Nils Christie’s concept of ‘conflicts as property’ has become axiomatic within restorative justice (RJ) as justification for victim involvement and redress, offender accountability and reintegration, and community involvement in RJ conferencing practices. In this article, we revisit the concept of conflicts as property as a theoretical premise for the use of RJ. We suggest that restorative conferencing practices used to address criminal matters in most English-speaking countries or jurisdictions evidence many of the same concerns voiced by Christie four decades ago in his critique of the ‘stealing’ of conflicts more rightly owned by victims, offenders and communities. We further argue that the institutionalisation of RJ has embedded its practices into highly unequal justice systems, with little evidence of how RJ may enable people or communities to ‘own’ conflicts in ways that do not mirror existing lines of social marginalisation and inequality.

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冲突是财产吗？重新审视恢复性司法中冲突的所有权

Nils Christie 的“冲突作为财产”的概念在恢复性司法 (RJ) 中已成为公理，作为受害者参与和补救、罪犯问责和重新融入社会以及社区参与 RJ 会议实践的理由。在本文中，我们重新审视了冲突作为财产的概念，并将其作为使用 RJ 的理论前提。我们认为，在大多数英语国家或司法管辖区用于解决刑事问题的恢复性会议实践证明了克里斯蒂 40 年前在批评“窃取”冲突时所表达的许多相同的担忧，这些冲突更应该由受害者、犯罪者和社区拥有. 我们进一步认为 RJ 的制度化已将其实践嵌入到高度不平等的司法系统中，