Three Rivers Restorative Justice works with juveniles and adults to building community by focusing on the harm done and holding those who’ve caused the harm accountable. Attendees of the Three Rivers ...

David Karp remembers a high school kid who walked into a martial arts studio, rifled through the jackets of the students, and stole someone’s wallet. He was arrested and put on probation, but there ...

When Kimiko Lighty hears Arlington residents commiserating on a listserv about how many cars had been vandalized and no one was doing anything about it; or how a woman was harassed by a group of ...

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College and university administrators are increasingly open to the concept of "restorative justice," becoming less dismissive of the idea that... After Assault, Some Campuses Focus On Healing Over ...

Damin Esper’s article “AUSD settles with students over racist Instagram posts” (Page B1, April 3) implies that restorative justice is wholly ineffective. However, as an educator, I have seen ...

Restorative justice conferencing is a process to identify, address, and to the extent possible offer repair and transformation harm that has occurred to the impacted party, the community in which the ...

Restorative justice (RJ) is an alternative to the isolating, stigmatizing, and traumatizing nature of our punitive criminal justice system. Indigenous and Native nations have practiced restorative ...

Boston City Council filed a hearing order to audit the implementation of restorative justice practices in Boston Public Schools amid rising violence, along with an order to audit the city’s ...

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Marin County seemed riveted in October 2020, when a group of demonstrators toppled and damaged the Junipero Serra statue on the premises of Mission San Rafael. Serra was a Spanish-born Franciscan ...