OUR PROGRAMS:
Restorative Conferencing – Facilitated dialogue model for offenders and victims of crime, as well participants in a misconduct situation. Community members also take part to give voice to the impacts.
Victim Impact Panels – An audience of adult offenders convicted of OWIs, along with driver education students, listen to a panel of speakers who tell their stories of drunk-driving tragedies.
Restorative Teen Court – Youth offenders restore their relationships with the community through an alternative process involving a peer-jury and selected sanctions to repair the harm done.
Restorative Truancy Prevention Program – Community Outreach Workers serve students and parents affected by truancy, while acting as liaisons between families, schools, social services, and courts.
Restorative Discipline – BCRJP trains school administrators and staff to implement restorative responses to conflicts and rule-breaking which build motivation for students to become more responsible.
Shoplifting Conference – Shoplifting offenders attend a conference with managers from the retail sector in order to understand the full impact of shoplifting on the business community.
Traffic Violators Conference – In lieu of paying fines, teens with traffic violations attend a group conference involving police participation where they can learn fully about safety considerations.
OUR WORKSHOPS:
KnoW Alcohol – Those under 21 with drinking law violations attend a 7-hour workshop to learn about the high risks of drinking behaviors and also set goals for making responsible choices.
SHIFT Drug-use – This prevention and early intervention workshop (involving four 2-hour sessions over one month) helps teens, through group-work, to examine their behaviors and thinking around drug use.
NOT (Not On Tobacco) – A 10-week course designed to help youth reach cessation with all tobacco-related habits; the approach includes life-skills management to help reduce stress and increase health.
Teen-Parent Workshop – Typically a sanction of the Restorative Teen Court, this 2-hour class helps teen and parents gain better communication and decision making skills.
Anger Management Workshop – A 2 to 4 hour class based on cognitive behavioral theory, giving youth new tools to lower their heated emotions so that they can make cool-headed decisions.
Cognitive Group Intervention – An intensive 16-lesson course designed for repeat offenders who can benefit by learning how to self-monitor their thinking patterns. (THINK for adults; CHOICES for youth)
OUR SERVICES:
Somali Support Services – BCRJP helps to coordinate teams of Somali leaders and agency representatives to create culturally appropriate responses to crime and conflict, as well as to promote prevention work.
Dispute Resolution Services – In situations of conflict between co-workers, neighbors, tenants, etc., BCRJP provides interest-based mediation services to help parties reach win-win outcomes.
OUR OUT-OF-COUNTY WORK:
Rusk Restorative Teen Court – BCRJP coordinates a teen court (as described above) in Rusk County, and promotes any conferencing, workshops, and community service work associated with Rusk youth referrals.
