All Outputs (15)

Creating a people-centred view of risk and restorative justice (2024)
Journal Article
Shapland, J., Buchan, J., Kirkwood, S., & Zinsstag, E. (2024). Creating a people-centred view of risk and restorative justice. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 24(5), 1047-1068. https://doi.org/10.1177/17488958241269018

We live in a risky and risk-centred world, in which we are concerned about the potential negative impact of interaction with other people. This has promoted actuarial, group-based ideas of risk assessment in relation to criminal justice. Different pa... Read More about Creating a people-centred view of risk and restorative justice.

Mitigating risk in restorative justice (2023)
Journal Article
Shapland, J., Buchan, J., Kirkwood, S., & Zinsstag, E. (2024). Mitigating risk in restorative justice. The International Journal of Restorative Justice, 7(2), 250-273. https://doi.org/10.5553/TIJRJ.000176

Sexual Violence and Restorative Justice: Addressing the Justice Gap (2022)
Book
Keenan, M., & Zinsstag, E. (2022). Sexual Violence and Restorative Justice: Addressing the Justice Gap. Oxford University Press

Concerned by the high attrition rates for sexual crime and the secondary victimization experienced by victims during their participation in the criminal justice system, this book analyses the extent to which restorative justice can address the justic... Read More about Sexual Violence and Restorative Justice: Addressing the Justice Gap.

The Good Lives Model and restorative justice: combined potential in cases of sexual violence (2022)
Journal Article
Keenan, M., Ward, T., & Zinsstag, E. (2024). The Good Lives Model and restorative justice: combined potential in cases of sexual violence. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 30(3), 292-306. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2022.2136412

This article explores the combined potential of the Good Lives Model (GLM) and restorative justice as complementary approaches to justice, healing and social integration for sexual crime victims and offenders. When the synergies in both perspectives... Read More about The Good Lives Model and restorative justice: combined potential in cases of sexual violence.

Risk and mitigation in restorative justice (2022)
Report
Shapland, J., Buchan, J., Kirkwood, S., & Zinsstag, E. (2022). Risk and mitigation in restorative justice. Edinburgh: Scottish Government

Mitigation and risk in restorative justice (2022)
Report
Shapland, J., Buchan, J., Kirkwood, S., & Zinsstag, E. (2022). Mitigation and risk in restorative justice. Scottish Government

When restorative justice meets the Good Lives Model: Contributing to a criminology of trust (2019)
Journal Article
Walgrave, L., Ward, T., & Zinsstag, E. (2021). When restorative justice meets the Good Lives Model: Contributing to a criminology of trust. European Journal of Criminology, 18(3), 444-460. https://doi.org/10.1177/1477370819854174

The Good Lives Model and restorative justice, although both innovative practices with a number of common traits, interests and aims, have been developing in parallel or even at odds with each other for a number of years. As a consequence, they have r... Read More about When restorative justice meets the Good Lives Model: Contributing to a criminology of trust.

Researching 'under the radar' practices: exploring restorative practices in sexual violence cases (2018)
Journal Article
O'Nolan, C., Zinsstag, E., & Keenan, M. (2018). Researching 'under the radar' practices: exploring restorative practices in sexual violence cases. Temida časopis o viktimizaciji, ljudskim pravima i rodu, 21(1), 107-129. https://doi.org/10.2298/TEM1801107O

Sexual violence is a pernicious social phenomenon. The limited effectiveness of traditional justice responses has resulted in a search for alternative and innovative responses. This article highlights research and presents findings regarding one such... Read More about Researching 'under the radar' practices: exploring restorative practices in sexual violence cases.

Restorative responses to sexual violence: Legal, social and therapeutic dimensions (2017)
Book
Zinsstag, E., & Keenan, M. (Eds.). (2017). Restorative responses to sexual violence: Legal, social and therapeutic dimensions. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315630595

Sexual violence, in all its forms, is a crime for which anecdotal accounts and scholarly reports suggest victims in their great majority do not receive adequate ‘justice’ or redress. The theory and practice of restorative justice is rapidly developin... Read More about Restorative responses to sexual violence: Legal, social and therapeutic dimensions.

Sexual violence and restorative practices in Belgium, Ireland and Norway: a thematic analysis of country variations (2016)
Journal Article
Keenan, M., Zinsstag, E., & O'Nolan, C. (2016). Sexual violence and restorative practices in Belgium, Ireland and Norway: a thematic analysis of country variations. Restorative Justice, 4(1), 86-114. https://doi.org/10.1080/20504721.2016.1148466

The article compares and contrasts the provision of some restorative practices in cases of sexual violence in three European countries: Belgium, Ireland and Norway. It begins by briefly outlining efforts to address the ‘justice gap’ experienced by vi... Read More about Sexual violence and restorative practices in Belgium, Ireland and Norway: a thematic analysis of country variations.

Restorative justice and sexual offenses: can 'changing lenses' be appropriate in this case too? (2014)
Journal Article
Keenan, M., & Zinsstag, E. (2014). Restorative justice and sexual offenses: can 'changing lenses' be appropriate in this case too?. Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform, 97(1), 93-106. https://doi.org/10.1515/mks-2014-970113

The use of restorative justice (RJ) for sexual violence has been the subject of on-going debate among RJ advocates, victim rights movement and feminist activists, for some time. This article will examine existing theories on restorative justice with... Read More about Restorative justice and sexual offenses: can 'changing lenses' be appropriate in this case too?.

Feminist perspectives on transitional justice: from international and criminal to alternative forms of justice (2013)
Book
Albertson Fineman, M., & Zinsstag, E. (Eds.). (2013). Feminist perspectives on transitional justice: from international and criminal to alternative forms of justice. Intersentia

Conferencing internationaal: vaker toegepast dan gedacht (2013)
Journal Article
Zinsstag, E., & Vanfraechem, I. (2013). Conferencing internationaal: vaker toegepast dan gedacht. Tijdschrift voor Herstelrecht, 4, 13-29

Conferencing is a restorative justice practice which has started developing quite consistently since the 1990s, in majority in Anglophone countries such as New Zealand, Australia, the USA, Canada or the UK and in particular with consistently promisin... Read More about Conferencing internationaal: vaker toegepast dan gedacht.

Conferencing and restorative justice: international practices and perspectives (2012)
Book
Zinsstag, E., & Vanfraechem, I. (Eds.). (2012). Conferencing and restorative justice: international practices and perspectives. Oxford University Press

Sexual violence against women in armed conflicts: standard responses and new ideas (2006)
Journal Article
Zinsstag, E. (2006). Sexual violence against women in armed conflicts: standard responses and new ideas. Social Policy and Society, 5(1), 137-148. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746405002812

This article aims to assess ways in which different justice schemes may operate together for an improved legal and political response to victims of sexual crimes in the aftermath of armed conflicts. The article will briefly present the problem of sex... Read More about Sexual violence against women in armed conflicts: standard responses and new ideas.