Studies in Restorative Justice

Co-editors-in-chief: Estelle Zinsstag (Edinburgh Napier University, UK and KU Leuven, Belgium) and Tinneke Van Camp (California State University, Fresno, USA)

Studies in Restorative justice offers a unique approach to crime and victimization and a change of course from the traditional preoccupation with retribution and transgression of rules in the criminal justice system. It focuses on acknowledging and amending the hurt and injustice experienced by victims, support for offenders to promote desistance from wrongdoing, and the concerns of the society for safety and efficient conflict resolution. Essentially, restorative practices involve a facilitated, voluntary and respectful dialogue between the parties affected by crime. Many different practices have been developed that meet restorative justice requirements, including, but not limited to, victim-offender mediation, restorative conferencing, peace-making circles, and peer mediation. These practices are being utilised in response to property and violent crime, adult and youth offending, school bullying and workplace conflicts, cultural conflicts and mass victimization. This book series aspires to highlight the many accomplishments achieved through the use of restorative justice practices in response to crime and social conflict.

It is a collection of ground-breaking theoretical essays on the principles, uses and versatility of restorative justice as well as state-of-the-art empirical research into the implementation of restorative justice practices, experiences in these programmes and evaluation of their impact on victim recovery, reoffending and community capacity building. Contributors include established scholars and promising new scholars.

The chief-editors are supported by an international advisory board composed of: Ivo Aertsen (KU Leuven, Belgium), Daniel Achutti (University of La Salle, Brazil), Daniela Bolivar (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile), John Braithwaite (Australian National University, Australia), Albert Dzur (Bowling Green State University, USA), Jennifer Llewellyn (Dalhousie University, Canada), Shadd Maruna (Queen’s University Belfast, UK), Joanna Shapland (University of Sheffield, UK), Ann Skelton (University of Pretoria, South Africa), Heather Strang (University of Cambridge, UK), Lode Walgrave (KU Leuven, Belgium), Dennis Wong (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong).

The series in practice: The series is currently expanding, and we will be publishing different types of academic books, which all fit within one of the four branches described below:

Branch 1: MONOGRAPHS and EDITED COLLECTIONS (open call for proposals) 
These are original academic works for which we are seeking manuscripts. If you are interested in submitting a proposal or manuscript, please fill in the form below and send your proposal to the editors at estelle.zinsstag@kuleuven.be and vancamptinneke@csufresno.edu. All proposals deemed relevant for the series (with or without manuscripts) will go through peer-review. The final decision on acceptance will be made together with the international advisory board.

Proposal form: Click here to download the proposal form.
Author’s instructions: For more information, please click here.

The covers for this branch are paintings by Sasa Saastamoinen. Further work by this painter can be found at https://www.sasasaastamoinen.com and on Flickr.

Branch 2: ANTHOLOGY (by invitation only)
This branch aims to publish 'anthologies' of work by selected authors, who choose a number of their own publications that have shaped the discourse and debates on restorative justice. They will, within the anthology, be able to reflect on their impact on the field, on the controversies and debates that they have contributed to and how they have responded. They will also reflect on the future of restorative justice.  

The covers for this branch are original portraits by Abigail McGourlay. Further work by this painter can be found at https://www.instagram.com/mcgourlayart/.

Branch 3: TRANSLATIONS (by invitation only)
This branch will publish translations of seminal books in the field of restorative justice having originally been published in other languages than English.

The covers for this branch are paintings by Kittie Jones. Further work by this painter can be found at http://www.kittiejones.com/.

Branch 4: THE INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE by general editors Ivo Aertsen and Jennifer Llewellyn and a large group of regional editors

The International Encyclopaedia of Restorative Justice will present, for the first time, an encompassing picture of restorative justice worldwide. The origins, development, legislation and practical implementation of restorative justice will be described and critically analysed for a broad range of countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Anglo-America and Oceania, while a variety of challenges and issues related to the developments in the respective regions will be discussed comparatively. The International Encyclopaedia explores the complexity of information and analysis into six volumes that will both broaden and deepen our understanding of this innovative field of justice practices.

The covers for this branch are original paintings by Michelle Campbell. Further work by this painter can be found at https://www.chellecampbell.co.uk.

Membership discount: Individual members of the following organisations can receive a 40% discount on the listed price of the volumes published in the Studies in Restorative Justice series when ordering directly from the Publisher's web shop. For further information, please contact info@elevenpub.com.

• African Forum for Restorative Justice
• Asia-Pacific Forum for Restorative Justice
• European Forum for Restorative Justice
• Latin-American Forum for Restorative Justice
• American Society of Criminology
• Asian Criminological Society
• Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology
• European Society of Criminology
• International Institute for Restorative Practices
• International Society for Criminology
• National Association of Community and Restorative Justice USA
• Restorative Justice Council UK
• Restorative Practices International
• Individual subscribers of The International Journal of Restorative Justice (TIJRJ)