Restorative Justice Practice

Social Work and Restorative Justice: Skills for Dialogue, Peacemaking, and Reconciliation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Beck, Elizabeth ^a   Wood, Andrea ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Family group conferencing; Foundational principles; Peacemaking circles; Restorative justice practices; Truth and reconciliation commissions; Victim offender dialogue

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921259120     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195394641.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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