Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago

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What is the point of justice? Is it to punish crimes, or is it to help those harmed? A discussion of restorative justice.

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Some sources:
Centre for Justice and Reconciliation: restorativejustice.org
Insight Prison Project: insightprisonproject.org/a-restorative-justice-agency.html
Howard Zehr on restorative justice: Changing Lenses – A New Focus for Crime and Justice. Scottdale PA: 2005 (3rd ed).
and: The Little Book of Restorative Justice, Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 2002.
Metastudy on the results of restorative justice: Lawrence W. Sherman & Heather Strang (2007). "Restorative Justice: The Evidence". University of Pennsylvania. https://www.iirp.edu/pdf/RJ_full_report.pdf
An article on juvenile lifers: nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sentenced-life-teens-they-fear-getting-coronavirus-getting-second-chance-n1222376
An article on restorative justice in the classroom: edutopia.org/article/what-heck-restorative-justice-heather-wolpert-gawron
A post discussing ending the cycle of poverty and recidivism: medium.com/gettingtheremedia/incarceration-how-to-break-the-cycle-of-reoffending-ea76d2c800ff
A report on the DOJ statistics for recidivism: cbsnews.com/news/once-a-criminal-always-a-criminal
An article on U.S. incarceration rates: washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/07/07/yes-u-s-locks-people-up-at-a-higher-rate-than-any-other-country
Shaun’s video on the death penalty: youtube.com/watch?v=L30_hfuZoQ8
On abuser counseling: domesticshelters.org/articles/ending-domestic-violence/what-is-batterer-counseling

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