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International Journal of Transitional Justice Advance Access originally published online on October 8, 2009
International Journal of Transitional Justice 2009 3(3):301-320; doi:10.1093/ijtj/ijp019
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This article appears in the following International Journal of Transitional Justice issue: Special Issue: Whose Justice? Global and Local Approaches to Transitional Justice [View the issue table of contents]

A Bottom-Up Approach to Transformative Justice in Northern Ireland

Anna Eriksson*

* Lecturer in Criminology, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, Australia. Email: Anna.Eriksson{at}arts.monash.edu.au

1This article explores community-based restorative justice projects run by political ex-prisoners and former combatants in Northern Ireland, initiatives which are dealing with everyday crime and conflict in local communities in a period of transition. It is argued that restorative justice can act as a facilitator, both for individuals within the community and between communities and the state, when violence-supporting norms are expected to be replaced by nonviolent approaches to conflict and its resolution. The article also argues for a greater role for criminological approaches to crime, punishment and justice within transitions, recognising the strengths of criminology to address underlying causes of continued violence in postconflict settings. In particular, this article investigates attempts by these initiatives to build bridges between historically estranged communities and the police, and argues for the possibility of restorative justice becoming a catalyst for transformative justice during times of rapid social change.


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