Pillars of RJ
How many pillars hold the foundation of Restorative Justice
4
Repairing Harm
Building Relationships
Accountability
Voluntary participation
True or False:
Restorative justice focuses on restoring relationships and harm caused by with establishing or re-establishing social equality in relationships through repairing harm
True
True or false:
Solution and problem-solving focused conversations are examples of Restorative Practices
True
This RJ Practice is used in class daily with students and teachers
Community Circles
Retributive Justice - Retributive (punishment based) Lens
Restorative Justice - Restorative Lens
This RJ Pillar focuses understanding what happened, what caused it, and the best way to move forward
Repairing Harm
Who is typically involved in the RJ process?
The person who caused the harm, the person impacted by the harm, and a mediator(s) (sometimes support person for either side is offered)
What is a restorative justice practice that includes groups of people sitting in a circle and taking turns answering questions or responding to prompts
Community Circles
True or False:
Social Work group is an example of restorative justice
True - the goal of group is to build social-emotional skills through community, a key tool for conducting restorative justice practices
Retributive Justice - Blame based
Restorative Justice - Problem solving based
This RJ Pillar prioritizes the importance of community through mutual respect
Building Relationships
True or False:
Restorative Justice practices are rooted many practices including:
-Indigenous teachings/practices from around the world, faith communities, prison abolition movement, civil rights movement,
True
True or False:
Building skills based in social-emotional learning and mindfulness does not support restorative justice practices
False - building these tools helps you be more understanding of yourself and others around you, a key part to restorative justice
UCAN practices community service for repairing harm (torn posters/bulletin boards, harmful words or actions, etc) through:
-Helping fix the torn posters/bulletins
-Helping teacher/social worker/BIS with tasks in class/group
-Supporting student that was harmed (helping with class work, getting lunches for the class, etc)
-*Other examples
Retributive Justice - focuses on the past and misdeeds
Restorative Justice - focuses on the future and growth
This RJ Pillar prioritizes personal responsibility(ies) to self and community
Accountability
True or False:
Restorative Justice (RJ) is based on new-age ideas from the United States
False
- RJ roots are based in many different (and similar) practices and teachings from across the world but the modern movement is credited in New Zealand in the 1970s
This restorative practice offers the opportunity to serve community through volunteering time (can be done pre-emptively or in response to harm caused)
Community Service
UCAN offers this form of restorative justice that focuses each party discussing their understanding and needs with an uninvolved 3rd party to ensure all parties are equally heard
Retributive Justice - person who did harmful act is villainized
Restorative Justice - act of harm is seen as what it is but person who did it is seen as a whole person with their circumstances considered
This pillar centers the importance personal autonomy (self-governance) and the choice to be involved in something.
Voluntary participation
What is a restorative justice practice that utilizes a third-party person supporting two or more parties with frustrations?
Mediation
Retributive Justice - those impacted have their needs ignored by system
Restorative Justice - those impacted have their needs centered and basis of restorative path forward