[..] I saw this really great post today and I wanted to link to it. [..]…

Restorative justice is so much more than the “lock em up and throw away the key” mentality that contemporary society and our elected officials sold fast to. An ideal that speaks of compassion, empathy and of having an understanding for the impact felt by both members of the criminal event. As someone who is new to this field, I sense a communal shift towards this style of criminal justice response, a shift, while glacial, that is helping to bring society to a place where we will see less youth crime and ultimately a smaller criminal population.