1 CONFERENCING: SETTING THE SCENE&Inge Vanfraechem and Estelle Zinsstag 1
PART Ⅰ CONFERENCING: BROADENING THE SCOPE OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE 11
2 CONFERENCING: A DEVELOPING PRACTICE OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE&Estelle Zinsstag 11
3 THE NEED FOR CLARITY ABOUT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CONFERENCES&Lode Walgrave 33
4 COMPARING CONFERENCING AND MEDIATION: SOME EVALUATION RESULTS INTERNATIONALLY&Joanna Shapland 47
5 FACILITATING RESTORATIVE CONFERENCES&Tim Chapman 65
6 CONFERENCING AND VICTIMS&Heather Strang 83
PART Ⅱ CONFERENCING: INCEPTION, CHALLENGES, AND NEWER DEVELOPMENTS 101
7 REVOLUTION, DECLINE, AND RENEWAL: RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE IN NEW ZEALAND&Ashley Shearar and Gabrielle Maxwell 101
8 CONFERENCES AND GENDERED VIOLENCE: PRACTICES, POLITICS, AND EVIDENCE&Kathleen Daly 117
9 DECENTRALIZATION AND PRIVATIZATION: THE PROMISE AND CHALLENGES OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES&Elizabeth Beck and Joan Pennell 137
10 CONFERENCING IN SOUTH AMERICA AS AN EXERCISE OF DEMOCRACY? AN EXPLORATION OF THE‘VERTICAL’ ROLE OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE&Daniela Bolivar, Leoberto Narciso Brancher, Ivan Navarro Papic, and Manyori Vega Gutierrez 153
PART Ⅲ CONFERENCING: EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES 173
11 CONFERENCING IN NORTHERN IRELAND: IMPLEMENTING RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AT THE CORE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM&Estelle Zinsstag and Tim Chapman 173
12 CONFERENCING AT THE CROSSROADS BETWEEN REHABILITATION AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE&Inge Vanfraechem, Katrien Lauwaert, and Melanie Decocq 189
13 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN THE WELFARE STATE: CONFERENCING IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES&Anna Eriksson 205
14 MOST THINGS LOOK BETTER WHEN ARRANGED IN A CIRCLE:FAMILY GROUP CONFERENCING EMPOWERS SOCIETAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS&Rob van Pagee, Jan van Lieshout, andAnnemieke Wolthuis 217
15 CONFERENCING: CONCLUDING COMMENTS&Ivo Aertsen 231
Index 243