Using the Victim Role as Both Sword and Shield
The Interactional Dynamics of Restorative Justice Sessions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2365293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Scott Kenney (Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada,, corresponding author), Don Clairmont (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 279-307 |
| Publication date | 2009-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-2416 • E-ISSN: 1552-5414 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0891241608322814 |
| OpenAlex | W2105482465 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 25 |
Recently, criminal justice professionals have advocated restorative justice as an alternative to traditional punitive practices. Extant research has not examined the strategic interpersonal dynamics between victims, offenders, supporters, and facilitators during restorative justice sessions. Our ethnographic study addresses this gap. Building on studies of emotion in reintegrative shaming, we explore how shaming emotions are dramaturgically mediated by the rhetorical use of victim roles. We suggest that this micropolitical shame management facilitates apparently meaningful outcomes, undermines them, or results in agreements based more on realpolitik than reintegration. Our data are derived from detailed field notes at 28 youth restorative justice sessions in a mid-sized Canadian city. Our findings reveal a different picture than the frequently idealized images of restorative justice, thus underscoring the need for further analysis in this important area of criminal justice
Criminal justice · Criminology · Economic Justice · Ethnography · Extant taxon · Interpersonal communication · Political science · Restorative justice · Retributive justice · Rhetorical question · Shame · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Social Psychology
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Discerning justice
A Self-Affirmation Intervention for Responsible Parties in Restorative Justice
‘So, your words weren’t twisted were they?’
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The Ripple Effect
Restorative Justice and Trauma
Good seeds, bad soil? A case study of the vital context in the restorative justice process in mainland China
Understanding shame
Moral work in victim–offender meetings
Is restorative justice conferencing appropriate for youth offenders
Rhetorical attacks on gender equality machineries in Spain
Apology–forgiveness cycle in restorative justice, but how
Illegitimate Pain
Time as Vernacular Resource
La discipline des sentiments
The self we live by
The sociology of social problems
Making good
The Managed Heart
The Effectiveness of Restorative Justice Practices
Justice From the Victim’s Perspective
Restorative Justice and the Absent Victim
Restorative Justice
Trouble at School
Victim Evaluations of Face‐to‐Face Restorative Justice Conferences
Reintegrative Shaming, Shame, and Criminal Justice
The Settlement‐Orientation vs. the Problem‐Solving Style in Custody Mediation
The Politics of Risk and Young Offenders’ Experiences of Social Exclusion and Restorative Justice
Confrontations and Compromise
Violent Offenders, Moral Selves
Inequality and the Self
Rethinking Victimization
Identity Work Among the Homeless
On Last Resorts
Victims of Crime and Labeling Theory
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,13 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |