Implementing Restorative Justice in Children's Residential Care

For politicians and policy makers, academics, researchers, and practitioners, Hayden (applied social research, U. of Portsmouth, UK) and Gough (penology, U. of Portsmouth) examine the implementation of a restorative justice approach in children's residential care homes. They review main themes in the literature on restorative justice, the rise of the concept and its uses, impacts and outcomes, and the policy context for children's care. They examine how a particular approach was implemented in 10 children's residential care homes in one local authority in the UK, problems and offending behavior in them, manager and staff views, children's and young people's views, and what impact it had. There is no index. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)