Natasha Teresa Jolly, PhD Candidate, National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago
 
"Restorative Justice Dialogue: An Essential Guide to Research and Practice is a book that lives up to its title. For both lay reader and academic scholar alike, it serves as a much needed foundational reader on the past, present and future of restorative practices, especially interpersonal dialogic processes. Authors Mark Umbreit and Marilyn Peterson Armour draw on their manifold experience and expertise in the field, to hold a mirror up to contempo