Moral work in victim–offender meetings
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12900328 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Birkbeck (0000-0002-1690-9708, University of Salford, corresponding author), Greg Smith (0000-0002-1886-5550, University of Salford) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 59-78 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Criminology & Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-8958 • E-ISSN: 1748-8966 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/17488958221095976 |
| OpenAlex | W4280624224 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 39 |
Although many studies of restorative justice touch on its moral dimensions, they provide a rather fragmentary view of the moral work that takes place in meetings between victims and offenders. We treat moral work as a discursive phenomenon that emerges through the evaluative rendering of character and behaviour in extended sequences of talk. Using transcripts from four victim–offender meetings, we explore how participants work within the structural constraints of the script to develop or resist particular moral conceptions of the incident, themselves and each other. We identify the significant role of the facilitator in the construction of narratives and reflections by the offender and victim, and find that ambivalence, selective attention and persuasion all appear to be necessary for achieving the moral work implied by the script
Ambivalence · Criminology · Epistemology · Facilitator · Moral character · Moral disengagement · Narrative · Persuasion · Phenomenon · Restorative justice · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology
Making Amends
Moral Repair
Talk in Action
Forgiveness and Restorative Justice
Discourse and Diversionary Justice
Crime, Shame and Reintegration
Users in uses of language
Understanding ‘Back Stage’ and ‘Front Stage’ Work in Restorative Justice Conferences
Understanding shame
Staging restorative justice encounters against a criminal justice backdrop
Moral emotions in restorative justice conferences
Practice and Paradox
Complaints About Transgressions and Misconduct
Introduction
The Many Forms and Facets of Morality in Dialogue
Victim−offender mediation in Sweden
I Just Wanted Him to Hear Me’
Moral Communication in Modern Societies
Victim Evaluations of Face‐to‐Face Restorative Justice Conferences
Emotions and Interaction Ritual
Assisted storytelling
The interactional dynamics of scaling and contrast in accounts of interpersonal conflict
On the Sequential Organization of Troubles-Talk in Ordinary Conversation
Using the Victim Role as Both Sword and Shield
The Micropolitics of Victim-Offender Mediation
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |