Restorative Justice Resource Guide
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Restorative Justice Theory - Books
Sullivan, Dennis & Larry Tifft. Restorative Justice: Healing the Foundations of our Everyday Lives. Monsey, NY: Willow Tree Press (2001).
Umbreit, Mark, and Marilyn Peterson Armour. Restorative Justice Dialogue. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Co. (2011).
Zehr, Howard. Changing Lenses: A New Focus for Crime and Justice. Scottsdale, PA: Herald Press (3d ed. 2005).
Zehr, Howard. The Little Book of Restorative Justice. Intercourse, PA: Good Books (2002).
Restorative Practices in Education - Books and Articles
Amstutz, Lorraine Stutzman, and Judy H. Mullet. The Little Book of Restorative Discipline for Schools. Intercourse, PA: Good Books (2005).
Brown, Martha A., PhD, Creating Restorative Schools. St. Paul, MN: Living Justice Press (2018).
Holtham, Jeanette. Taking Restorative Justice to Schools: A Doorway to Discipline. Breinigsville, PA: Homestead Press (2009).
Riestenberg, Nancy. Circle in the Square. St. Paul, MN: Living Justice Press (2012).
Costello, Bob, Joshua Wachtel and Ted Wachtel. The Restorative Practices Handbook. Bethlehem, PA: International Institute for Restorative Practices (2009).
Costello, Bob, Joshua Wachtel and Ted Wachtel. Restorative Circles in Schools. Bethlehem, PA: International Institute for Restorative Practices (2010).
Clifford, Amos, Center for Restorative Process. Teaching Restorative Practices with Classroom Circles, at http://www.centerforrestorativeprocess.com/uploads/8/1/4/4/8144400/teaching_restorative_practices_in_the_classrooml.pdf
Restorative Practices in the Criminal Justice Setting – Books and Articles
Mikaelsen, Ben. Touching Spirit Bear. New York, NY: Harper Collins (2002).
Public Policy Clinic, S.J. Quinney College of Law. From Fingerpaints to Fingerprints: The School-to-Prison Pipeline in Utah. Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law (2014), available at https://app.box.com/s/7ylyziug6ims8ahuwa06
Stevenson, Bryan. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. New York, NY: Spiegel & Grau (2015).
Stevenson, Bryan. Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice. New York, NY: Delacorte Press (2018).
Walsh, Vanessa & Lincoln Nehring. Misbehavior or Misdemeanor? A Report on Utah’s School-to-Prison Pipeline. Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law (2017), available at https://app.box.com/s/5hn68i2g3w0wnsorpwyzp1xzbsojrxab
RJ/RP Videos
Brave New Films, Restorative Justice: Why Do We Need It?, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N3LihLvfa0
Community Justice Initiatives, The Elmira Case, available at https://cjiwr.com/order-online/the-elmira-case/
Friedman, Cassidy. Restorative Justice in Oakland Schools: Tier One. Community Building Circle, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdKhcQrLD1w.
Friedman, Cassidy. Restorative Welcome and Reentry Circle in Oakland Unified School District, at https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=restorative+welcome+and+reentry+circle+oakland
IIRP Graduate School. Burning Bridges, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBMIEManHoA&t=3s
MettaCenter. A New Story of Justice: Nonviolence and Restorative Justice, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YMxk3v7mVY&t=2s
RJ/RP Websites
Eastern Mennonite University, Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice, at http://www.emu.edu/cjp/restorative-justice/
International Institute for Restorative Practices, at http://www.iirp.edu/
National Association of Community and Restorative Justice, at https://www.nacrj.org/
Restorative DC, at http://www.restorativedc.org/restorativepractices/
RJoy: Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, at http://rjoyoakland.org/
San Francisco Unified School District, Restorative Practices, at https://www.healthiersf.org/RestorativePractices/
University of Minnesota, Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking, at http://www.cehd.umn.edu/ssw/rjp/
Guides for Circle Practices
Boyes-Watson, Carolyn and Kay Pranis. Circle Forward: Building a Restorative School Community. St. Paul, MN: Living Justice Press (2015). www.livingjusticepress.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B33EC0E83-CD69-4255-BCD5-298AD3846FF6%7D
Pranis, Kay, Barry Stuart, and Mark Wedge. Peacemaking Circles: From Crime to Community. St. Paul, MN: Living Justice Press (2003).
Pranis, Kay. The Little Book of Circle Processes: A New/Old Approach to Peacemaking. Intercourse, PA: Good Books (2005).
Boyes-Watson, Carolyn. Peacemaking Circles and Urban Youth: Bringing Justice Home. St. Paul, MN: Living Justice Press (2008).
Resources for Restorative Circles
Restorative Circles, at http://www.restorativecircles.org/.
McKnight, Ann. Turn Toward Conflict, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7glkfZNXKlw.
PBS News Hour. Colorado High School Replaces Punishment with Talking Circles, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8_94O4ExSA.
Resolving Conflict Through Restorative Justice, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bazgiTyieKo.
Resources on Empathy
de Waal, Frans. The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society. New York, NY: Broadway Books (2010).
Krznaric, Roman. Empathy: Why It Matters and How to Get It. New York, NY: Perigree Books (2014).
Rifkin, Jeremy. The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis. New York, NY: Tarcher Publishing (2009).
Center for Building a Culture of Empathy, at http://cultureofempathy.com/References/Experts/others/Howard-Zehr.htm.
Empathy Can Change the World, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU3QfyqvHk8.
The Power of Empathy: Helen Riess at TEDxMiddlbury, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baHrcC8B4WM.
RSA Animate – The Empathic Civilisation, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7AWnfFRc7g.