Archive for September, 2009

Creating the “other” in research, photography, justice

September 30th, 2009 – by Howard Zehr (category: Peacebuilding, Photography, Restorative Justice)

“Much of qualitative research,” writes researcher Michelle Fine, “has reproduced…a colonizing discourse of the ‘Other.’”  So also, she might have added, has photography.  So also has justice. (See “Working the Hyphens:  Reinventing Self and Other in Qualitative Research” in Denzin & Lincoln eds., Handbook of Qualitative Research, 1st Ed.) Nils Christie has spoken of this otherness as [...]

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Three justice orientations

September 7th, 2009 – by Howard Zehr (category: Restorative Justice)

Stanford Law Professor Herbert Packer has argued that two opposing justice orientations dominate U.S. policy debates: crime control vs. due process. Could a restorative justice orientation provide a “third way?” that transcends these poles? The following identifies some assumptions of each. Crime control orientation: emphasis on order and security Order is essential in society so [...]

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