Websites

Improving School Climate – for findings from Schools Implementing Restorative Practices.

Outcome studies on restorative practice found at the following sights:

• Bethlehem Police Family Group Conferencing Project
  • Restorative Policing Experiment
  • Restorative Policing Experiment Summary: The Bethlehem Pennsylvania Police Family Group Conferencing Project
  • Restorative Policing Experiment: The Bethlehem Police Family Group Conferencing Project: Summary.
• International Institute on Restorative Practices
• Restorative Justice Online
• Real Justice: “Does restorative justice affect reconviction?
• The Center for Restorative Practice
• The Tomkins Institute: Script Theory Articles

Additional Material:

• Justifying Restorative Justice: A Theoretical Justification for the Use of Restorative Practice by Zvi D. Gabbaya
• The Family Group Conference — 10 Years On
• Restorative Justice Reduces Crime and Saves Money: UK Ministry of Justice Report

Other Articles Online:

• Real Justice: Restorative Response to Crime and Wrongdoing
• Introduction to Restorative Conferencing and Practices
• National Organization of Forensic Social Work
• Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking

Books

• Restorative Justice Dialogue: An Essential Guide for Research and Practice – Mark Umbreit, PhD., Marilyn Peterson Armour, PhD.
• The Little Book of Restorative Justice – Howard Zehr
• Crime, Shame and Reintegration – John Braithwaite
• Restorative Community Justice: Repairing Harm and Transforming Communities, Gordon Bazemore and Mara Schiff (Mar 2001)
• Juvenile Justice Reform and Restorative Justice – Gordon Bazemore and Mara Schiff (Nov 2004)
• Restorative Justice Conferencing – Gordon Bazemore and Mara Schiff (Apr 2005)
• The Little Book of Circle Processes: A New/Old Approach to Peacemaking – Kay Pranis
• Restorative Justice Conferencing: Real Justice & The Conferencing Handbook – Ted Wachtel, Terry O’Connell and Ben Wachtel
• Shame and Pride: Affect, Sex, and the Birth of the Self – Donald L. Nathanson
• The Little Book of Restorative Disciplines for School – Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz and Judy H. Mullet
• The Little Book of Family Group Conferences – Allan MacRea and Howard Zehr
• The Little Book of Victim Offender Conferencing: Bringing Victims & Offenders Together in Dialogue – Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz
• Restorative Circles in Schools: Building Community and Enhancing Learning – Bob Costello, Joshua Wachtel and Ted Wachtel
• The Restorative Practices Handbook for Teachers, Disciplinarians and Administrators – Bob Costello, Joshua Wachtel and Ted Wachtel
• Safer Saner Schools: Restorative Practices in Education – Edited by Laura Mirsky and Ted Wachtel

Videos

• Burning Bridges, 35 minutes Produced by the International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP) and Real Justice
• Four School Conferences: A Composite View, 49 minutes Produced by Real Justice
• Building Our Community, 15 minutes Produced by Cafesociety.org in partnership withStep4ward Ltd. & Hull Centre for Restorative Practices
• Family Voices, 18 minutes Produced by the IIRP and Family Power, in association with American Humane National Center on Family Group Decision Making
• Beyond Zero Tolerance: Restorative Practices in Schools, 25 minutes Produced by the IIRP and Safer Saner Schools

Acronyms RC – Restorative Conferencing VOM/D – Victim Offender Mediation / Dialogue FGC – Family Group Conferencing PMC – Peace Making Circles Models Restorative Conferencing Victim-Offender Mediation (VOM) Family Group Conferencing (FGC) Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) Peacemaking Circles

Other Resources Student Council Facilitated Restorative Dialogue Sentencing Circles Informal Conferencing Community Panels Restorative Community Service Accountability Boards Restorative Service Learning