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Students interested in careers in law enforcement, law, social work, forensics or other related fields now have the opportunity to add a criminology and restorative justice minor<\/a> at Eastern Mennonite University. The new minor, available in the fall of 2017, may also appeal to students planning to enter other professions in which an understanding of the criminal justice system would be beneficial.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want our students to understand and be aware of how the criminal justice system works, and be aware of alternatives that exist,\u201d said Gloria Rhodes<\/a>, peacebuilding and conflict studies professor and Department of Applied Social Science chair.<\/p>\n

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Professors Carl Stauffer (left) and Howard Zehr co-direct the Zehr Institute of Restorative Justice, which works with police departments to implement restorative justice practices. With them is colleague and restorative justice practitioner Lt. Kurt Boshart, Harrisonburg Police Department. (Photo by Andrew Strack)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rhodes describes the program\u2019s restorative justice perspective as one that \u201cpromotes justice as healing, wholeness and reconciliation for all parties touched by crime.\u201d Coursework will introduce students to restorative justice as a growing field of practice that offers alternatives to the traditional criminal justice system.<\/p>\n

Howard Zehr<\/a>, a longtime professor of restorative justice at EMU, notes that many colleges and universities have begun offering programs in criminal justice as the industry has grown in recent decades.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost, however, are taught with a conventional and rather uncritical perspective of criminology that assumes that if crime is violent, then our response must be as well,\u201d Zehr said. \u201cIt is both timely and appropriate that a university rooted in an Anabaptist tradition would incorporate the peacebuilding approach represented by restorative justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rhodes said the program will emphasize the practical applications of restorative justice in the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n

\u201cRestorative justice has become kind of a buzzword in Mennonite circles,\u201d she said. \u201cIn this program, we\u2019re saying that it\u2019s not only a way of being or a philosophical or ideological commitment. We\u2019re crafting a minor so people can think about restorative justice as being useful in their career path.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of the 18-hour minor, EMU will begin offering a new course in criminology, with elective options drawing from various disciplines, including sociology, theology and peacebuilding. The program has been under development for several years, and was motivated in part by increasing interest from prospective students in studying criminal justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pairing of restorative justice with criminology is reflective of EMU’s social justice and Anabaptist faith-based perspective,\u201d said Deirdre Smeltzer, undergraduate academic dean. \u201cThe restorative justice emphasis will help students learn theory and practice related to helping offenders acknowledge harm and strive to repair those harms; this is in contrast to the typical punishment-based approach of most criminal justice systems.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new undergraduate minor is the latest example of several academic programs EMU has created recently in response to growing interest in restorative justice, including a restorative justice in education graduate certificate<\/a> offered through the master\u2019s in education program and a new master\u2019s degree in restorative justice<\/a>, offered by the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding<\/a>. In conjunction with the new minor, the university has also just approved an accelerated five-year BA to MA in restorative justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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