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Publications for Masahiro Suzuki

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Journal Articles

Suzuki, M and Hunt, A (2026) Reconstructing reintegration in restorative justice: A multidimensional process model, Criminal Justice Review, ISSN: 0734-0168. DOI: 10.1177/07340168261503214.

Suzuki, M (2026) Stakeholder views on the use of restorative justice for sexual violence: a mixed-methods systematic review, Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, ISSN: 1524-8380. DOI: 10.1177/15248380261497731.

Suzuki, M (2026) Explaining anti-social behavior through culture? A scoping review of the individualism-collectivism construct in criminology, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, ISSN: 0306-624X. DOI: 10.1177/0306624x261494224.

Suzuki, M, Otani, A, Sagara, S (2026) Balancing care and culpability: sentencing decisions in Japanese eldercide cases involving family caregivers, Crime and Delinquency, ISSN: 0011-1287. DOI: 10.1177/00111287261484436.

Suzuki, M and Wong, TWG (2026) Variation research on restorative justice conferencing and desistance: an extension of Hayes and Daly (2003), Contemporary Justice Review, ISSN: 1028-2580. DOI: 10.1080/10282580.2026.2704154.

Suzuki, M, Sagara, S, Otani, A (2026) Care crisis or crime? Japanese news framing of caregiver eldercide, 2000–2024, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, pp.1-20, ISSN: 0192-4036. DOI: 10.1080/01924036.2026.2694325.

Suzuki, M, Otani, A, Sagara, S (2026) Between condemnation and compassion: Sentencing narratives of eldercide by family caregivers in Japanese criminal courts, Punishment & Society, ISSN: 1462-4745. DOI: 10.1177/14624745261455041.

Suzuki, M, Sagara, S, Otani, A (2026) Caring to death: Characteristics of eldercide by family caregivers in Japan, International Criminal Justice Review, 36(4), pp.437-456, ISSN: 1057-5677. DOI: 10.1177/10575677261446940.

Suzuki, M (2026) Restorative journeys: youth offending trajectories and victim recovery following restorative justice conferencing, The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice,, 65(3), pp.321-333, ISSN: 2059-1098. DOI: 10.1111/hojo.70038.

Suzuki, M and Islam, MJ (2026) When perpetrators deny: unpacking police responses to domestic violence cases, Policing: An International Journal, pp.1-19, ISSN: 1363-951X. DOI: 10.1108/pijpsm-01-2026-0001.

Suzuki, M, Otani, A, Sagara, S (2026) When care becomes killing: exploring the motives for eldercide by family caregivers in Japan, Deviant Behavior, pp.1-19, ISSN: 0163-9625. DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2026.2647436.

Suzuki, M and Islam, MJ (2025) Police response to domestic and family violence incidents where the victim is willing to maintain the relationship with the perpetrator, Violence Against Women, ISSN: 1077-8012. DOI: 10.1177/10778012251409164.

Suzuki, M (2025) Beyond face-to-face: exploring the restorative potential of shuttle mediation, Criminology & Criminal Justice, ISSN: 1748-8958. DOI: 10.1177/17488958251400121.

Suzuki, M, Sagara, S, Yamawaki, N, Hashiba, N (2025) Research on desistance from crime in Asia: A scoping review, Asian Journal of Criminology, 21, 7, ISSN: 1871-0131. DOI: 10.1007/s11417-025-09470-4.

Suzuki, M, Price, L, McEwan, A, Lorenza, L, Bloomfield, C, Pascoe, V, Power, D, Stanton, L (2025) Young people’s justice-related concerns in regional Australia: Insights from a participatory action research project on youth-led communication on health and justice, Children and Youth Services Review, 171, 108192, ISSN: 0190-7409. DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108192.

McEwan, A, Price, L, Suzuki, M, Pascoe, V, Lorenza, L, Bloomfield, C, Power, D, Stanton, L (2025) Rural youth participation in youth justice research: Towards a rights-based approach, Youth Justice, 25(2), pp.242-261, ISSN: 1473-2254. DOI: 10.1177/14732254241310691.

George, A-J, Lowik, V, Suzuki, M, Corbett-Jarvis, N (2024) The "trauma-informed" court: specialist approaches to managing sexual offence proceedings - part 2, Journal of Judicial Administration, 33(2), pp.45-85, ISSN: 1036-7918.

Suzuki, M, Sagara, S, Yamawaki, N, Hashiba, N (2024) A path to tertiary desistance: a qualitative metasynthesis, Punishment & Society, 27(2), pp.360-379, ISSN: 1462-4745. DOI: 10.1177/14624745241264298.

Suzuki, M and Jenkins, T (2024) Redefining forgiveness in restorative justice, Criminal Justice Studies, 37(3), pp.273-289, ISSN: 1478-601X. DOI: 10.1080/1478601x.2024.2349586.

Suzuki, M (2024) Offender journeys in restorative youth justice conferencing: the overlap between restorative justice and desistance, Deviant Behavior, 46(4), pp.435-455, ISSN: 0163-9625. DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2024.2352047.

Sagara, S, Suzuki, M, Hashiba, N, Yamawaki, N, Takenaka, Y (2024) Mapping desistance research: a systematic quantitative literature review from 2011 to 2020, Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 63(3), pp.171-187, ISSN: 1050-9674. DOI: 10.1080/10509674.2024.2320437.

Wood, WR and Suzuki, M (2024) Getting to accountability in restorative justice, Victims & Offenders, 19(7), pp.1400-1423, ISSN: 1556-4886. DOI: 10.1080/15564886.2024.2333304.

Islam, MJ, Suzuki, M, Mazumder, N (2024) Promoting access to justice in Bangladesh: Towards a hybrid justice model, International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 77, 100655, ISSN: 1756-0616. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2024.100655.

Lowik, V, George, A-J, Suzuki, M, Corbett-Jarvis, N (2024) The “trauma-informed” court: specialist approaches to managing sexual offence proceedings - part 1, Journal of Judicial Administration, 33(1), pp.29-41, ISSN: 1036-7918.

Suzuki, M (2023) Victim recovery in restorative justice: A theoretical framework, Criminal Justice and Behavior, 50(12), pp.1893-1908, ISSN: 0093-8548. DOI: 10.1177/00938548231206828.

Lorenza, L, Pascoe, V, Price, L, McCartney, F, McEwan, A, Bloomfield, C, Suzuki, M, Power, D, Stanton, L (2023) No Dramas: Using applied theatre to explore youth health issues in regional Central Queensland, Australian Journal of Rural Health, 31(6), pp.1115-1125, ISSN: 1038-5282. DOI: 10.1111/ajr.13043.

Suzuki, M (2023) Revisiting the real story of restorative justice in the criminal justice system: 20 years on, Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 65(2), pp.78-96, ISSN: 1707-7753. DOI: 10.3138/cjccj.2022-0061.

Suzuki, M and Otani, A (2023) Ageing, Institutional Thoughtlessness, and Normalisation in Japan’s Prisons, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, pp.1-12, ISSN: 0192-4036. DOI: 10.1080/01924036.2023.2188236.

Islam, MJ, Suzuki, M, Mazerolle, P (2023) Police responses to intimate partner violence incidents involving children: Exploring variations in actions and concerns in an Australian jurisdiction, Child Abuse & Neglect, 147, pp.106568-106568, ISSN: 0145-2134. DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106568.

Suzuki, M and Jenkins, T (2022) Apology–forgiveness cycle in restorative justice, but how?, International Review of Victimology, 29(2), pp.259-276, ISSN: 0269-7580. DOI: 10.1177/02697580221079994.

Zakaria, E, Kamarudin, NN, Mohamad, ZS, Suzuki, M, Rathakrishnan, B, Singh, SSB, Rahman, ZA, Sabramani, V, Shaari, AH, Kamaluddin, MR (2022) The Role of Family Life and the Influence of Peer Pressure on Delinquency: Qualitative Evidence from Malaysia, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(13), pp.7846-7846, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19137846.

Suzuki, M (2022) Possibility of Sincere Apology in Restorative Justice: When and How?, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, pp.2211322-0306624, ISSN: 0306-624X. DOI: 10.1177/0306624x221132238.

Brewster, D, Mukai, T, Takahashi, Y, Takenaka, Y, Sagara, S, Suzuki, M, Aizawa, I (2022) テキストマイニングを用いた都道府県再犯防止推進計画の検討 [A study of prefectural recidivism prevention promotion plans using text mining], 実践政策学 [Practical Policy Studies], 8(2), pp.137-145, ISSN: 2189-2946. DOI: 10.69287/ppseb.8.2_137.

Suzuki, M and Yuan, X (2021) How does restorative justice work? A qualitative metasynthesis, Criminal Justice and Behavior, 48(10), pp.1347-1365, ISSN: 0093-8548. DOI: 10.1177/0093854821994622.

Suzuki, M (2020) From ‘what works’ to ‘how it works’ in research on restorative justice conferencing: the concept of readiness, The International Journal of Restorative Justice, 3(3), pp.356-373, ISSN: 2589-0891. DOI: 10.5553/ijrj.000049.

Suzuki, M and Pai, C-F (2020) Towards culture-inclusive criminology in Asia, International Annals of Criminology, 57(1-2), pp.8-24, ISSN: 0003-4452. DOI: 10.1017/cri.2020.2.

Wood, WR and Suzuki, M (2020) Are conflicts property? Re-examining the ownership of conflict in restorative justice, Social & Legal Studies, 29(6), pp.903-924, ISSN: 0964-6639. DOI: 10.1177/0964663920911166.

Suzuki, M and Jenkins, T (2020) The role of (self-)forgiveness in restorative justice: Linking restorative justice to desistance, European Journal of Criminology, 19(2), pp.202-219, ISSN: 1477-3708. DOI: 10.1177/1477370819895959.

Suzuki, M and Takeuchi, K (2019) Future of youth justice in Japan, Youth Justice, 20(3), pp.183-198, ISSN: 1473-2254. DOI: 10.1177/1473225419869988.

Suzuki, M (2019) 修復的司法研究の動向, 犯罪社会学研究, 44, pp.134-140.

Suzuki, M and Wood, WR (2018) Restorative justice conferencing as a ‘holistic’ process: Convenor perspectives, Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 28(3), pp.277-292, ISSN: 1034-5329. DOI: 10.1080/10345329.2017.12036075.

Islam, MJ, Suzuki, M, Mazumder, N, Ibrahim, N (2018) Challenges of implementing restorative justice for intimate partner violence: An Islamic perspective, Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, 37(3), pp.277-301, ISSN: 1542-6432. DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2018.1440277.

Suzuki, M, Pai, C-F, Islam, MJ (2018) Correction to: Systematic quantitative literature review on criminological theories in Asia, Asian Journal of Criminology, 13(2), pp.153-153, ISSN: 1871-0131. DOI: 10.1007/s11417-018-9264-2.

Suzuki, M, Pai, C-F, Islam, MJ (2017) Systematic quantitative literature review on criminological theories in Asia, Asian Journal of Criminology, 13(2), pp.129-151, ISSN: 1871-0131. DOI: 10.1007/s11417-017-9262-9.

Suzuki, M and Wood, WR (2017) Is restorative justice conferencing appropriate for youth offenders?, Criminology & Criminal Justice, 18(4), pp.450-467, ISSN: 1748-8958. DOI: 10.1177/1748895817722188.

Suzuki, M and Otani, A (2017) Myths of restorative features in the Japanese justice system and society: the role of apology, compensation and confession, and application of reintegrative shaming, Restorative Justice, 5(2), pp.158-177, ISSN: 2050-4721. DOI: 10.1080/20504721.2017.1339955.

Suzuki, M and Wood, WR (2017) Co-option, coercion and compromise: challenges of restorative justice in Victoria, Australia, Contemporary Justice Review, 20(2), pp.274-292, ISSN: 1028-2580. DOI: 10.1080/10282580.2017.1311194.

Suzuki, M (2017) 修復的少年司法の批判的分析ーオーストラリアを事例としてー, 罪と罰, 54(2), pp.76-90.

Suzuki, M and Hayes, H (2016) Current debates over restorative justice: concept, definition and practice, Prison Service Journal, 228, pp.4-8, ISSN: 0300-3558.

Wood, WR and Suzuki, M (2016) Four challenges in the future of restorative justice, Victims & Offenders, 11(1), pp.149-172, ISSN: 1556-4886. DOI: 10.1080/15564886.2016.1145610.

Suzuki, M and Romero-Seseña, P (Accepted for publication) Reconsidering reconciliation in restorative justice: moral, civic, and relational pathways, Psychology, Crime & Law, pp.1-22, ISSN: 1068-316X. DOI: 10.1080/1068316x.2026.2762359.



Chapters

Piggott, E and Suzuki, M (2025) Reoffending research versus desistance research in restorative justice: competing or complementary paradigms?. In Rasmussen, KB, Rosenblatt, FF, Pali, B, Zinsstag, E (ed) Handbook on Methods in Restorative Justice Research, Brill, pp.227-269, ISBN: 9789004729827. DOI: 10.1163/9789004729827_014.

Wood, W, Suzuki, M, Tauri, J (2024) Restorative Justice in Australia and New Zealand: A Faustian Bargain with the State. In G, M, I, M, B, P (ed) Restorative Justice at a Crossroads Dilemmas of Institutionalisation, Routledge, pp.11-39.

Wood, WR, Suzuki, M, Tauri, J (2023) Restorative Justice in Australia and New Zealand. In Restorative Justice at a Crossroads, Taylor & Francis, pp.11-39, DOI: 10.4324/9781003320647-2.

Wood, W, Suzuki, M, Hayes, H (2022) Restorative justice in youth and adult criminal justice. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Oxford University Press, pp.00-00, DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264079.001.0001/acrefore-9780190264079-e-658.

Wood, WR, Suzuki, M, Hayes, H, Bolitho, J (2021) Roadblocks and diverging paths for restorative justice in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. In Gavrielides, T (ed) Comparative Restorative Justice, Springer International Publishing, pp.197-221, ISBN: 9783030748739. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-74874-6_10.

Suzuki, M and Wood, W (2017) Restorative justice. In Deckert, A and Sarre, R (ed) The Palgrave Handbook of Australian and New Zealand Criminology, Crime and Justice, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp.393-406, ISBN: 9783319557472. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-55747-2_26.



Research Datasets

Gilbert, C and Suzuki, M (2026) Awareness and use of public policy organisations’ Areas of Research Interest, .



Reports

George, A-J, Lowik, V, Suzuki, M, Corbett-Jarvis, N (2023) Specialist Approaches to Managing Sexual Assault Proceedings: An Integrative Review, Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration.

Lorenza, L, Price, L, Bloomfield, C, Pascoe, V, McEwan, A, Suzuki, M (2023) No Dramas: Participatory Action Research Using Applied Theatre in Regional Queensland to Enable Youth-Led Communication on Health and Justice Priorities, Central Queensland University.

Wood, W, Jeffrey, S, Suzuki, M, Lovann, H, Piggott, E (2019) Analysis of Evidence Relating to Best-Practice in the Delivery of Restorative Justice Conferencing with Adult Offenders and Their Victims, Griffith Criminology Institute.

Wood, W, Wallis, R, Suzuki, M (2017) Surveying Victimization Experiences among Young Detainees: A Report for the Thai Ministry of Justice, Griffith Institute of Criminology.

Suzuki, M (2013) Restorative Justice in Yarra Schools Project: A Report for the Collingwood Neighbourhood Justice Centre, Neighbourhood Justice Centre.



Other

Wood, WR, Suzuki, M, Hayes, H (2022) Restorative Justice in Youth and Adult Criminal Justice, Restorative justice is an innovative justice response to crime and offending that takes many forms such as victim-offender meetings, family group conferencing and youth justice conferencing, and sentencing or peacemaking circles. While restorative practices are used in a wide variety of contexts such as schools and workplaces to respond to and resolve conflict, restorative justice practices are predominantly used within criminal and youth justice. Key goals of restorative justice include (a) meeting victim needs of participation in justice processes and redress for harms caused to them, (b) asking wrongdoers to be accountable and actively responsible for making amends to victims and other they have harmed, and (c) involving primary and community stakeholders in restorative practices that repair harms to victims, promote offender reintegration, and enhance community safety and well-being. Existing research shows that restorative justice consistently meets most of these goals better than conventional court practices. However, restorative justice also appears to work better in some cases than in others, and also faces several limitations and challenges within its use in criminal justice systems. Limitations include dependence of restorative justice on state justice apparatuses for definitions of harm, and lack of fact-finding mechanisms that render most uses of restorative justice as diversionary or postadjudicative responses to offending. Challenges include lack of agreement on the aims and goals of restorative justice theoretically and in practice, administrative dilution and co-option of restorative aims and goals within increased institutionalization in criminal justice agencies, and uncertainty about the ability of restorative justice to redress harms situated within social-structural forms of violence and oppression such as gendered violence and systemic racism. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264079.013.658.



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