This book critically examines justice responses to non-recent institutional abuses in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It brings together the voices of survivors, lawyers, academics, media, churches, and state actors, proposing a new justice approach that bridges accountability gaps and improves outcomes for victims and survivors.

Part I. Framing Justice Responses to Non-Recent Institutional Abuses 1: Introduction 2: Historical and Cultural Contexts of Non-Recent Institutional Abuses on the Island of Ireland 3: Victim/Survivors of Non-Recent Institutional Abuses Part II. Justice Responses to Non-Recent Institutional Abuses 4: Conventional Justice Responses 5: Inquiries 6: Reparations 7: Apologies Part III. Towards Transforming Justice 8: Restorative, Transitional, and Transformative Justice 9: Re-Imagining Justice Approaches to Non-Recent Institutional Abuses 10: Conclusion

Anne-Marie McAlinden is a full Professor of Law and Criminal Justice at the School of Law, Queen's University Belfast. She is the author/editor of five books and over 70 articles/book chapters and reports on legal responses to sexual offending and the dynamics of abuse, including in institutional contexts. Her research has been supported by awards from the ESRC, AHRC, the British Academy and NOTA. She has provided advice to governments nationally and internationally on institutional abuses and has been interviewed by international media including The New York Times and The Economist. She was conferred as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Science in 2023. Marie Keenan is an Associate Professor, at the School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, University College Dublin. She is the author/editor of five books including Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church (OUP 2012) and Sexual Violence and Restorative Justice: Addressing the Justice Gap (with E. Zinsstag) (OUP 2022). She has held several high-level appointments nationally and internationally and is currently a member of the Advisory Group on Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment in Higher Education Institutions in Ireland. She is an accredited psychotherapist, restorative justice practitioner, registered social worker and regular media contributor. James Gallen is an Associate Professor at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University. His first monograph Transitional Justice and the Historical Abuses of Church and State was published by Cambridge University Press in 2023. He was appointed by the Irish government to advise on a transitional justice approach to the issue of Mother and Baby Homes and to the selection panel for the Collaborative Forum to enable victim/survivor engagement with government. He is co-editor of the Irish Yearbook of International Law. He was co-investigator on the AHRC funded project "Reparations, Responsibility, and Victimhood in Transitional Societies".

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence Uses extensive empirical research, including in-depth interviews with a range of stakeholders including victim/survivors, legal professionals, media, academics, and church and state actors Provides a detailed evaluation of a range of justice processes including prosecutions, civil litigation, inquiries/investigations, redress, and apologies Makes proposals for innovative justice solutions related to non-recent institutional abuses, including restorative, transitional, and transformative justice philosophies and approaches, to improve outcomes and experiences for survivors