Type:		Book, Whole
Title:		Changing Lenses: A New Focus for Crime and Justice
Author(s):		Zehr, H.
Date:		2005
Abstract:		First published in 1990, Howard Zehr's exposition of restorative justice was one of the first books to present the concept and practice as an alternative to the retributive justice model assumed by Western judicial systems. Zehr, who is a professor of sociology and co-director of the Conflict Transformation Program at Eastern Mennonite University, explains in this third edition of the book that "because my horizons have expanded rather than developed in different directions, I have made no changes in the text [from the 1995 second edition]." Instead, Zehr has added a lengthy new afterword and a new nine-page bibliographic essay highlighting recent and foundational works. In the afterword, Zehr details six themes he would address, or address more thoroughly, were he writing the book today. These themes include community representation and stakeholder issues; the psychology of criminal shame; the significance of the values of respect, humility and wonder that undergird restorative justice; and examples of new practices, such as defense based victim outreach. Zehr also discusses the "commonalities and mutual interests" between restorative and retributive justice models.
City of Publication:		Scottdale, PA
Publisher:		Herald Press
Link:		http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Changing+Lenses%3A+A+New+Focus+for+Crime+and+Justice.-a0202802709