Includes bibliographical references and index.

Towards restoration as the mainstream in youth justice / Lode Walgrave -- Restorative justice in schools / Brenda Morrison -- Achieving effective outcomes in youth justice : implications of new research for principles, policy and practice / Gabrielle Maxwell -- The Canadian Youth Criminal Justice Act and restorative justice / Serge Charbonneau -- Aboriginal justice and restorative justice / Jonathan Rudin -- indigenous youth and the criminal justice system in Australia / John Boersig -- Gladue was a woman : the importance of gender in restorative based sentencing / Josephine Savarese -- A tale of two studies : restorative justice from a victims' perspective / Kathleen Daly -- Restorative justice : a healing approach to elder abuse / Arlene Groh -- Exploring treatment and trauma recovery implications of facilitating victim offender encounters in crimes of severe violence : lessons from the Canadian experience / David Gustafson -- The involvement of insurance companies in restorative processes / Melissa Oullette -- Penetrating the walls : implementing a system-wide restorative justice approach in the justice system / Don Clairmont -- Restorative justice in cases of serious crime : an evaluation / Tanya Rugge and Robert Cormier -- Evaluating conferencing for serious juvenile offenders / Inge Vanfraechem -- Evaluation and restorative justice principles / Howard Zehr.