Evaluating Repairing Harm is a participatory action research project focused on developing a system for monitoring and evaluating Repairing Harm, a 32-week restorative justice curriculum currently implemented in three correctional institutions in central MA. Following a successful pilot evaluation, the second phase of Evaluating Repairing Harm emphasized development of a collaborative approach to ongoing evaluation, with a specific focus on one of the three institutions. A working group including Repairing Harm graduates, correctional institution administrators, the Repairing Harm director, and PI of the project Karen Ross worked to jointly design the first iteration of this evaluation, but the COVID-19 pandemic cut the project short. The 2nd phase of this project was funded by a UMASS Boston Public Service Grant.
Publications:
Ross, K. & D. Muro.** (2020). "Possibilities of Prison-Based Restorative Justice: Transformation Beyond Recidivism." Contemporary Justice Review 23(3): 291-313.
Ross, K. (2019). Pilot evaluation of “Repairing Harm.” Boston, MA: Center for Peacebuilding, Democracy & Development, UMASS Boston.
Other media:
Ross, K. (2019, September). “Promising Program Helps Rehabilitate Inmates.” Commonwealth Magazine.