Restorative Practice Resources Tagged With: podcast

'The Restorative Justice Project was first created in 1987 to serve victims and survivors in the aftermath of serious crimes. Through its victim-offender dialogue program the project offers the opportunity for victim survivors, and their relatives, to meet with and have questions answered by the individual who committed a crime against them. RJI is pleased to showcase the excellent work of the Restorative Justice Project under Jonathan Scharrer’s leadership. Law schools should follow the example of the University of Wisconsin Law School and consider creating similar restorative justice projects like this model project. We need more lawyers who understand the great value of restorative justice for victims, offenders and communities. The Restorative Justice Project is an affiliate member of RJI.'

'Rather than the isolation and violence that prison breeds, some advocates are pushing for a new approach… one based not on punishment, but on truth and reconciliation. It’s called "restorative justice," and in this podcast extra, Bob speaks with Danielle Sered, executive director of Common Justice and a pioneer of the practice. '

'What's restorative justice? I would say it's a set of principles. Restorative justice isn't even a program, sometimes people think it is, but it's a set of principles that applies to our criminal justice system. In essence it states that crime is not a crime against the state but crime is a crime against a victim, a real human being. And therefore we need to respond to crime and violence in a way that understands that. What restorative justice does is it applies the principles to our broken system to really change lives, and change the way we respond to crime.'