A teacher shares how restorative justice practices transformed a troubled student’s behavior and helped foster a more inclusive classroom.| The Educators Room
What is restorative justice, and how can it be implemented in schools?| Education Week
Shane Safir, Jen Adkins, Timothy Hilton, Crystal T. Laura, and Mark Katz share their commentaries on applying restorative practices in schools.| Education Week
From supporting victims of crime to cope and recover, to helping perpetrators to lead pro-social lives, Restorative Justice has proven to be a valuable tool – one that extends beyond traditional approaches – in helping people move forward. This Restorative Justice (RJ) Week, (17th – 23rd November 2024), we explore how we’re implementing RJ across […]| Catch22
by Sarena Ulibarri The concept of heaven has never made much sense to me, though I certainly understand the appeal. It is profoundly comforting to those grieving a loved one to imagine them finally at peace in a celestial utopia, and envisioning the same for ourselves can allay end-of-life fears. One of the primary roles […]| Solarpunk Station
We are blessed in Canberra’s universities with the leadership of a new generation of restorative justice leaders who are richly experienced health and welfare professionals. Mary Ivec, who has a professional background as a social worker, was last month elected by the Canberra Restorative Community Network to be its first Convenor. This was [...] The post Mary Ivec, Holly Northam, Restorative Health and Indigenous Yarning Circles appeared first on John Braithwaite.| John Braithwaite
There is a growing problem of ‘rape culture’ on the campus of the Australian National University. There have been new dimensions of this problem in recent years such as a Facebook group titled ‘ANU Stalkerspace’ which has been the particularly public host of some unpleasant public discussion about women and minorities. The Rape Crisis Centre [...] The post Codie Bell’s quest to transform universities appeared first on John Braithwaite.| John Braithwaite
Lorenn Walker Hawai’i Friends of Restorative Justice, (HFRJ) was incorporated in 1980 to provide juvenile diversion. Since 1995 it has promoted public health solutions to build community in response to injustice and crime by developing, testing, and training others on pilot restorative interventions in a variety of areas. It has an inspiring [...] The post Our Hawai’i Friends of Restorative Justice appeared first on John Braithwaite.| John Braithwaite
Kerry Clamp’s final chapter of her new volume, Restorative Justice in Transitional Settings , is about a transformative vision for restorative justice as a response to mass victimisation. One way I have argued for transitional justice to become more transformative is for it to become less transitional. In her recent writing, Kerry Clamp has also [...] The post Learning to Scale Up Restorative Justice appeared first on John Braithwaite.| John Braithwaite
My co-author and former PhD student, Ray Nickson, who is now Criminal Justice Program Director in the Peace and Conflict Studies Centre of Fresno Pacific University sent me this inspiring news story: Well done 17 year old Sam, well done Bullard High School and Fresno Pacific for such a great innovation in restorative justice healing through [...] The post LGBT bullying and restorative empowerment appeared first on John Braithwaite.| John Braithwaite
