Have you or someone you know ever been a victim of a violent action?
Could we have a process that encourages participants to “repair the harm”?
Our current system is oriented toward punishment, which is REACTIVE JUSTICE. Punishment does not teach the responsible person nor heal the affected person.
PROACTIVE Restorative Justice teaches students that their needs and voices are valued, teaches students to address and “repair the harm” at a beginning stage to avoid escalation to violence, and assists parents, faculty, and staff to better interpret signals from our children.
Restorative Justice Mediation uses the terms “responsible person” and “affected person”, not offender and victim, and focuses on: Who has been hurt? What are their needs? Who has the obligation to address the needs, to put right the harms, to restore relationships? (Howard Zehr)
Restorative Justice Mediation interrupts the school to court/jail/prison pipeline.
Following questions developed by International
Institute for RESTORATIVE PRACTICES iirp.edu
Restorative
Questions I: of responsible person: To
respond to challenging behavior
What happened?
What were you thinking of at the time?
What have you thought about since?
Who has been affected by what you have done? In what way?
What do you think you need to do to make things right?
Restorative
Questions II: of affected person: To help those harmed by other’s actions
What did you think when you realized what had happened?
What impact has this incident had on you and others?
What has been the hardest thing for you?
What do you think needs to happen to make things right? Restorative
Works.net
Children Full of Life - Important Documentary.. Very ...► 40:03► 40:03 4th grade class in a primary school in Kanazawa, Japan
9:03 min. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HatSl1lu_PM
Enhancing Respectfulness Through Restorative Practices | CPI
Enhancing Respectfulness Through Restorative Practices | CPI
Restorative Welcome and Reentry Circle - YouTube ► 14:00► 14:00
RJ in school settings: UK site: http://www.transformingconflict.org/
Video Clip: Michigan High School Restorative Justice Process
Restorative Justice - Fairfax County Public Schools
Restorative Justice Program for Youth Expands Scope ...
Fairfax County Public Schools: Intervention and Prevention ...
Fairfax, Virginia, developing restorative practices in schools ...
San Diego Restorative Justice Mediation Program - YouTube
VOMA Restorative Justice Video List
School Mediation Center. Making Things Right: Restorative ...
Town of Estes Park Colorado - Restorative Justice
Restorative Justice Online: Center for Justice & Reconciliation
www.restorativejustice.org
"Restorative Justice emphasizes repairing the harm caused by crime. When victims, offenders, and community members meet to decide how to do that, the results can be transformational. This is very different from retribution, and is grounded in cultures around the world." p313
Piper Kerman's Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison
Also: Peruse left p 5 of this Safer Schools blog: Restorative Justice
