4. Restorative Justice in Aboriginal Communities: Origins and Early Development

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Part One: Defining the Challenges of Communities and Justice
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Deconstructing Community: The Theory and Reality of Communities in Aboriginal Restorative Justice 5
8. 2. Communities and Conflict: Offending Patterns and Over-Representation 27
9. 3. Severing the Gordian Knot: Efforts at Institutional Reform and the Rise of Restorative Approaches 57
10. Part Two: Restorative Justice: Theory and Practice in Aboriginal Communities
11. Introduction 87
12. 4. Restorative Justice in Aboriginal Communities: Origins and Early Development 91
13. 5. Providing a Context for the Challenge of Community Justice: Exploring the Implications for Restorative Initiatives in Profoundly Disordered Environments 111
14. 6. Testing the ‘Magic’: Sentencing Circles in Aboriginal Community Restorative Justice 131
15. 7. ‘Taking Responsibility’: Conferencing and Forums in Canadian Aboriginal Communities 154
16. Part Three: Completing the Circle and Advancing the Dialogue
17. Introduction 179
18. 8. The Bottom Line: What Do We Know, and How Do We Know It? 183
19. 9. Forward Thinking, Looking Back: Where Do We Go from Here in Aboriginal Community Justice? 206
20. 10. Some Concluding Comments and Thoughts 227
21. Notes 237
22. References 245
23. Index 261