Part 1 Historical and Philosophical Origins; Chapter 1 The History of Restorative Justice, Elmar G.M. Weitekamp; Chapter 2 A Restorative Lens, Howard Zehr; Chapter 3 Setting Standards for Restorative Justice, John Braithwaite; Chapter 4 Connecting Philosophy and Practice, John Braithwaite, Heather Strang; Chapter 5 Epilogue: Reconstructing Restorative Justice Philosophy, Theo Gavrielides, Vasso Artinopoulou; Part 2 Equality Matters; Chapter 6 Restorative Justice and International Human Rights, Daniel W. Van Ness; Chapter 7 Resisting Co-Optation, James Ptacek; Chapter 8 Responding to Hate Crimes through Restorative Justice Dialogue, Robert B. Coates, Mark S. Umbreit, Betty Vos; Chapter 9 Bringing Race Relations Into the Restorative Justice Debate: An Alternative and Personalized Vision of “the Other”, Theo Gavrielides; Part 3 Empirical Testing; Chapter 10 Achievements and Difficulties, T. Marshall, S. Merry; Chapter 11 ::, James Dignan, Michael Cavadino; Chapter 12 ::, Odillo Vidoni Guidoni; Chapter 13 Restoration or Renovation? Evaluating Restorative Justice Outcomes, Jaimie P. Beven, Guy Hall, Irene Froyland, Brian Steels, Dorothy Goulding; Chapter 14 A Third Voice: A Review of Empirical Research on the Psychological Outcomes of Restorative Justice, Barton Poulson; Part 4 Critiques and Pushing the Barriers; Chapter 15 Compulsory Compassion: Justice, Fellow-Feeling, and the Restorative Encounter, Annalise Acorn; Chapter 16 Victims of Restorative Governmentalities, George Pavlich; Chapter 17 Reflections on Family Violence and Restorative Justice: Addressing the Critique, Anne Hayden; Chapter 18 Restorative Justice and the Retributive Legal Context, Elizabeth E. Elliott; Chapter 19 Restorative Pain: A New Vision of Punishment, Theo Gavrielides;