Discourse and Diversionary Justice: An Analysis of Youth Justice Conferencing

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This book analyses the Youth Justice Conferencing Program in New South Wales, Australia. Exploring this form of diversionary justice from the perspectives of functional linguistics and performance studies, the authors combine close textual analysis with ethnographic research methodologies. They examine how participants use the discourse semantic resources available to them to achieve such outcomes as reparation for the victim, reintegration of the offender into the community, and reconciliation between the various parties. This uniquely-researched work is sure to be of interest to students and scholars of applied linguistics, sociolinguistics and discourse analysis. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxv Approaching Restorative Justice (Michele Zappavigna, JR Martin)....Pages 1-47 Conference Design: Genre and Macro-Genre (Michele Zappavigna, JR Martin)....Pages 49-127 Conference Interaction: Exchange Structure (Michele Zappavigna, JR Martin)....Pages 129-156 Expressing Feeling: Appraisal Systems (Michele Zappavigna, JR Martin)....Pages 157-197 Negotiating Feeling: The Role of Body Language (Michele Zappavigna, JR Martin)....Pages 199-243 Performing Identity: A Topological Perspective (Michele Zappavigna, JR Martin)....Pages 245-268 Ceremonial Redress: How Conferencing in Fact Achieves Its Goals (Michele Zappavigna, JR Martin)....Pages 269-301 Back Matter ....Pages 303-338