W. E. B. Du Bois Research Fellowship

摘要

This report details the activities, findings and implications for criminal justice policy and practice regarding the use of restorative justice and indigenous justice methods to address violence against women. A related interest of this project was to explore the existence of domestic and family violence in Native Hawaiian families in pre-contact Hawaii to uncover the indigenous sanctions and responses utilized by Native Hawaiians to address violence in intimate and family relationships. Major findings of this report include the paucity of empirical evidence regarding the feasibility or lack of alternative justice responses to address gender violence, as well as lack of intervention research regarding the feasibility and efficacy of indigenous and culturally derived justice strategies to address violence against women. Implications for criminal justice practice and policy center on the need for more informed dialogue and empirical research on restorative and alternative justice interventions to address crimes against women.