Summary
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The authors recognize that, worldwide, restorative justice is in varying states of development, theoretically and operationally. They urge advocates of restorative justice to articulate and begin to implement systemic models; yet they also urge the development of small, well-designed, non-systemic prototypes of restorative interventions, in the sphere of juvenile justice in particular. To further these aims, Walgrave and Bazemore argue for restorative justice as a systemic alternative to the âjust desertsâ? model and to the treatment model of juvenile justice. They discuss the traditional background for restorative justice; notions of community and society embedded in restorative justice; and assessments of results of restorative justice practices. From all of this they outline an agenda for future research and critical examination into restorative justice theory, outcomes, limits, and strategies.
