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52 Prob. J. 310 (2005)
Juvenile Justice Reform and Restorative Justice: Building Theory and Policy from Practice

handle is hein.journals/probj52 and id is 302 raw text is: 310 Probation 52(3) Juvenile Justice Reform and Restorative Justice: Building Theory and Policy from Practice Gordon Bazemore and Mara Schiff Willan Publishing, 2005; pp 386; £45.00, hbk; £25.00, pbk ISBN 1-84392- 095-6 (hbk); 1-84392-094-8 (pbk) This new book from Florida Atlantic University seeks to promote restorative justice, and combines a passionate belief on the part of the authors with a rigorous analysis of research evidence. Readers will readily identify with a clever piece of understatement by the authors in the introduction. Referring to challenges being faced in the USA, they describe a juvenile justice system 'whose transformation in the past decade has followed a direction that must seem less than inviting to restorative justice policy and practice'. Contrasting the restorative vision with an increasingly adversarial and bureau- cratic system of justice helpfully and accurately sets the scene. The authors remind us that restorative justice is not new - and they accept as a general description of restorative justice 'every action that is primarily oriented towards doing justice by repairing the harm that has been caused by a crime'. Wide arrays of restorative practices have emerged illustrated by a comprehensive table. There are limitations on the role of criminal and juvenile justice systems in responding to crime. Communities therefore have an essential part to play because: ... young people grow up in communities - not treatment programs (sic). It is therefore families, extended families, teachers, neighbors (sic), ministers and others who provide both support and guidance in the socialization process. Citizen involvement has fundamental implications for justice professionals - a theme which is developed in several parts of the book. An essential feature of the authors' promotion of restorative justice is their focus on research linking core principles, practice, outcomes and success. How is harm repaired? How are stakeholders engaged? How is the capacity of the community to participate maximized? These points and many others are closely examined in this volume, which is the product of five years' work on the part of the authors. Their exploratory research seeks to answer the question 'what's out there?'. In particular, the authors wanted to explore in detail the nature and content of restorative confer- encing, which they describe as a 'central component of a holistic, principle-based framework that provides for a different way of responding to crime and harm of any kind wherever it occurs'. Their research leads to an acknowledgement that restorative decision-making is one of the most controversial and potentially-threat- ening innovations in operation in criminal and juvenile justice systems today. On the basis of an examination of some 773 programmes in almost every state, the authors address repairing harm, stakeholder engagement and community involvement. The publication of this book gives another welcome boost to the

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