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Compulsory Compassion : A Critique of Restorative Justice.

Acorn, Annalise.

Compulsory Compassion : A Critique of Restorative Justice. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (222 pages) - Law and Society Series . - Law and Society Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Compulsory Compassion -- 1 The Seductive Vision of Restorative Justice: Right- Relation, Reciprocity, Healing, and Repair -- 2 "Essentially and Only a Matter of Love": Justice and the Teachableness of Universal Love -- 3 Three Precarious Pillars of Restorative Optimism -- 4 Sentimental Justice: The Unearned Emotions of Restorative Catharsis -- 5 "Lovemaking Is Justice-Making": The Idealization of Eros and the Eroticization of Justice -- 6 Compulsory Compassion: Justice, Fellow- Feeling, and the Restorative Encounter -- Epilogue: Restorative Utopias - "The Fire with Which We Must Play"? -- Notes -- References -- Index.

A multi-faceted consideration and critique of the compelling and emotionally seductive rhetoric of restorative justice.

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Restorative justice.
Law.


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