The political rationality of restorative justice

This article investigates the political conditions that have enabled the development of restorative justice, in England and Wales, over the last 40 years. By applying a governmentality approach, it conceptualizes the emergence of restorative justice as a response to distinctive political problematic...

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Main Author: Maglione, Giuseppe (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Theoretical criminology
Year: 2019, Volume: 23, Issue: 4, Pages: 545-562
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Summary:This article investigates the political conditions that have enabled the development of restorative justice, in England and Wales, over the last 40 years. By applying a governmentality approach, it conceptualizes the emergence of restorative justice as a response to distinctive political problematics, enacted by a range of governmental technologies and driven by a combination of competing political rationalities. In so doing, the article seeks to shed light on the assemblage of ambivalent principles and values that constitute restorative justice by linking them to conflicting political contingencies. This could have implications in understanding both the fragmentary growth of restorative justice in England and Wales, and, more generally, the political roots of restorative justice policies, programmes and practices beyond the British borders.
ISSN:1461-7439
DOI:10.1177/1362480618756364