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eBook Just Schools : A Whole School Approach to Restorative Justice
Authors: Belinda Hopkins and Guy Masters
Restorative justice is a dynamic and innovative way of dealing with conflict in schools, promoting understanding and healing over assigning blame or dispensing punishment. It can create an ethic of care and justice that makes schools safer and happier, not only through reducing conflict, but also in terms of developing active citizenship skills, good self-esteem, open communication and team work in students. From a teaching background herself, Belinda Hopkins is at the forefront of the development of restorative justice in the UK, and in this practical handbook she presents a whole school approach to repairing harm using a variety of means including peer mediation, healing circles and conference circles. She provides clear, practical guidance for group sessions and examines issues and ideas relating to practical skill development for facilitators. Clearly structured and with photocopiable sheets, this book is an excellent resource for teachers, school counsellors and youth workers seeking a more positive and effective way to deal with conflict in educational settings.
eBook Peer Mediation: Citizenship and Social Inclusion Revisited
Author: Hilary Cremin
Based on the author’s extensive work on peer mediation, the book provides a thorough account of theory and practice relating to an approach that can enable young people to resolve their own disputes – and those of their peers.
eBook Transforming a School Community Through Restorative Practices : Emerging Research and Opportunities
Author: Holli Vah Seliskar
Restorative practices in schools emphasize a focus on non-punitive strategies to handle student disciplinary issues within schools and can include practices such as peer mediation, conflict resolution, restorative circles enabling a respectful dialogue, reparation of harmful and/or wrongful actions, and a primary emphasis on building relationships between all members of a school community. With a movement away from harsh disciplinary policies including suspensions, expulsions, and zero tolerance policies, restorative practices encourage school community members to work together in a productive and meaningful way without the use of exclusionary discipline practices, which often result in the removal of a student from a school community. Restorative practices emphasize inclusive strategies that aim to restore a school community and provide schools with strategies to improve their school climate overall. Transforming a School Community Through Restorative Practices: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a critical scholarly resource that can provide schools with the tools needed to successfully implement a restorative approach to effect change within a school. Featuring a wide range of topics such as conflict resolution, school safety, and school community, this book is ideal for teachers, counselors, school administrators, principals, academicians, education professionals, researchers, policymakers, and students.
Articles
"Break it Up" by Adam Hochschild
This article is about a man who participated in RJ practices and now uses them at public schools.
"Making Amends"
Law Professor Martha Minow discusses restorative justice in the US justice system and within schools.
"Choosing Restorative Justice" by Kelley R. Taylor
This article examines RJ practices in several schools and library systems in the US.
"Restorative Libraries" by Stephen Jackson
This article examines RJ practices in a Chicago library system.
"Is This the Moment to Change How We Treat People Who Commit Crimes?: The Rise of Restorative Justice" by Dax-Devlon Ross
This article is about several instances of RJ in the US justice system.
"Restorative Kinship: How a Local Movement of Women of Color Transforms Family Relationships" by Jennifer E. Cossyleon
"This article illuminates how collective action shapes the kinship relationships of women of color leading a local restorative justice movement in Chicago."
"Restorative Justice Restores Power to Communities" by Ronnie Earle
This article focuses on RJ efforts in the Texas justice system, and gives an overview of RJ concepts as a whole.
"Restorative Justice 101" by Jeremy Adam Smith
This article focuses on RJ efforts in the San Francisco school system.
Historic Models of Restorative Justice
Articles
"Justice in History: An Examination of African Restorative Traditions and the Emerging Restorative Justice Paradigm" by Don John O. Omale
This article focuses on historic RJ practices throughout Africa.
"Restorative Justice, Policing, and Insurgency: Learning from Pakistan" by John Braithwaite & Ali Gohar
One section of this article covers the process of Jirga, a restorative justice practice from the Middle East.
"Seeking justice in the 21st century: Towards an intersectional politics of justice" by Kathleen Daly
One section of this article covers the historic Indigenous justice practices and examines RJ through the lens of anti-racism and feminism.
"Navajo law: Justice by Consensus" by Barb Pacholik
This news article covers the current practices of Najavo law.
"Rights, religion, and community: Approaches to violence against women in the context of globalization" by Sally Engle Merry
This article covers the current practices of Ho'oponopono, a native Hawaiian practice of community justice. The article compares this practice to Christian practices within the context of violence against women.
"Decolonizing Conflict Resolution: Addressing the Ontological Violence of Westernization" by Polly O. Walker
This article compares and contrasts various Indigenous methods of conflict resolution with Western justice practices.
"Conferencing-- A new approach for juvenile justice in Honolulu" by Loreen Walker
This article studies Indigenous Hawaiian methods of conflict resolution in Honolulu, Hawaii.
"'Wedded to the state's requirements': Restorative and community justice processes in Aotearoa/New Zealand" by Grace Gordon
"This article focuses on Aotearoa/New Zealand's restorative and community justice processes."
"Indigenous Peoples and the Globalization of Restorative Justice" by Juan Marcellus Rauri
This article focuses on Indigenous peoples experiences of increasing restorative justice processes around the world.
"Traditional Maori ways translate to a new style of justice in Britain" by Kathy Marks and Paul Peachey
This article gives an example of how traditional Maori justice practices are being adopted in Britain.
"Restorative justice: A model for social work practice with families" by Katherine van Wormer
This article gives an example of how RJ practices can be used in social work. One section of the article gives and in-depth overview of FGC, a Maori-created RJ practice.
"Crossing cultural boundaries: Implementing restorative justice in international and indigenous contexts" by Gabrielle Maxwell
This article covers the traditional Maori practice of RJ.
Restorative Justice Around the World
Articles
"DECOLONIZING LAW THROUGH RESTORATIVE JUSTICE" by Melinda Weng
This article explores RJ practices in Canada and Uganda.
"'Nobody flees from love': Brazil's alternative prisons offer a model of restorative justice" by Stephen G. Adubato
This article details how prisons in Brazil are offering a version of restorative justice.
A different kind of justice: Truth and reconciliation in South Africa by Peter Storey
This article covers justice practices in South Africa.
Families and Restorative Justice
Articles
Will You Ever Change? by Amelia Schonbeck
This article documents the use of restorative justice in domestic violence situations.
Restorative Justice for Families by Jo Bauen, Ed.D.
This article chronicles a Family and Parenting RJ group in Solano prison.
Bringing the lessons of restorative justice home
This article provides ideas and plans to use RJ techniques with family members.
Ancient Retributive Justice Practices
What is Retributive Justice? Learn about it through Britannica by clicking this link: Retributive Justice
eBook Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention
Author: Bonnie S. Fisher and Steven P. Lab
In many ways, the two fields of victimology and crime prevention have developed along parallel yet separate paths, and the literature on both has been scattered across disciplines as varied as sociology, law and criminology, public health and medicine, political science and public policy, economics, psychology and human services, and others. The Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention brings together in one authoritative resource the dispersed information and knowledge on both victimology and crime prevention. With nearly 375 entries, this two-volume set moves victimology and crime prevention one step further into recognized scholarly fields whose research informs practice and whose practice informs research. Key Features Provides users with the most authoritative and comprehensive coverage available on victimology and crime prevention Presents victimology and crime prevention as their own separate, justifiable disciplines rather than subfields within more established disciplines Discusses the status of victims within the criminal justice system, as well as topics of deterring and preventing victimization in the first place and responding to victims′ needs Offers "anchor essays" written by leading scholars in their respective fields to provide starting points for investigating the more salient victimology and crime prevention topics
eBook A Brief History of Justice
Author: David Johnston
About this book: A Brief History of Justice traces the development of the idea of justice from the ancient world until the present day, with special attention to the emergence of the modern idea of social justice. An accessible introduction to the history of ideas about justice Shows how complex ideas are anchored in ordinary intuitions about justice Traces the emergence of the idea of social justice Identifies connections as well as differences between distributive and corrective justice Offers accessible, concise introductions to the thought of several leading figures and schools of thought in the history of philosophy
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Resources on the Internet
The Restorative Justice Network: "Since 1996, the Restorative Justice Network (RJN) has created programs, advocated for systemic reform, aggregated benchmarks and best practices in prison reform, and worked to expand knowledge about restorative justice. Formerly known as the “Centre for Justice and Reconciliation,” RJN is a powerful entity that serves scholars, researchers, and practitioners in the restorative justice space through its offerings and publications." Includes information on RJ and a free, downloadable RJ handbook.
National Association of Community and Restorative Justice: "The National Association of Community and Restorative Justice is a non-profit organization that provides a professional association for educators, practitioners and others interested in restorative and community justice." Website includes free resources for the public.
International Institute for Restorative Practices: An education program for those interested in being trained in RJ. The website offers free RJ resources, including a downloadable magazine called Restorative Works.
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