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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

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.

First mediation center in state

March 8, 2014Last updated July 8, 2014 by

Harrisonburg’s Fairfield Center– known for most of its 32-year history as the Community Mediation Center – has a long record of leadership in promoting and practicing creative problem-solving in Virginia.

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