Consultant and practitioner Liebman takes a comprehensive approach to issues ranging from bullying in schools to community reconciliation after war. Basing her observations on experience, she focuses on the practical and uses a number of case studies to describe what restorative justice is actually intended to do, and clearly defines how restorative justice works in and out of criminal justice. She gives a brief history and reviews UK legislation, then describes restorative approaches involving victims and offenders separately or together, with children and schools, with juvenile and adult offenders, in prisons, and in situations such as large-scale violence, domestic violence and sexual abuse. She addresses major issues, such as what to do when restorative justice does not work, provides a selection of research, and describes arts approaches to restorative justice. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)