Restorative Justice for Domestic Violence

Restorative Justice for Domestic Violence

Author credibility

            Marilyn Fernandez has portrayed a high level of skills by addressing the controversial nature of restorative justice system and family violence. The author has revealed a high literacy capability through the main ideas and analysis of the agenda displayed in the book. Moreover, Marilyn Fernandez has shown her credibility through this article that assembles an immense feeling of acknowledgment that presents critical principles that cannot be compromised in the process of restoring domestic violence in society.

Methodology

            In this particular book, Marilyn Fernandez has used two data collection methods: observation and interviewing throughout the findings and analysis of the article. Several studies on the nature of restorative have are known to be conducted, which therefore means that this research cannot be classified as scientific.

Summary of the book

Over many years, the application of restorative justice with people who are believed to suffer from domestic violence is highly criticized. In this book, Marilyn Fernandez explains individual point out to the risk of re-victimizing the victim because these people usually have little choice to make prosecuting the abuse. In this context, Marilyn Fernandez defines domestic violence as adult partner violence as opposed to violence caused by other people like youngsters. Inside this context, there are two fundamental circumstances of domestic violence. The first is incidental couple violence in several events. The author explains that these circumstances are explicit occasions where things have raised with an increase in the rate of violence.

Marilyn continues in the book to explain that if restorative justice measures are properly initiated, they can help to put things in the right way and prevent the future incidence of domestic violence. The subsequent circumstance is one where violence is a piece of orderly coercive control. The author’s primary concern is for the security of unfortunate casualties, especially in a situation where power imbalance is practised, where the culprit has just employed unapproachable force regarding violence. This inconsistent circumstance additionally squeezes exploited people, who may fear the most exceedingly awful if the victim, usually the woman, do not agree with the partner’ decision during the mediation process.

In this book, the author explains the context of violence and abuse as used in different manners from the previous studies. The customary meaning of domestic violence finds wife or woman abuse and partner abuse. Marilyn elaborates that when a woman is exposed to sexual abuse and psychological torture, it is named as domestic violence. However, in circumstances where the incidence involves children, the condition is referred to as child abuse. Both in adult women and children, individuals have been battered live within an environment of fear and certainty. It is quite positive to support the idea of the author when she says that domestic violence deprives children their rightful joy because after experiencing these incidences, they live in fear of interacting with their parents and friends. The author suggests the judicial system should work in collaboration with parenting affairs to ensure the safety and security of survivors who undergo domestic violence cases.

A demonstrated in the fifth and sixth chapters of the author’s work, the book tries to establish how domestic violence survivors are served by domestic violence department. Marilyn Fernandez does explore more finding, and she particularly comes up with a great job to explain the dubious scene of the interface between restorative judgment and service to the victim. An incremental approach for healing domestic violence is fortunate and convincing, especially since it speaks to an observational way to deal with the subject that is grounded in the real accounts of survivors. The author has demonstrated a state of cautiousness and offers clear rules that illustrate the principle rules that can’t be undermined in restorative justice when dealing with a domestic violence program.

Scopes of alternatives that can enhance court procedures and bolster survivors strive after mending is advertised by the author through this book. Fernandez brings together speculations, ideas, and philosophies in restorative justice by illustrating the psychological effects of using violent voices and aggressive behaviours at home. All the while, Fernandez helps both the readers of the book ho are students, practitioners, academicians, and specialists to comprehend the problematic nature that these victims undergo every day n their lives. In the last chapter of the book, the author why victims are encouraged to report domestic violence issues to the relevant authorities which can help them to find justice through a court case. The author highlights priority victims’ safety as the way forward, which can help in balancing these issues of domestic violence and child abuse in the community.

Who should read the book?

            The author wrote this book, intending to target a general population. However, Fernandez helps both the readers of the book who including students, academician, practitioners and scholar specialists to comprehend the unbearable nature that victims undergo when these incidences face them. Also, the author target to address the implementation of measures that can help to promote justice n family violence.

Strengths in the book

Through all the chapters of the book, the author has promoted this book by incorporating brilliant ideas to address the idea of restoring justice for domestic violence. The book is well researched and arranged to portray a great artistic impression to the reader. The greatest strength witnessed in the book is the rich and detailed information that I used by the author to introduce domestic violence a community calamity that has torn many families apart. Further, the author has demonstrated safety concern in the book that should be initiated by the judicial system o ensure that protection and safety of victim serves and the as the key agenda in order to protect human rights

The book has expressed the development of new ideas, along with the support of other authors’ related work done in the past.

Weaknesses

Despite the excellent literacy work presented by the author in this article, there are questions left unanswered. How the judicial system can determine the cause of the problem, whether a man or woman in contribution to domestic violence has not been elaborated. Although the quickest way to judge goes to the man as the primary cause of conflicts of this nature, proper should be addressed to determine the precise cause of conflicts in a family for justice to be given relatively.

Date of publication

            The work of Marilyn in this book was published in the year 2010 by Lexington books. From this period to the current day, the book is approximately ten years. This does not make the book open to critiques because the findings are meant to aid in more future research work.

References

Fernandez, M. (2010). Restorative justice for domestic violence victims: An integrated approach to their hunger for healing. Lexington Books.