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Restorative Justice
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"The roots of what has come to be called restorative justice run deep into our history and into the strengths of diverse cultures from around the world. As articulated by Howard Zehr (1990), Daniel Van Ness and Karen Heetderks Strong (1997), Kay Pranis (1998), and others, restorative justice requires that we look at crime as causing harm and injury to the relationships that bind our families, neighborhoods, and communities together. Van Ness and Heetderks Strong specifically suggested that if crime causes injury, justice ought to be about repairing that harm. Numerous children grow up in the constant dread of being laughed at. Ridicule of children is well nigh criminal. It retains its effect on the soul of the child, and is transferred into the habits and actions of his adulthood."
Restorative justice seeks to both reclaim and reinvigorate the role of average citizens in achieving a sense of peace in their community and a sense of justice when that peace has been disturbed by the actions of others.
What is Restorative Justice? Restorative justice is a systematic response to wrongdoing that emphasizes healing the wounds of victims, offenders and communities caused or revealed by the criminal behaviour.
Practices and programs reflecting restorative
purposes will respond to crime by:
From Restorative Justice Online Readings Restorative Justice in Legislation The Healing Journey towards Forgiveness Victim support 'patchy' across UK Setting standards for diversion Holding Kids Accountable: Shaming with Compassion Restorative justice methods trickle down to playground Journals: Child Care in Practice. Vol.5 No.4 pp 361-34
Child Care in Practice. Vol.8 No.2 pp 133-136 Reclaiming children & youth. Vol.8 No.3
pp 162-164
by Lode Walgrave (Editor), Gordon Bazemore (Editor)
by Michael L. Hadley (Editor)
Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking Restorative justice in Australia Restorative Justice Ireland Network International Institute for Restorative Practices Input |
