RT Article
T1 Collective insights on the past, present, and future of restorative justice research
JF Criminal justice studies
VO 38
IS 2
SP 229
OP 249
A1 Sliva, Shannon M.
A1 Arms Almengor, Rochelle
A1 Purdy, Anne 1907-1987
A2 Arms Almengor, Rochelle
A2 Purdy, Anne 1907-1987
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1929300212
AB In 2022, the National Center on Restorative Justice (NCORJ) launched the Restorative Justice Research Community (RJRC) and selected a cohort of research fellows to engage in a series of dialogues about the state of restorative justice research and its future. Eight dialogues occurred over 2 years. Each was premised on pre-selected questions, supported by pivotal pieces of literature, and guided by a facilitator. This manuscript, co-written by the research fellows, documents and reflects on the key themes and tensions surfacing in their dialogues. It draws from historical artifacts of the dialogue process, including recordings and transcriptions, meeting documents, and personal notes. Emergent themes explored by the fellows include definitional tensions in the field and their effect on the progress of research, the paradoxical desire for and resistance to typologies and measurements of restorative justice processes, and the process of conducting research from a restorative paradigm. The manuscript synthesizes these conversations, identifies areas of congruence or dissonance that developed among the fellows and their broader networks, and includes reflexive observations on how the dialogues influenced the fellows’ thinking in terms of restorative justice research. It concludes with an offering of guiding inquiries to seed future research in the restorative justice field.
K1 Typologies
K1 Measurement
K1 Research
K1 Restorative practices
K1 Restorative Justice
DO 10.1080/1478601X.2025.2509051