Book Review: Evaluating Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
| Published date | 01 January 2004 |
| Author | Sue Moody |
| DOI | 10.1177/026975800401000310 |
| Date | 01 January 2004 |
| Subject Matter | Book Reviews |
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The
author's
argument
throughout
the
book
is
supported
by
examples
from
his
extensive
fieldwork
-
he
has
researched
restorative
justice
programmes
across
four
continents
and
is
able
to
refer
to
many
different
types
of
programmes
in
vastly
varying
environments.
There
is
much
in
this
book
for
victimologists;
Roche
covers
both
the
potential
benefits
and
risks
for
victims
in
restorative
justice
and
his
proposals
would
lead
to
a
system
where
not
only
are
victims'
voices
heard
but
their
wishes
would
be
respected
and
they
would
receive
protection
from
potential
dominance
and
oppression.
The
author
avoids
the
more
sentimental
attitude
to
victims
that
is
evident
in
some
restorative
justice
literature
and
this
only
strengthens
his
work.
Accountability
in
Restorative
Justice
succeeds
in
being
both
rigorous
and
radical;
it
acknowledges
the
many
strengths
and
limitations
of
restorative
justice
as
presently
practised
and
proposes
safeguards
that
both
preserve
the
character
of
restorative
justice
and
allow
the
processes
to
become
sufficiently
integrated
into
the
criminal
justice
system
so
that
they
can
be
made
more
widely
available.
It
is
just
unfortunate
that
the
publishers
have
priced
this
book
at
a
level
that
may
deny
it
the
readership
it
deserves
as
it
is
essential
reading
for
anyone
who
thinks
seriously
about
restorative
justice
and
how
it
can
be
extended
and
developed.
Brian
Stout,
Senior
Lecturer,
De
Montfort
University,
Leicester,
UK
EVALUATING
SERVICES
FOR
SURVIVORS
OF
DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE
AND
SEXUAL
ASSAULT
Stephanie
Riger,
Larry
Bennett,
Sharon
M.
Wasco,
Paul
A.
Schewe,
Lisa
Frohmann,
Jennifer
M.
Camacho,
Rebecca
Campbell,
Sage.
2002.
ISBN
0
7619
2352
7.
The
title
of
this
book
is
somewhat
misleading.
I
had
thought
that
the
authors
would
be
presenting
the
results
of
their
major
evaluation
of
all
state-funded
domestic
abuse
and
sexual
assault
services,
involving
80
sites
across
Illinois,
which
was
undertaken
between
1999
and
2000.
Instead,
they
focus
on
the
evaluation
process
itself,
aiming
to
provide
comprehensive
guidelines
and
field-
tested
tools
for
direct
service
evaluation
programmes.
They
draw
upon
research
intruments
and
conclusions
about
evaluation
from
their
research
but
the
results
are
somehow
kept
tantalisingly
out
of
reach
to
the
reader.
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