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By engaging families in taking charge of their affairs, restorative justice can reverse family violence. But the expansion of restorative programming into family violence is stymied by fears of setting family members at risk and heightening agency liability if harm results. How does this anthology counter these fears? In response, it provides two decades of studies documenting successes of a restorative approach with gendered and intergenerational violence. It offers feminist frameworks to explain how these successes are achieved. And finally, the author turns to cultural and religious messages from her own upbringing as a Quaker (Religious Society of Friends) to explain why a restorative approach makes lasting and just peace in homes. The aim is to encourage others to identify such principles in their own backgrounds to safely and confidently expand the use of restorative programming to safeguard children and adults in the home.

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Author:   Joan Pennell
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Volume:   9/A-3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9789004729797

ISBN 10:   9004729798
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   25 September 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents About the Series Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction: Centring Families and Cultural Networks: How Restorative Justice Reverses Family Violence  Joan Pennell  PART 1 How Does Restorative Justice Reverse Family Violence? 1 Feminist Praxis: Making Family Group Conferencing Work  Joan Pennell and Gale Burford 2 FGDM Conferencing: Resetting Narrative, Revitalizing Culture  Joan Pennell 3 Theorising Restorative Justice: Feminist Kin-Making  Joan Pennell  PART 2 Who Benefits from Restorative Justice in the Context of Family Violence? 4 Family meetings as system reform to address disproportionality and disparities  Heather Allan, Mary Elizabeth Rauktis, Joan Pennell, Lisa Merkel-Holguin and David Crampton 5 Strengthening Relationships: Children’s Participation in a Family Group Approach to Family Violence  Joan Pennell, Kristen Basque, Ruth Najenson, Paul Nixon and Sharon Inglis  PART 3 Who Sets the Original Vision of Change for Restorative Justice Programmes? 6 Family and Community Approaches to Intimate Partner Violence: Restorative Programs in the United States  Joan Pennell, Gale Burford, Erika Sasson, Hillary Packer and Emily L. Smith  PART 4 What Defines a Programme as Restorative Justice? 7 Restorative Practices and Child Welfare: Toward an Inclusive Civil Society  Joan Pennell 8 Family Group Conferencing in Child Welfare: Responsive and Regulatory Interfaces  Joan Pennell 9 Stopping Domestic Violence or Protecting Children? Contributions from Restorative Justice  Joan Pennell  PART 5 Where Can Restorative Justice Programmes Be Positioned to Respond to Family Violence? 10 Restorative Justice, Domestic Violence and the Law: A Panel Discussion  Tod Augusta-Scott, Leigh Goodmark and Joan Pennell 11 How Can the Domestic Violence Community Contribute to Safety?  Joan Pennell 12 Safety Conferencing: Toward a Coordinated and Inclusive Response to Safeguard Women and Children  Joan Pennell and Stephanie Francis  PART 6 How Can Restorative Justice Programmes Respect Both Family Culture and Human Rights? 13 Feminist Perspectives on Family Rights: Social Work and Restorative Justice Processes for Stopping Women Abuse  Joan Pennell and Mary P. Koss 14 Increasing the Cultural Responsiveness of Family Group Conferencing: Advancing Child Welfare Practice  Cheryl Waites, Mark J. Macgowan, Joan Pennell, Iris Carlton-LaNey and Marie Weil 15 Contextual Adaptation of Family Group Conferencing Model: Early Evidence from Guatemala  Jini L. Roby, Joan Pennell, Karen S. Rotabi Casares, Kelley McCreery Bunkers and Sully de Uclés

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Joan Pennell, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita at North Carolina State University. She has published extensively on restorative justice, family violence and feminist theory, including A Restorative Approach to Family Violence: Feminist Kin-making (Routledge, 2023).

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