The Psychology of Emotion in Restorative Practice ─ How Affect Script Psychology Explains How and Why Restorative Practice Works

Current trends in counseling and psychology see forms of practice as more effective and more professional if they are explained using biomedical terms. This book is designed to do this job for professionals and students in the restorative justice field. Restorative justice usually deals with either national reconciliation after civil violence, or a rehabilitation-based system of criminal justice that includes help for both perpetrators and victims. This book focuses on the latter. It offers a biomedical explanation of restorative practice called affect script psychology. Contributors focus on how specific practices and approaches of restorative justice affect the brain in order to produce the desired results (generally defined here in terms of overcoming fear and shame, or learning responsible decision-making). The book includes both technical terms and case studies in ordinary language, and is written for professionals and general readers who may be involved in the topic. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Vernon C. Kelly, Jr. is co-founder and Chairman of the Tomkins Institute (Pennsylvania, USA), a board member of Restorative Practices International, and a psychiatrist in private practice in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA. Margaret Thorsborne is co-founder of Restorative Practices International and Managing Director of Margaret Thorsborne Associates which is based in Australia and the UK.