Core Principles and Values

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Section 1

• Core Principles and Values

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Objectives

• Identify the elements present in an effective
  conflict resolution process.
• Describe the principles and values of restorative
  justice.

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Objectives (continued)

• Name three primary stakeholders in the
  restorative justice process.
• Describe the role of accountability in the
  restorative justice process.

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Van Ness Principles

• If crime is more than lawbreaking, then
• Justice requires that we should work to heal
  victims, communities and offenders who have been
  injured by crime.

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Van Ness Principles (continued)

• Victims, communities, and offenders should have
  opportunities for active involvement as early and
  as fully as possible.

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Van Ness Principles (continued)

• We must rethink the relative roles and
  responsibilities of the government and the
  community. Government is responsible for
  preserving a just order and the community for
  establishing a just peace.

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Questions Currently Asked

• Who done it?
• What laws were broken?
• How will we punish the offender?

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Scales of Justice
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Scales of Justice
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Scales of Justice
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Scales of Justice
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Howard Zehrs Questions

• What is the harm?
• What needs to be done to repair the harm?
• Who is responsible for this repair?

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Restorative Justice Stakeholders

• Victims
• Community
• Offenders

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Accountability and Punishment

• Responsibility
• Accountability
• Consequences

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Restorative Accountability

• Passive
• or
• Active?

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Elements of Accountability

• Acknowledging that you caused harm
• Understanding harm from other viewpoint
• Recognizing that you had a choice
• Taking steps to make amends
• Taking action to change