Justice as restoration of trust

February 8th, 2011 – by Howard Zehr (category: Restorative Justice)

“Restorative justice is a bold and thought-provoking innovation that has engaged the energies and excited the hopes of criminal justice reformers throughout the world over the last several decades.  And yet, while it has achieved outstanding results in thousands of programs, it has remained a marginal development because it has failed to articulate a theory [...]

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The jail crisis – an opportunity

March 7th, 2010 – by Howard Zehr (category: Peacebuilding, Restorative Justice)

Like many communities, my own is facing a crisis in jail capacity resulting in pressures to build a larger institution. I was recently asked to serve on a local symposium panel about this issue but the report in the local paper did not accurately represent my emphasis. So I will lay it out and amplify [...]

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