Special Issue: Restorative Justice & Complex Cases

by Theo Gavrielides, Reem Radhi (editor), Annalise Acorn

978-1-911634-05-8 10.13140/RG.2.2.13670.70723 ISSN (online): 2056-2985

Despite lack of formal national and international strategies for the use of restorative justice in many jurisdictions worldwide, we have witnessed a global push for further integration of restorative practices with complex crimes. For example, remarkably, the Province of Nova Scotia in Canada has developed a restorative justice programme for adults and young offenders and advocated for the use of the process in the context of serious crimes when appropriate. In Australia, the ACT’s restorative justice programme has been extended to provide support for victims of family violence and sexual assault.

The readiness and suitability of restorative justice in cases of complex and serious crimes remain largely unexplored and in-depth research is required. The identification and involvement of stakeholders is imperative. Particularly, research on the identification and involvement of stakeholders; the entitlement of stakeholders of complex and serious offences; the stage of the criminal justice system at which restorative justice processes and how sentences are distributed; the conditions at which restorative justice would be advantageous to all parties; and clarity on the consistent application of theoretical frameworks of restorative justice, among other issues, are key for further integration of restorative justice for complex and serious crimes.

Gavrielides, T. (2018). “ Restorative Justice and Complex Cases – Dispelling Myths”, Internet Journal of Restorative Justice, Special Issue Restorative Justice & Complex Cases, 978-1-911634-05-8.

Research

Acorn, A. (2018). “Healing the Will to Can Restorative Justice Restore After Hate-Crime”, Internet Journal of Restorative Justice, Special Issue Restorative Justice & Complex Cases, 978-1-911634-05-8.Barefoot, A. (2018). “Finding Justice for Black Towards a Black Feminist Praxis of Addressing Gender-Based Violence Using Restorative Justice”, Internet Journal of Restorative Justice, Special Issue Restorative Justice & Complex Cases, 978-1-911634-05-8.Bromwich, R. (2018). “Restorative Justice Processes and Complex Cases Involving Corporate Liability for Environmental Harms in Pitfalls, Problems, Promise and Potential”, Internet Journal of Restorative Justice, Special Issue Restorative Justice & Complex Cases, 978-1-911634-05-8.Devi-McGleish, Y. and Cox, D. (2018). “The use of restorative justice in large-scale financial fraud offences”, Internet Journal of Restorative Justice, Special Issue Restorative Justice & Complex Cases, 978-1-911634-05-8.Kalemi, G, Gkioka, Tsapatsari, Tzeferakos, G., Kandri, D, Psarra, M, Konstantopoulou, F, and Douzenis, A. (2018). ‘‘Victimizers or Victims?’’: A case of 27 HIV-positive sex workers victimized by the media in Greece of 2012?, Internet Journal of Restorative Justice, Special Issue Restorative Justice & Complex Cases, 978-1-911634-05-8.Radhi, R. (2018). “Restorative Justice and the ‘War on Drugs’: Application to New Legalisation Policies”, Internet Journal of Restorative Justice, Special Issue Restorative Justice & Complex Cases, 978-1-911634-05-8.Walker, L., Rodgers, K., & Umbreit, M. (2018). “What is Restorative Justice about Teen Court?”, Internet Journal of Restorative Justice, Special Issue Restorative Justice & Complex Cases, 978-1-911634-05-8.Book

Radhi, R. (2018).

253 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 18, 2024

About the author

Since 2001, I have been the Founder and Director of the IARS International Institute. I am also the Founder and co-Director of the Restorative Justice for All Institute (RJ4All).

Apart from my NGO and practical experience, I am also active in academia. I am an Adjunct Professor at the School of Criminology (Centre for Restorative Justice) of Simon Fraser University as well as a Visiting Professor at Buckinghamshire New University. I also served as a Visiting Professorial Research Fellow at Panteion University of Social & Political Science (Greece) and a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for Comparative Criminological Research (ICCCR) at Open University (UK).

I am also the Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journals:
International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare
Youth Voice Journal
Internet Journal of Restorative Justice

I have several voluntary positions such as been a Trustee of the Anne Frank Trust, an Advisory Board Member of the Institute for Diversity Research, Inclusivity, Communities and Society (IDRICS) and a Member of the Scrutiny and Involvement Panel of the Crown Prosecution Service (London).

Previously, I was the Chief Executive of Race on the Agenda, a social policy think-tank focusing on race equality. I also worked at the Ministry of Justice as the Human Rights Advisor of the Strategy Directorate. There, I led on the Human Rights Insight Project, which aimed to identify strategies that will further implement the principles underlying the Human Rights Act 1998 and improve public services. He also advised on the Ministry's Education, Information and Advice strategy.

During 2002-2004, I worked as a Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Human Rights of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) alongside Professorial Research Fellow Francesca Klug OBE.

I am also a legal counsel specialising in criminal law, human rights and EU law. I taught criminal law and common law reasoning and institutions at the University of London, and have acted as a human rights and criminal justice advisor for various chambers and policy bodies including the Independent Advisory Group of the London Criminal Justice Partnership.

I obtained a Doctorate in Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science (PhD, 2005) and a Masters in Human Rights Law from Nottingham University (LL.M in Human Rights Law, 2000). I graduated from the Faculty of Laws of the National University of Athens and practised law at Gavrielides & Co, my father's law firm. This is where my sister and my brother also work as solicitors.


I love writing and thus I have had the pleasure of publishing published on various social justice issues, restorative justice, equality and race equality, human rights and youth justice. My 2007 monograph “Restorative Justice Theory and Practice” was published by the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control affiliated with the United Nations (HEUNI) . In 2012, I edited "Rights and Restoration within Youth Justice", in 2013 I co-edited 'Reconstructing Restorative Justice Philosophy' and in 2015 'The Philosophy of Restorative Justice' both published by Ashgate (now Routledge). I also edited 'Offenders no More' by NOVA Publishers (2015) and 'Restorative Justice, The Library of Essays on Justice' (2015) by Ashgate Publishing.

I currently working on two books. My next monograph is titled 'Race, Power & Restorative Justice: The dialogue we Never Had' and it will be published in 2018 by Routledge. I am also editing 'The Routledge Handbook of Restorative Justice' due to be published in 2018.