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Author Acorn, Annalise E

Title Compulsory compassion : a critique of restorative justice / Annalise Acorn
Published Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 207 pages)
Series Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
Contents The seductive vision of restorative justice: right-relation, reciprocity, healing, and repair -- "Essentially and only a matter of love": justice and the teachableness of universal love -- Three precarious pillars of restorative optimism -- Sentimental justice: the unearned emotions of restorative catharsis -- "Lovemaking is justice-making": the idealization of eros and the eroticization of justice -- Compulsory compassion: justice, fellow-feeling, and the restorative encounter -- Epilogue: Restorative utopias--"the fire with which we must play"?
Summary "In Compulsory Compassion, Annalise Acorn, a one-time advocate for restorative justice, deconstructs the rhetoric of the restorative movement. Drawing from diverse legal, literary, philosophical, and autobiographical sources, she questions the fundamental assumptions behind that rhetoric: that we can trust wrongdoers' performances of contrition; that healing lies in a respectful, face-to-face encounter between victim and offender; and that the restorative idea of right-relation holds the key to a reconciliation of justice and accountability on the one hand, with love and compassion on the other."--Jacket
Notes Limited edition of 400 copies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Restorative justice.
Law.
LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
Law
Restorative justice
Strafrechtstheorie
Strafrechtspleging.
Slachtoffers.
Daders.
Conflictmanagement.
Bemiddeling.
Rättsfilosofi.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780774850902
0774850906
9780774854139
0774854138