Juvenile Justice Reform and Restorative Justice

Connecting restorative justice with gender-responsive programming

“…To assess the degree of RJ in the Radius program, we drew upon the work of Bazemore and Schiff (2004) and Zehr (2002) and to assess the gender responsivity of the Radius program, we drew on the work by Bloom, Owen, and Covington (2003). We also followed Chesney-Lind et al (2008) in our consideration of not just distal outcomes such as reduced recidivism, but also what changes in girls' resources, relationships, and personal attributes help explain such outcomes.…”

“…Accountability: Encourages responsibility for addressing needs and repairing harm 3. Engagement: Involves those impacted, especially the community, in restoration System transformation: Transformation of community/system roles and relationships (Adapted fromBazemore and Schiff 2004) …”

On the systematic construction of special correctional education for juveniles who have committed crimes

“…Whether it is general specialized education as a means of administrative education or special correctional education that can restrict personal freedom, a complete procedural structure and necessary institutional constraints are required, of course, the improvement of this procedure needs to be based on clarifying special education and special correctional education. The confusion and roughness of the relief channels are also manifestations of the incomplete structure of the program [5]. For juveniles who have committed crimes undergoing specialized education and specialized correctional education, the construction of remedial channels such as litigation, reconsideration, and appeals is a protection of rights that cannot be ignored, and it is also an indispensable procedural oversight for the reasonableness of educational corrections decisions.…”

Old keys do not open new doors: Twenty years of restorative justice in Northern Ireland prisons: An insight into making it happen

“…Long‐term practitioners and proponents of RP recognise that it is not new, it emanates from ancient times and Indigenous peoples from New Zealand, America and Canada and this is perhaps one of its greatest strengths. Since its re‐emergence during the 1980s through FGC, and then in the 1990s helping to create a culturally sensitive adjunct to the justice system in New Zealand (Bazemore & Schiff, 2005; Bazemore & Umbreit, 1995; Daly, 2016; Zehr, 2005) RP's ethos and methods have rippled backwards and forwards across the world. People are drawn to it because it can restore balance and provide a space for healing for those who seek it.…”