The individual relationships to restorative justice, a relationship that needs consideration.

I have blogged about relationships.  A lot.  Right now I have 87 posts in the Relationships category.  I’ve shared about my personal relationships and all the relationships restored by restorative justice.  I hope I’ve given you tools in seeing people in the context of their relationships.
Today’s blog is about being mindful of the relationship to [...]

Looking for school-based restorative justice evidence, link attached.

I would like to direct you to a link, http://blog.labour.org.nz/index.php/2009/09/06/restorative-practices-in-schools/
At the end of this blog entry you can click to a pdf link.  This provides you a 30 page document, which highlights the success of Restorative Practices in New Zeleand Schools.
Restorative Justice in education is a very promising practice!
I love teaching and providing workshops on [...]

Restorative Justice is a place where “mixed” messages work.

I’ve heard the communication pitfall . . . sending “mixed messages”.  Urban dictionary gives this example:
A friend tells you he wants to remain “just friends,” and then proceeds to call you every day, text message you twice a day, and express how much he misses you on a regular basis.
I am not recommending mixed messages, [...]

Great article explaining Restorative Justice – Marilyn Armour

I met Marilyn while I was taking Mark Umbriet’s week long severe crime and violence training.  That was in 2005.
When I saw her again in 2007, I reinforced how much her presentation on “meaning making” shaped my work.  At the most recent meeting, I asked her to write an essay in the upcoming book “On [...]

Why do people think shame and punishment works?

The great debate about Youth Court has been in front of me again, so I sent the following email to my board.  Hoping they will pass it on.  If you want to see the study I attached to the email, It’s posted in an earlier blog, Here.
The question of Teen Court/Youth Court has come up [...]

Campus Based Restorative Justice

Using Restorative Justice on a College Campus is a growing trend.
An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education went out today.  It was emailed to me, but I couldn’t access it on line, yet.
I’ve networked with a New Hampshire campus group, getting ready to take cases Fall of ‘09.  I emailed another campus coordinator out [...]

Book Review by a fellow RJ practitioner & blogger

Lorenn and I got introduced by a response she had to a post on teen courts.  We have been emailing about writing an article together, and I’ve really enjoyed networking.  The internet, social networks certainly give us great opportunities to share ideas.  I found her book review very helpful, so I asked about posting it [...]

More on Teen Court

I posted my views on teen court, and heard from a few others.  Today I get a document emailed to me that happens to have a research article on the same topic! 
Click here to see the article:  teen-court-criminological-highlights
If you would like to view the entire issue of Criminological Highlights, click here  crimhighlightsv10n11
I hope this adding [...]

Tip of the Week – Dispersed Leadership

I ran into this model/term for the first time – Dispersed Leadership.  I found it here on the IACP International Association for Chiefs of Police.  The Center for Police Leadership adapted the concept and created a model, it even includes a nice building with pillars and the foundation labels.  If you didn’t go to the [...]

Talking RJ with Schools

  It is great when schools seek me out to help with Restorative Justice implementation and training.  It’s not always the case.  I try to get more involvement from my area schools, so I knock on doors, meet with new principals and try to make the case to bring in RJ.  I’ve got some reflections [...]