Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to Volunteers of America, every case resolved through restorative justice outside of the court system saves an average ...

Three Rivers Restorative Justice works with juveniles and adults to building community by focusing on the harm done and holding those who’ve caused the harm accountable. Attendees of the Three Rivers ...

The restorative justice process challenges offenders to accept responsibility for their actions through meetings with their ...

Restorative justice (RJ) is an alternative to the isolating, stigmatizing, and traumatizing nature of our punitive criminal justice system. Indigenous and Native nations have practiced restorative ...

David Karp remembers a high school kid who walked into a martial arts studio, rifled through the jackets of the students, and stole someone’s wallet. He was arrested and put on probation, but there ...

College and university administrators are increasingly open to the concept of "restorative justice," becoming less dismissive of the idea that... After Assault, Some Campuses Focus On Healing Over ...

When Kimiko Lighty hears Arlington residents commiserating on a listserv about how many cars had been vandalized and no one was doing anything about it; or how a woman was harassed by a group of ...

In May 2021, the District Attorney’s Office, in collaboration with the Second District Supervisor’s Office, launched a pilot program for Neighborhood Restorative Justice (NRJP) in the city of Goleta, ...

Everyone agrees that individuals who cause harm to others should make amends for what they’ve done. Victims of crime deserve to feel justice has been served in their cases. Judges and prosecutors work ...

Marin County seemed riveted in October 2020, when a group of demonstrators toppled and damaged the Junipero Serra statue on the premises of Mission San Rafael. Serra was a Spanish-born Franciscan ...

Arlington police Lt. Rick Pedrini has completed the restorative justice process and will return to the Arlington Police Department, according to a published notice from Town Manager Adam Chapdelaine.