Comments on: Partial justice?

By: Research Papers

Research Papers — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:54:39 +0000

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By: Michael Bischoff

Michael Bischoff — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:17:35 +0000

In the context of a Facebook-type world, where we seem to spend time cultivating hundreds of weak ties, with less time for a small number of close ties–I wonder how Restorative Justice looks different? It seems like an increasing number of us are living in this condition, where our intimate connections are becoming weaker, while the size of our networks are growing. It sounds like Bazemore’s article is a good exploration of this question. I imagine there is a lot of innovation to be done in this area in the coming years.

I’m hopeful that the core values of RJ can flourish in this networked world of weak ties. In many ways, I think the success of future civilizations depends upon it.

By: jeff from

jeff from — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:18:39 +0000

At the Koru gathering that Howard put together last summer it seemed like most of the participants would not want a purist view of RJ. It is the vagueness of RJ that makes it more applicable to best meet the needs of stakeholders as much as possible.

There is danger, as Howard points out, when a RJ process is watered down. The potential for the loss of the guiding principals is great. It is my belief that there is a great deal of humility required to successfully implement RJ. It is those short cuts that we take to expedite RJ that limits the amount of justice done in a process. I am sure that I am not the only one guilty of this lack of humility. That is my Mantra when I am doing RJ–“be humble, be humble, be humble…” The answers are there and we have to trust that a well thought RJ process will bring those answers out. Thank you for the work that you do Howard. shalom/salaam

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