What restorative justice might learn from administrative theory |
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| Authors: | Margaret Stout Joao Salm |
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| Institution: | 1. Division of Public Administration , West Virginia University , Morgantown, WV, USA margaret.stout@mail.wvu.edu;3. Continuing Studies , Simon Fraser University , Vancouver, BC, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Two administrative ideal‐types related to competing forms of justice: retributive and restorative include ontological and epistemological foundations and associated organizational theory. The alternate understandings are coherently linked with the principles of justice informing retributive and restorative practices. Retributive justice is linked to formal organization based on instrumental rationality and individualist ontology, while restorative justice is linked to substantive organization based on ethical reasoning and relational ontology. Once constructed, ideal‐types can be used both to assess actual conditions on key characteristics as well as to make recommendations for organizational design. Therefore, conclusions are drawn about the importance of matching context to purpose, pointing toward further empirical research that will inform system design for restorative justice practices. |
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| Keywords: | restorative justice administrative theory organizational structure ideal‐types |
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