A Kind of Mending

Restorative Justice in the Pacific Islands

Bibliographic Data

ID5844648
AuthorsSinclair Dinnen (0000-0002-7323-3222), Anita L Jowitt, Anita Jowitt, Tess Newton (Amorepacific (South Korea)), Tess Newton Cain (0000-0002-9744-8906)
Year2010
Pages308
Publication date2010-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueA Kind of Mending (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherANU Press (PUBLISHER • AU)
DOI10.26530/oapen_459350
OpenAlexW1859022884
Open LibraryOL28360112M
ISBN9781921666834
LanguageEN
Citations received28
References cited11

With their rich traditions of conflict resolution and peacemaking, the Pacific Islands provide a fertile environment for developing new approaches to crime and conflict. Interactions between formal justice systems and informal methods of dispute resolution contain useful insights for policy makers and others interested in socially attuned resolutions to the problems of order that are found increasingly in the Pacific Islands as elsewhere. Contributors to this volume include Pacific Islanders from Vanuatu, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea including Bougainville, as well as outsiders with a longstanding interest in the region. They come from a variety of backgrounds and include criminal justice practitioners, scholars, traditional leaders and community activists. The chapters deal with conflict in a variety of contexts, from interpersonal disputes within communities to large-scale conflicts between communities. This is a book not only of stories but also of practical models that combine different traditions in creative ways and that offer the prospect of building more sustainable resolutions to crime and conflict

Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Asian studies · Criminology and law enforcement · Dispute resolution (Law) · Law · Oceania · Politics · Restorative justice

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