Restorative Justice: Healing the Foundations of Our Everyday Life, 2nd Edition

by Dennis B. Sullivan, Larry L. Tifft

What is restorative justice, and how should it be used to reform our society? Dennis Sullivan and Larry Tifft passionately expound a radical critique of the existing justice system and outline a needs-based restorative justice alternative. They also propose that restorative justice principles be extended far beyond the legal system, to families, schools, workplaces, neighborhoods and other societal institutions. A wide variety of examples of the needs-based approach are presented, including juvenile justice conferencing, victim-offender mediation, an inclusion school in New Jersey, and truth commissions in two dozen nations, among many others.

Genres: Law

267 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2001

About the author

Dennis B. Sullivan, Esq., LLM, CPA has over 25 years of service to individuals, families and businesses. He is a member of the AARP Legal Services Network, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, WealthCounsel, Elder Counsel, and the Massachusetts Society of CPA's. He earned a Masters in Business Administration from MIT's Sloan School of Business, a Master of Laws in Taxation from Boston University School of Law, a J.D., cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School and a B.S., summa cum laude, from Suffolk University.

Mr. Sullivan has co-authored five books on Estate, Elder Law, Asset Protection, Trust and Wealth Strategies Planning. He has also created the Successor Trustee Manual, which provides step-by-step instructions on the duties and responsibilities of being a Trustee. He has authored several articles on the tax savings, asset protection, elder law, estate planning and benefits of proactive planning, some of which have been published in Lawyer's Weekly, Boston Business Journal and community newspapers. He also provides continuing professional education courses for professional, business, and non-profit audiences.

The five books on Estate, Asset Protection, Trust and Wealth Strategies Planning include:

Generations: Planning Your Legacy
Legacy Plan: Protect and Preserve Your Estate
Living & Learning: Achieve Retirement anti-Income Security
Estate Planning Strategies: Collective Wisdom. Proven Techniques
The Senior and Boomer's Guide to Health Care Reform and Avoiding Nursing Home Poverty

Reviews

[Quin Rich · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best, most comprehensive, and most visionary theoretical articulations of restorative justice that I’ve encountered, written by two long term scholar-practitioners. In light of all the easy appeals to restorative justice as an alternative form of accountability that circulate, this book is a much needed resource for considering the careful, deep, difficult, and long-term work that actually practicing restorative justice requires.

[Chloe · Rating 4 out of 5]

"People from every walk of life are able to speak with great authority about issues of justice and yet they remain inordinately unaware of the political economic foundations on which their views on justice rest. Consequently they remain unaware of the effect their system of justice has not only on who they are and can be but also on others and who others are allowed to be and these are all issues of power."

[Jake La londe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perhaps the aim of all social work and mental health professionals. Most certainly this book is a road to inspiration to those trying to bring a humane aspect to the criminal justice system.