Restorative Justice
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Restorative Justice
Clayton PaschkeBen MangerDana CallahanMatthew George
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Three Different Questions (Zehr)
Criminal Justice
What laws have been broken?
Who did it?
What do they deserve?
Restorative Justice
Who has been hurt?
What are their needs?
Whose obligations are these?
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Principles of Restorative Justice
1. Crime is a violation of people and interpersonal relationships
2. Violations create obligations3. The central obligation is to put right
to wrongs
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Restorative Justice Process Victim, Offender, and Community ideally meet Panel Face to face meetings Proximity meetings Victim/offender conferences Family group conferences Circles
THE GOAL: Complete a restorative contract that heals as much harm as possible
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History of Restorative Justice in Vermont
1980s: Beginning of community-centered movement in VT
1995: Reparative probation program origins
Role of the VT Department of Corrections
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Vermont Restorative Justice Now
12 active Community Justice Centers
72 reparative boards 45 towns
500 + volunteers
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Success in Vermont Criminals on reparative probation
(1998-2005): 23% less likely to commit a crime on
probation 12% less likely to commit a crime
following probation. Offender re-entry efforts
Department of Justice grant
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•HRC Report (2006) Recommendation #3: Train human relations advisers to provide support to persons who experience harassment.
Healing Victims
•TSW Report (2008): Those who process reports of sexual assault should take a more victim-oriented approach.
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Offender Accountability Strategic Plan (2006) Recommendation #26:
Encourage a culture of collaboration. MC Mission Statement: “We strive […] to cultivate
the intellectual, creative, physical, ethical, and social qualities essential for leadership in a rapidly changing global community.”
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Community Involvement
Strategic Plan (2006) Recommendation #27: Cultivate and support creativity and innovation.
Strategic Plan (2006) Recommendation #30: “Strengthen internal communication, and make sure that all constituents within the Middlebury community feel connected and aware of the matters that affect them.”
College Handbook: “Middlebury College recognizes its obligation to promote the welfare of the College community as a whole.”
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Restorative Justice and Higher Education
Restorative justice is particularly useful for colleges and universities: Small, Close knit communities Sensitive relationships with “outside”
towns and cities Different groups with different needs of a
judicial system: Faculty, staff, students, community
members
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Skidmore College One of the first successful, truly restorative
programs at a liberal arts college in the United States
Restorative conferencing approach used in order to facilitate communication between the offender, victim and community.
Goal driven restorative contracts used to “correct the harm”. Tailored and individual contracts are made in order to prevent generalized community service that is meaningless to the offense committed.
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University of Colorado, Boulder Over 400 instances per year where academic
or community discipline is needed Restorative group approach to dealing with
conflict Restorative contracts made with
administrative, community, and student input. Standardized contracts using pre-established
norms for certain offenses. This is a necessity in the larger UC Boulder
system