Applying Appreciative Inquiry Principles in the Restorative Justice ...
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<strong>Apply<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>Appreciative</strong> <strong>Inquiry</strong> <strong>Pr<strong>in</strong>ciples</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> …<br />
Antonio SANDU, Simona DAMIAN<br />
Mary Emery, Barbara Radke, Melissa Hanson and Dawn<br />
Newman use appreciative <strong>in</strong>quiry as a strategy for social plann<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong><br />
multicultural contexts (2010).<br />
The Paradigm of <strong>Restorative</strong> <strong>Justice</strong> as an <strong>Appreciative</strong><br />
Paradigm?<br />
Judy Lark<strong>in</strong>s (2004) presents <strong>the</strong> application of <strong>Appreciative</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>quiry <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> mediation process of <strong>the</strong> relationship between parents and<br />
adolescents. Alison Liebl<strong>in</strong>g, Charles Elliot, Helen Arnold, researched at<br />
<strong>the</strong> University of Cambridge Institute of Crim<strong>in</strong>ology (2001), discusses<br />
<strong>the</strong> problem of us<strong>in</strong>g appreciative <strong>in</strong>quiry <strong>in</strong> UK's prisons, and <strong>the</strong><br />
results of this experimental practice. The authors present <strong>the</strong> l<strong>in</strong>k<br />
between <strong>Appreciative</strong> <strong>Inquiry</strong> and <strong>Restorative</strong> <strong>Justice</strong>, referr<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong><br />
pr<strong>in</strong>ciples govern<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> two models. They show that appreciative<br />
<strong>in</strong>quiry is a solid <strong>the</strong>oretical foundation for transform<strong>in</strong>g research and<br />
practices <strong>in</strong> prisons. Research cited was applied on prison staff, and<br />
referred to <strong>the</strong>ir particular way of work<strong>in</strong>g with convicts.<br />
<strong>Appreciative</strong> <strong>in</strong>quiry was also used <strong>in</strong> research on restorative<br />
justice by Otmar Hagemann (2003) <strong>in</strong> Germany, <strong>in</strong> a research regard<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>the</strong> implementation frameworks of restorative justice at EU level. It<br />
proposes an analysis of <strong>the</strong> implementation of elements regard<strong>in</strong>g<br />
restorative justice <strong>in</strong> prison system, start<strong>in</strong>g from <strong>the</strong> pr<strong>in</strong>cipled<br />
<strong>in</strong>compatibility between <strong>in</strong>carceration and restorative justice philosophy.<br />
Prison policies are analyzed, propos<strong>in</strong>g renunciation of imprisonment for<br />
certa<strong>in</strong> offenses, and launch<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to a vision of "abolitionist" to it<br />
(Walgrave, 2010).<br />
<strong>Appreciative</strong> <strong>in</strong>quiry was also used by Alison Liebl<strong>in</strong>g, David<br />
Price and Charles Elliot (1999) to <strong>in</strong>vestigate <strong>the</strong> relationships between<br />
prison staff and <strong>in</strong>mates <strong>in</strong> high security prisons <strong>in</strong> Brita<strong>in</strong>. Published<br />
results refer only to <strong>the</strong> application of appreciative <strong>in</strong>quiry prison<br />
personnel, without specify<strong>in</strong>g whe<strong>the</strong>r it was done similar research on<br />
prisoners and what were <strong>the</strong> eventual results.<br />
In Romanian literature, Ecater<strong>in</strong>a Croitoru (2006) br<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong>to<br />
question <strong>the</strong> use of appreciative methods <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> practice of probation<br />
services, <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir work for social re<strong>in</strong>tegration of juveniles who have<br />
committed penalty offenses.<br />
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SANDU, A., DAMIAN, S., (2012) <strong>Apply<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>Appreciative</strong> <strong>Inquiry</strong> <strong>Pr<strong>in</strong>ciples</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Restorative</strong> <strong>Justice</strong> Field,<br />
Postmodern Open<strong>in</strong>gs, 2012, Volume 3, Issue 2, June, pp: 37-52
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