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Restorative policing for the 21st century: Historical lessons for future practice

Clamp, Kerry

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Authors

KERRY CLAMP KERRY.CLAMP@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor



Contributors

Theo Gavrielides
Editor

Abstract

Restorative policing has experienced somewhat of a tumultuous journey within the international criminal justice landscape. The practice first emerged in Wagga Wagga, Australia in the early 1990s where its architects drew inspiration from both the New Zealand conferencing system and John Braithwaite’s theory of reintegrative shaming. This chapter argues that the inspiring results of that pilot project have not been replicated elsewhere and proceeds to interrogate the reasons for this. The chapter contributes to the Handbook’s objectives by making two key arguments. The first is that the operationalisation of restorative justice within contemporary policing environments, with the pressures of austerity and public accountability, naturally lends itself to quantity over quality resolutions. The second is that both the champions and evaluators of contemporary restorative policing schemes have prioritised learning from failure over success. If we return to the origins of the restorative policing model, we learn that good practice takes time, investment and community-police partnerships. Only once these internal resources are secured can true restorative policing that benefits the community take place. Limits to that realisation come from surprising quarters and raise some uncomfortable questions about the state of the field, if restorative policing was ‘allowed’ to work.

Citation

Clamp, K. (2018). Restorative policing for the 21st century: Historical lessons for future practice. In T. Gavrielides (Ed.), Routledge International Handbook of Restorative Justice. Routledge

Acceptance Date Feb 5, 2018
Online Publication Date Jul 27, 2018
Publication Date Jul 26, 2018
Deposit Date Feb 22, 2018
Publicly Available Date Jan 27, 2020
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Book Title Routledge International Handbook of Restorative Justice
Chapter Number 12
ISBN 9781472480705
Keywords restorative justice, restorative policing, conferencing, Wagga Wagga
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/909948
Publisher URL https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-International-Handbook-of-Restorative-Justice/Gavrielides/p/book/9781472480705
Additional Information This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Routledge International Handbook of Restorative Justice on July 26 2018, available online: https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-International-Handbook-of-Restorative-Justice/Gavrielides/p/book/9781472480705
Contract Date Feb 22, 2018

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