Restorative Justice in Asia Pacific Development, Implementation and Implications

Restorative justice is an approach to understanding and managing crime that has gained popularity since the 1980s. It has not only been widely adopted in the criminal justice systems of western countries, but it also strongly influences the traditional Retributive Justice systems used throughout Asia, including jurisdictions such as Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and mainland China. It has been implemented in the fields of family disputes, juvenile justice, adult sentencing, school bullying, and prison management and has proved to be effective with empowering victims and healing other participants that in turn provide the space for offenders to help to rebuild a harmonious community and reintegrate themselves back into society. This edited volume is based on the greatly successful International Symposium on Restorative Justice, which has brought together a myriad of officials from different institutions and jurisdictions in the Asia Pacific Region who provide insights into restorative practices and solutions as well as the future direction of restorative justice throughout the region.

1. Introduction Part 1: The Development of Restorative Justice in the Greater China Region 2. Practices of Restorative Justice in Mainland China Ping Wang 3. Challenges Facing the Development of Restorative Justice in Mainland China Dennis Sing-wing Wong 4. Evaluating Restorative Justice Programs in Taiwan Lennon Chao-Chung Chang and Hsiao-fen Huang 5. The Concept and Practices of Restorative Justice in Taiwanese Aboriginal Communities Chuen-Jim Sheu Part 2: The Development of Restorative Justice in Oceania 6. Ten Years On, the Three Circle Model of Restorative Justice & Transformative Justice: A tool to combat victimization and recidivism Dot Goulding and Brian Steels 7. Initiating Restorative Justice in a Prison: Personal Journeys and undertakings Paul McMullan 8. Restorative Practices and Solutions in Asia: The challenge of producing diverse responses to various needs Brian Steels 9. Restorative Justice New Zealand Kiwiana Style: We led the world, we stumbled, on the comeback trail in more ways than one Philip Recordon Part 3: The Development of Restorative Justice in Other Countries 10. A Restorative Justice Approach for Community Conflicts in Korea Imho Bae 11. Restorative Justice: Adapting Theory to Practice in Singapore Schools Zhiming Justin Mui 12. Conclusion and remarks: The future development of Restorative Justice in Asia Pacific Region

Lennon Yao-Chung Chang is Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Social Science, City University of Hong Kong. Dennis Sing-Wing Wong is Professor at the Department of Applied Social Science, City University of Hong Kong. Brian Steels is Senior Research Fellow of Ethics, Equity and Social Justice at Curtin University, Australia.