes. Contributors include active researchers and leading theorists from around the world.

PART 1 SETTING THE SCENE
Chapter 1: Introducing Restorative Justice
Daniel Van Ness, Allison Morris and Gabrielle Maxwell
Chapter 2: On Restoration and Punishment: Favourable Similarities and Fortunate Differences
Lode Walgrave
PART 2 DESCRIBING RESTORATIVE PRACTICE
Chapter 3: Primary Restorative Justice Practices
Paul McCold
Chapter 4: Conferencing in Australia and New Zealand: Variations, Research Findings and Prospects
Kathleen Daly
Chapter 5: Restorative Justice and Family Group Conferences in England: Current State and Future Prospects
Jim Dignan and Peter Marsh
Chapter 6: Conferencing in South Africa: Returning to Our Future
Ann Skelton and Cheryl Frank
Chapter 7: Victim Impact of Meeting with Young Offenders: Two Decades of Victim Offender Mediation Practice and Research
Mark S Umbreit, Robert B Coates and Betty Vos
Chapter 8: Mediation in Europe: Paradoxes, Problems and Promises
Elmar G M Weitekamp
Chapter 9: Circle Sentencing: Part of the Restorative Justice Continuum
Heino Lilles
PART 3 CRITICAL ISSUES IN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
Chapter 10: Justice for Victims of Young Offenders: The Centrality of Emotional Harm and Restoration
Heather Strang
Chapter 11: Just Cops Doing "Shameful" Business? Police-led Restorative Justice and the Lessons of Research
Richard Young
Chapter 12: Aboriginal Youth and Restorative Justice: Critical Notes from the Australian Frontier
Harry Blagg
Chapter 13: Family Group Conferences and Reoffending
Gabrielle Maxwell and Allison Morris
PART 4 WHAT NEXT FOR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE?
Chapter 14: Implementing Restorative Justice: What Works?
Allison Morris and Gabrielle Maxwell