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Restorative justice and restorative practices have been increasingly popularized in western culture in response to mass incarceration, recidivism, and high crime rates. Instead of punitive measures, restorative practices use respect, empathy, and accountability to hold the person who caused harm responsible and bring justice to the victim. Restorative justice works to repair the harm caused […]
Trusted Resources IIRP.edu Restorative Justice Practices of Native American, First Nation and Other Indigenous People of North America: Part One Read Living Justice Press Living Justice Press acts as a catalyst for rethinking what justice means in every aspect of life. Read Restorative Justice Project Start learning about restorative justice, its origins, and the different […]
Intersectionality: The complex and cumulative way in which the effects of multiple forms of discrimination combine, overlap or intersect, especially in the experiences of marginalized people.- Kimberle Crenshaw Intersectionality: the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping […]
Wondering what a Community Member does in a Restorative Justice Community Group Conference? Or, for that matter, what Restorative Justice Community Group Conferencing is exactly? We’ve got some answers! What is Community Group Conferencing? At the Conflict Center, in partnership with the Denver DA’s office called Restorative Denver, we facilitate Community Group Conferences (CGC), […]
A great way to understand the Restorative Justice Community Group Conference process is to look at it through the lens of the 5 R’s: Relationship, Respect, Responsibility, Repair, and Reintegration (credited to Beverly Title, founder of Resolutionaries). Read the restorative practices overview or skip to the 5 R’s below! What is the Restorative Justice […]
Highlights Our youth are being incarcerated at alarming rates in America There are many risk factors that contribute to juvenile delinquency Juvenile courts that practice restorative justice have significantly reduced recidivism compared with those using traditional approaches. 1Although the juvenile incarceration rates in the United States have been slowly decreasing, the incarceration of juveniles is […]