Trauma-Informed Restorative Dialogues - The Power of Community

A practical guide to implementing trauma-informed restorative dialogues in prisons, with real-life insights from victims, offenders and facilitators across Europe. It fills a gap in the restorative justice literature by demonstrating how trauma-informed principles can strengthen communities and support those affected by serious harm.

List of contents

1. Laying the Foundations, 2. Situating Restorative Dialogues in Context, 3. Exploring Restorative Dialogues through the Voices of Lived Experiences, 4. Implementing Restorative Dialogues: Reflections from Switzerland, 5. Being trauma-informed in restorative justice, 6. Delivering trauma-informed restorative dialogues, 7. Preventing and Addressing Secondary Trauma, 8. Final reflections and recommendations

About the author

Claudia Christen-Schneider is a criminologist and restorative justice practitioner, president of the Swiss RJ Forum and board member of the EFRJ. She leads restorative justice projects in Swiss prisons and is a guest lecturer at the Swiss Competence Centre in Corrections and some universities.

Summary

A practical guide to implementing trauma-informed restorative dialogues in prisons, with real-life insights from victims, offenders and facilitators across Europe. It fills a gap in the restorative justice literature by demonstrating how trauma-informed principles can strengthen communities and support those affected by serious harm.

Product details

• Authors: Claudia Christen-Schneider
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032222134
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3222213-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Contemporary Issues in Restorative Practices
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Trauma & shock, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Psychotherapy, Mental health services, Public health & preventive medicine, Trauma and shock, Legal aspects of criminology, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Penology and punishment, Prisons, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Criminal justice law, Public health and preventive medicine, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Criminology: legal aspects, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services