Incorporating Feminist Theory and Insights Into a Restorative Justice Response to Sex Offenses

Sex offenses, particularly nonpenetration sex offenses and acquaintance sexual assault, are all too common. Because these crimes reinforce women’s fear of crime and restrict spatial and social freedom, it is paramount for the justice system to act affirmatively; however, it does not. This article id...

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Published in:Violence against women 2005-05, Vol.11 (5), p.693-723
Main Authors: Hopkins, C. Quince, Koss, Mary P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Arizona
Battered Women - legislation & jurisprudence
Community Networks - organization & administration
Cooperative Behavior
Crime Victims - legislation & jurisprudence
Criminal Justice
Criminal justice system
Criminal Law - legislation & jurisprudence
Criminal Psychology - legislation & jurisprudence
Domestic Violence - legislation & jurisprudence
Family Violence
Female
Feminism
Feminist perspectives
Feminist theories
Feminist Theory
Gender violence
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Middle Aged
Offenses
Program Evaluation
Responses
Restorative justice
Sex crime
Sex crimes
Sex Offenders
Sex Offenses - legislation & jurisprudence
Sexual Assault
Sexual offences
Sexual violence
Social Justice
Social Responsibility
Spouse Abuse - legislation & jurisprudence
Theory
Women
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Summary:Sex offenses, particularly nonpenetration sex offenses and acquaintance sexual assault, are all too common. Because these crimes reinforce women’s fear of crime and restrict spatial and social freedom, it is paramount for the justice system to act affirmatively; however, it does not. This article identifies several failures in the current response to these sex offenses. We describe the research demonstration project, RESTORE, operating in Pima County, Arizona, which uses a restorative justice response as a way of remedying some of those failures. Identifying central feminist insights that guided the development of that project, the article addresses concerns raised by feminists about the use of restorative justice for gendered violence. We conclude that most if not all of these concerns apply to cases of on going domestic violence—cases specifically excluded from the RESTORE program—rather than to cases of acquaintance sexual assault or nonpenetration sex offenses.
ISSN:1077-8012
1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/1077801205274570