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'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.'

August 21, 2019 From Madison, Wisconsin. Jonathan Scharrer is the Director of the Restorative Justice Project (RJP) at the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Frank J. Remington Center. Scha…

'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. '

Part two in a three-part series.

'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.'

Lisa Rea is the president and founder of Restorative Justice International (RJI). RJI is an international association and network first created in 2008 through social media with over 6000 members and

'When sexual assault occurs, it often changes the lives of the people that are directly involved, and also those around them. It’s like a pivotal event, a moment in time, that patterns everything that comes afterwards, and the thing that’s so hopeless about it is that there seems to be so little in the way of anything resembling a positive outcome, for anyone. Restorative Justice is a form of mediation where the fundamental idea is that the people that were involved in an incident, actually sit down and try and work out what justice might look like.'

Hope In An Often Hopeless Realm: Restorative Justice (part one of two) Today, we’re talking about one of the only sources of hope, in an area most of us generally feel pretty hopeless about. When sexual assault occurs, it often changes the lives of the people that are directly involved, and also t...

'Today, we’re looking into Restorative Justice again; this is the second in a two-part series, and I hate to do this to you, but I need you to go back and listen to the previous episode, if you haven’t already. Seriously, a bunch of stuff in the following episode won’t make sense, and I’m worried about how some things might sound out of context. It’ll be worth it, because this is a really juicy topic.'

Hope In An Often Hopeless Realm: Restorative Justice (part two of two) Today, we’re looking into Restorative Justice again; this is the second in a two-part series, and I hate to do this to you, but I need you to go back and listen to the previous episode, if you haven’t already. Seriously, a bu...