Research Catalog

Title

Will the circle be unbroken? : aboriginal communities, restorative justice, and the challenges of conflict and change / Jane Dickson-Gilmore and Carol La Prairie.

Author

Dickson, Jane, 1961-

Publication

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2005.

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Additional Authors

La Prairie, Carol

Description

xii, 268 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Drawing on their shared experiences working with Aboriginal communities, as well as a comprehensive review of the research in the field, authors Jane Dickson-Gilmore and Carol La Prairie engage with the theory and reality of 'community' in an Aboriginal context, constructing a detailed portrait of contemporary Aboriginal communities, both rural and urban, along with their inherent patterns of daily life, agency, conflict, and disorder. The implications of these factors for the development, implementation, and sustainability of restorative justice projects are explored, with special attention to such prominent programs as conferencing, sentencing circles, and healing circles. Noting the lack of sound evaluation of such initiatives, the authors look to Aboriginal justice reforms in other countries, comparing and contrasting restorative efforts in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States with those in Canada. The authors conclude that without greater attention to the dynamics of communities and the realities of conflict patterns and social justice, restorative justice runs the risk of becoming another instalment in a long legacy of broken promises made to Aboriginal people in Canada."--Jacket.

Subject

• Indigenous peoples > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada
• Sentences (Criminal procedure) > Canada
• Criminal justice, Administration of > Canada
• Restorative justice > Canada
• Community-based corrections > Canada
• Sentencing circles (Native peoples) > Canada
• Native peoples > Canada > Social life and customs
• Justice réparatrice > Canada
• Services correctionnels communautaires > Canada
• Autochtones > Canada > Système pénal
• Autochtones > Canada > Moeurs et coutumes

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-260) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Deconstructing community : the theory and reality of communities in aboriginal restorative justice -- 2. Communities and conflict : offending patterns and over-representation -- 3. Severing the Gordian knot : efforts at institutional reform and the rise of restorative approaches -- 4. Restorative justice in aboriginal communities : origins and early development -- 5. Providing a context for the challenge of community justice : exploring the implications for restorative initiatives in profoundly disordered environments -- 6. Testing the 'magic' : sentencing circles in Aboriginal community restorative justice -- 7. 'Taking responsibility' : conferencing and forums in Canadian aboriginal communities -- 8. The bottom line : what do we know, and how do we know it? -- 9. Forward thinking, looking back : where do we go from here in aboriginal community justice? -- 10. Some concluding comments and thoughts.

ISBN

• 0802089224
• 0802086748 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2005284365

OCLC

57697499

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library