The International Journal of Restorative Justice: new horizons for independent research and development

Estelle Zinsstag, Ivo Aertsen, Lode Walgrave, Fernanda Fonseca Rosenblatt and Stephan Parmentier and international spaces are needed, and a journal can offer such an intermediate space for ongoing exchange and support to a field or to ideas. For restorative justice, researchers all over the world contribute, critically and constructively, conceptually and practically, to the development of a much-needed innovative approach to crime and criminal justice. We therefore present this new journal, following in the footsteps of Restorative Justice: An International Journal and its many achievements over the last five years. This editorial offers some explanations for the creation of a new journal.