Restorative Justice Articles and Links
Restorative Justice Related Articles:
- Restorative Justice Signposts, by Harry Mika and Howard Zehr
- Why Change Fails, contributed by Hon. Edward R. Brunner
- Group Conferencing Case Study from Group Conferencing: Restorative Justice in Practice. Editors: Ann Warner Roberts & Guy Masters, March 15, 1999.
- Crime and Punishment by Marty Price, J.D. From the Victim Offender Reconciliation Program Information and Resource Center
- Life after Death by Elizabeth S. Menkin From the Victim Offender Reconciliation Program Information and Resource Center
- Justice Program Focuses on Youth by Lynda Olsen, The Chronotype, February 4, 2004
- SaferSanerSchools: Restoring Community in a Disconnected World by By Ted Wachtel, President International Institute for Restorative Practices, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Restorative Justice and Crime Reduction by Eric Kasper, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UW-Barron County
- Justice program linked with drop in juvenile crime by Sam Finazzo, Rice Lake Chronotype, January 30th, 2008
- Youth Today Evaluation Spotlight by Jen Russell, April 1st, 2008
Restorative Justice Links:
The Victim Offender Mediation Association, an excellent resource. The bulk of the links below were copied from their page.
Academic Programs with Restorative Justice Components
- Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies of Fresno Pacific University
- Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking of the University of Minnesota
- Eastern Mennonite University Conflict Transformation Program
- Florida Atlantic University Community Justice Institute
- Frank J. Remington Center, University of Wisconsin Law School
- Office of International Criminal Justice - The University of Illinois at Chicago
- International Institute for Restorative Practices
Government Resources
- Bureau of Justice Statistics Sourcebook
- FedWorld FedWorld: U.S. federal government information server
- FirstGov The starting point for any US government search
- Library of Congress
- Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center Online, from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, offers evaluation information and assistance to juvenile justice professionals involved in assessing program effectiveness.
- Oregon Dispute Resolution Commission
- United States Department of Justice
- United States Institute of Peace
- Law Commission of Canada (English or French)
- Virginia Department of Dispute Resolution Services
Other U.S. Organizations
- Academy of Family Mediators
- American Arbitration Association
- American Humane Association Family Group Decision-making web site
- Association for Conflict Resolution, the newly merged form of SPIDR, AFM and CRENet.
- Center for Court Innovation
- Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies
- Colorado School Mediation Project
- Mennonite Central Committee Crime and Justice Issues
- Community Justice Exchange funded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance, includes a searchable database of programs, interviews with practitioners, and profiles of community justice projects.
- International Institute for Restorative Practices, Paul McCold's organization.
- Iowa Peace Institute
- Justice Fellowship
- Mediation Information and Resource Center
- Missouri Victim Assistance national links to crime victim oriented organizations
- Murder Victims Families For Reconciliation
- National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution (NCPCR)
- National Victim Center
- Nonviolence Web
- Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center, San Mateo, CA.
- PRIME for LIFE
- RealJustice
- Restorative Justice Online from Prison Fellowship International
- Restorative Justice Project of Fresno Pacific University. Restorative Justice Implementation, VORP Resource and Training Center. Help for those starting a new VOM program. Archive of RJ articles.
- The Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program (VORP) Information and Resource Center.
- Victim's Justice Center, Inc. (Indiana)
Organizations outside the U.S.
- Calgary Community Conferencing (Canada). Site includes court decisions on RJ.
- Centre for Restorative Justice
- Community Restorative Justice Ireland
- International Victimology Web Site
- The Mediation Bureau, a not-for-profit agency at Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland, has launched a new self-service web site for people who need to find out discreetly and quickly about accessing mediation services
- South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- U.N. Crime and Justice Information Network
- University of Capetown Criminology Department Youth Justice page
- Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
Informational Sites
- Criminal Justice Press
- Heartspeak Productions. A Healing River: An invitation to explore Restorative Justice values and principles
- Institute for Global Communications
- Peace & Conflict Studies at the University of Colorado - Boulder
- Restorative Justice, Mediation and Peacebuilding Jobs maintained by VOMA's Webmaster at Fresno Pacific University
- Howard Zehr's Restorative Justice Bibliography