Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. Current Contexts in Restorative Justice -- Seeking Justice in the 21st Century: Towards an Intersectional Politics of Justice / Kathleen Daly -- From War to Peace: Informalism, Restorative Justice and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland / Graham Ellison and Peter Shirlow -- The Agendas of the Restorative Justice Movement / Gerry Johnstone -- Crossing Cultural Boundaries: Implementing Restorative Justice in International and Indigenous Contexts / Gabrielle Maxwell -- Pt. II. Evaluating Restorative Programming -- Evaluation of a Restorative Milieu: Restorative Practices in Context / Paul McCold -- Faith-Based Mentoring and Restorative Justice: Overlapping Theoretical, Empirical, and Philosophical Background / Ronald L. Akers, Jodi Lane and Lonn Lanza-Kaduce -- Localizing Restorative Justice: An In-Depth Look at a Denver Public School Program / Wesley G. Jennings, Angela R. Gover and Diane M. Hitchcock -- Restorative Justice and Youth Courts: A New Approach to Delinquency Prevention / Holly Ventura Miller -- Pt. III. New Directions for Restorative Justice -- Power, Profit, and Pluralism: New Avenues for Research on Restorative Justice and White-Collar Crime / Nicole Leeper Piquero, Stephen K. Rice and Alex R. Piquero -- Challenging Cultures of Violence Through Community Restorative Justice in Northern Ireland / Anna Eriksson -- Getting Beyond the Liberal Feel-Good: Toward an Accountability-Based Theoretical Research Program for Restorative Justice / J. Mitchell Miller, Christopher L. Gibson and John Byrd.