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A Different Approach: restorative justice offers Harrisonburg police and the community alternative resolutions

March 15, 2016Last updated June 29, 2016 by Pete DeLea

About a year ago, Harrisonburg business owner Cam Murphy noticed a few cellphones missing from the kiosk he owned in the Valley Mall. The inventory just didn’t add up. So,

‘No better place’: Nepali judges explore restorative justice with EMU experts and Harrisonburg community practitioners

November 6, 2015Last updated June 29, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

Six experts who are developing curriculum to train Nepali judges and law enforcement officials in restorative justice practices came to Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) on a week-long trip to the

Contingent of EMU educators to present at annual Peace and Justice Studies Conference in Harrisonburg

October 6, 2015Last updated June 29, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

As peace and justice studies educators from around the country converge on James Madison University for the Oct. 15-17 Peace and Justice Studies Conference, a large contingent of faculty and

In support of Harrisonburg’s new restorative justice initiative, city police lieutenant joins peacebuilding institute training

May 18, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by Andrew Jenner

The Southern Police Institute in Louisville, Kentucky, and the Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) no longer share just an acronym. They now have a common alumnus

Harrisonburg police and community members join hands in offering restorative justice option

March 19, 2015Last updated April 2, 2015 by Andrew Jenner

If one particular young man in Harrisonburg had stolen from his employer a few months earlier, he might have found himself standing before a judge, facing a possible jail sentence.

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