Welcome to our Restorative Practices Resources for
Schoolspage. On this
page you will find links to websites, articles, books and videos on Restorative Practices,
and some of our own locally-produced resources that we use within the
school.
We have posted here the key resources that
we have found useful in our journey in implementing Restorative
Practices across the College. We hope that having these links all in one
place will prove helpful to busy people in schools who would like to
know more about RP.
If you do find this page useful, it
would be appreciated if you could let us know by
email.
Just a quick note to let us know what you were interested in would tell
us if it is worth continuing to maintain this page. If you have, or know of, some resource that is not here - but that you think might be
of interest to
others, please also
let
us know. We can then add it to this page. Happy reading!
Completely new to the RP field? -
"Restorative Practices 101" would be the following article:
Wachtel, T., & McCold, P. (2001).Restorative justice in everyday life:
Beyond the formal ritual. In H. Strang & J. Braithwaite (Eds.), Restorative
justice and civil society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Available
in pdf version
here.
PLEASE NOTE: Many of the document
links below are
to large PDF or PPT or Word files. Because of their file size, where the link is
identified as a pdf or ppt or Doc file, we would recommend downloading them to
your computer and then opening them locally, rather than simply clicking on them
to open in your
browser. To
download a document, right click on the link and select "Save target as" (in
Internet Explorer) or "Save
link as" (in Mozilla Firefox).
Cameron, L., & Thorsborne, M. (2001). Restorative justice and school
discipline: Mutually exclusive? In H. Strang & J. Braithwaite (Eds.), Restorative
justice and civil society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Halstead, S. (1999). Educational discipline using the principles of
restorative justice. Journal of Correctional Discipline, 2003.
Hopkins, B. (2002). Restorative justice in schools. Support for Learning,
17(3).
Mirsky, L. (2003).
SaferSanerSchools: Transforming school culture with
restorative practices. Retrieved 28th August, 2003.
Piperato, D. F., & Roy, J. J. (2002, 8th-10th August).
Transforming
school culture. Paper presented at the "Dreaming of a New
Reality," the Third International Conference on Conferencing, Circles and
other Restorative Practices, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Thorsborne, M. (2000).
School violence and community conferencing: The
benefits of restorative justice. Paper presented at the Healthy School
Communities: APAPDC National Online Conference 2000.
Wachtel, T. (1999).
[html] [pdf]
SaferSanerSchools: Restoring community in a
disconnected world. Paper presented at the "Reshaping Australian
Institutions Conference: Restorative Justice and Civil Society, Australian
National University, Canberra.
Wachtel, T., & McCold, P. (2001).
[html] [pdf] Restorative justice in everyday life:
Beyond the formal ritual. In H. Strang & J. Braithwaite (Eds.), Restorative
justice and civil society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Daly, K. (2000).
[pdf] Revisiting the relationship between retributive justice and
restorative justice. In H. Strang & J. Braithwaite (Eds.), Restorative
justice: From philosophy to practice. Aldershot, Dartmouth: Ashgate.
Morris, A. (2002). Critiquing the critics: A brief response to critics of
restorative justice. British Journal of Criminology, 42, 596-615.
O'Connell, M. (2002).
[html] [pdf]
Crime prevention curriculum in South Australian
schools: A study of programmes, materials and initiatives. Paper presented
at the Role of Schools in Crime Prevention, Melbourne.
Pranis, K. (2000). Empathy development in youth through restorative
practices. Public Service Psychology, 25(2).
Programs in Schools ~
Alles, N. (2002, 30th September-1st October).
Against the grain: Young men
and anti-violence peer education programs in schools. Paper presented at the
Role of Schools in Crime Prevention Conference, Melbourne.
Braithwaite, V.
(2001). [pdf] Values and restorative justice in
schools. In J.
Braithwaite & H. Strang (Eds.), Restorative justice: Philosophy to
practice. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate.
Braithwaite,
V. (2003).[pdf] A framework for tailoring Responsible Citizenship
Program to your school. In B. Morrison (Ed.), From bullying to responsible
citizenship: A restorative approach to building Safe School communities:
unpublished manuscript held by the Australian Institute of Criminology.
Henderson, C. (2002, 30th September-1st October).
Bullying. No way! A
national initiative to expand thinking about bullying, harrassment and violence
and their resolution. Paper presented at the Role of Schools in Crime
Prevention, Melbourne.
Marshall, P., Shaw, G., & Freeman, E. (2002, 8th-10th August).
Restorative
practices: Implications for educational institutions. Paper presented at the
"Dreaming of a New Reality," the Third International Conference on
Conferencing, Circles and other Restorative Practices, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Morrison, B. (2001, 5th-7th March). [pdf]
Restorative justice and school
violence: Building theory and practice. Paper presented at the International
Conference on Violence in Schools and Public Policies, Palais de l'UNESCO,
Paris.
Morrison, B. (2001).
[pdf] The school system: Developing its capacity in the
regulation of a civil society. In Restorative justice and civil society.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Morrison, B. (2002). Bullying and victimisation in schools: A restorative
justice approach. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, 219.
Morrison, B. (2003). Regulating safe school communities: Being responsive and
restorative. Journal of Educational Administration, 41(6), 689-704.
Cann, K. (2002, 30th September-1st October).
[pdf]
Do schools have a role to
play in crime prevention? Use of the protective behaviours program in schools as
a primary prevention strategy. Paper presented at the Role of Schools in
Crime Prevention, Melbourne.
Daly, K. (1999, 17th-21st November).
[pdf]
Restorative justice and punishment:
The views of young people. Paper presented at the American Society of
Criminology Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
Daly, K. (1999, 28th-30th September).
[pdf]Does punishment have a place in
restorative justice? Paper presented at the Australia and New Zealand
Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Perth.
Strang, H. (1999, 22nd-25th June).
[Word Doc]
Crimes against schools: The potential
for a restorative justice approach. Paper presented at the International
Forum on Initiatives for Safe Schools: School Violence Prevention and Juvenile
Protection-What Works?, Soeul, Korea.
Strang, H. (2001).
Restorative justice programs in Australia.
Canberra: Criminology Research Council.
Thorsborne, M & Blood, P.
(2006).Overcoming Resistance to Whole-School Uptake of Restorative
Practices. Paper delivered at the International Institute of Restorative
Practices "The Next Step: Developing Restorative Communities, Part 2"
Conference. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, October 2006.
Thorsborne, M. & Blood, P.
(2005).The Challenge of Culture Change: Embedding Restorative Practice
in Schools. Paper delivered at the Sixth International Conference on
Conferencing, Circles and other Restorative Practices: "Building a Global
Alliance for Restorative practices and Family Empowerment." Sydney, Australia.
March, 2005.
Theory & Philosophy ~
Barton, C. (1999). [pdf] Empowerment and Retribution in Criminal and Restorative Justice Journal
of Professional Ethics. 1999. Vol. 7(3&4) pp.111 – 135.
Barton, C. (2000). [pdf] Restorative Justice Empowerment. The Australian Journal of Professional
and Applied Ethics, vol. 2, no. 2, 2000.
Barton, C. (2000). [pdf] Theories of Restorative Justice Australian
Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics, vol. 2, no. 1, July 2000:
pp.41 – 53.
Cavanagh, T. (2000).
Restorative justice and the common good: Creating a
culture of forgiveness and reconciliation. Retrieved 9th September, 2003,
from http://www.loyno.edu/twomey/blueprint/blueprint-april2000.htm
Claassen, R. (1993). Discipline that
restores. Conciliation Quarterly
Newsletter, 12(2).
Claassen, R. (2001). An introduction to discipline that
restores. VORP
Newsletter oif the Central Valley.
Claassen, R. (2002).
A peacemaking model. Retrieved 6th November,
2003, from www.fresno.edu/pacs/
Claassen, R. (2003).
A peacemaking model: A biblical perspective.
Retrieved 6th November, 2003, from http://www.fresno.edu/pacs/docs/model.shtml
Ahmed, E. (2002, 7-12th July).
[pdf]
Shame management and bullying. Paper presented at the XXV
International Congress of Applied Psychology on 'Making Life Better for All: A
Challenge for Applied Psychology' organised by the Singapore Psychological
Society and the National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Nathanson, D. L. (1997). From empathy to community. In J. A. Winer (Ed.), The
Annual of Psychoanalysis (Vol. 25). Chicago: Chicago Institute for
Psychoanalysis.
Nathanson, D. L. (2003).
[pdf]
The name of the game is shame. Washington,
DC: Report to the Academic Advisory Council of the National Campaign Against
Youth Violence.
van Stokkom, B. (2002). Moral emotions in restorative justice conferences:
Managing shame, designing empathy. Theoretical Criminology, 6(3),
339-360.
Sarre, R. (2003).
Restorative justice: Exploring its theological roots.
Retrieved 9th September, 2003, from www.saintschurch.org.au
The
Difference between 'Mediation' and RP ~
Brookes, D & McDonough, I (2006). [pdf] The Differences between Mediation
and Restorative Justice/Practices. Unpublished manuscript. (Thanks to
Marg Armstrong for this link.)
Restorative Practices in Schools: Rethinking Behaviour Management.
Thorsborne, M. & Vinegrad, D. Inyahead
Press. 2006
Inyahead Press
Restorative Practices in Classrooms: Rethinking Behaviour Management.
Thorsborne, M. & Vinegrad, D. Inyahead Press. 2006
Inyahead
Press
Restorative Practices and Bullying: Rethinking Behaviour Management.
Thorsborne, M. & Vinegrad, D. Inyahead Press. 2006
Inyahead
Press
Restorative Justice and Civil Society.
Strang, H & Braithwaite, J. Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge 2001
Amazon.com
The
Little Book of Restorative Justice. Zehr, H.
Good Books, Intercourse PA, 2002
IIRP
Crime,
Shame and Reintegration. Braithwaite, J.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1989.
IIRP
REAL
Justice: How we can revolutionize our response to wrongdoing.
Wachtel, T. The Piper's Press, Pipersville, PA.
1997 IIRP
Shame and
Pride: Affect, Sex and the Birth of the Self.
Nathanson, D.L. W W Norton and Co, New York. 1992
IIRP
Conferencing Handbook. The New REAL Justice Training Manual.
O'Connell, T., Wachtel, B., Wachtel, T. The Piper's Press,
Pipersville, PA. 1999
IIRP
New
Directions in Restorative Justice: Issues, Practice, Evaluation.
Elliott, E. and Gordon, R. M. (Eds) Willan
Publishing, Devon. 2005.
Federation Press
Restorative Practices for Schools: A Resource.
The Restorative Practices Development Team, School of Education,
University of Waikato. 2003.
Waikato University
Just
Schools: A Whole School Approach to Restorative Justice.
Hopkins, B. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London. 2004.
Jessica Kingsley
Restoring
Safe School Communities. Morrison, B. The
Federation Press, Leichhardt NSW 2007.
Federation Press
Villanova has been actively working on implementing
Restorative Practices, as part of a whole-school renewal process we call
our Schooling Project, since a few staff were introduced to the concept
by Terry O'Connell in 2003. In
2004, we engaged Marg
Thorsborne to take the entire staff through training sessions over a
number of months, and to train a smaller number of conference
facilitators. This input from such knowledgeable and experienced
practitioners was essential to help sustain the initial momentum for
change.
Right from the very beginning, though, we found that
study of the extensive literature published in the field helped us to
develop our own vision of RP for the school, and this has continued to
the present day. We have now developed our own induction programs for
new staff and are continuing to develop and deliver our own ongoing
professional development program for staff based on the literature and
our growing experience. For us, this program of study and reflection as
a staff has been essential in order to continue to move forward. The
insights gained from such study have helped us design and refine our
approaches and continues to inform our practice.
For more information about our implementation of RP
within the school see the resources below, visit our College website
page on RP@Villanova, or contact us via email
here.
This powerpoint presentation is
the workshop given at the inaugural
Restorative Practices International (RPI)
conference "Best Practice in Restorative Justice:
Transformational Change"held on the Sunshine Coast in October, 2007. The views
expressed in the presentation reflect the thoughts of the presenters.
For privacy reasons, photos of students originally included in the
presentation have been removed. Bibliography
for this presentation.
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"In Mind and Heart: One
School's Journey into Restorative Practices"
This powerpoint presentation was made at the International Institute
for Restorative Practices (IIRP) Sixth International Conference:
"Building a Global Alliance
for Restorative Practices and Family Empowerment" in March, 2005, at
Penrith, New South Wales.
This workshop
was also presented at the International Conference for Augustinian Education
Institutes conducted in Rome in 2006.
RP@V - Introductory Readings
This collection of nine articles from
various sources forms the first part of our induction program for new
staff. We believe that gaining an understanding of the RP philosophy
from the original sources is important to understanding where we started
- and where we are going.
Even though some of these are referenced to
book form, most of them are available freely from the internet.
Restorative justice in schools. Hopkins, B. (2002). Support for Learning,
17(3).
[Not
currently available online - see Belinda Hopkins book in the list
above.]
Restorative Justice in
Schools. Morrison, B. (2005) In New Directions in
Restorative Justice: Issues, practice, evaluation.
Elizabeth Elliott & Robert M Gordon (Eds),
Willan Publishing, Devon 2005 [Not currently
available online - but this resource is well worth buying]
The Role of
Language in Creating School Community.
Restorative Practices for Schools: A Resource by the Restorative
Practices Development Team at the University of Waikato.
[Not currently available online, but for
purchase from
HERE.
It's well worth buying]
What you Need
to Know about Shame and Pride.
Nathanson, D.
[Not available online, but comes with an excellent video program
entitled "Managing Shame: Preventing Violence" which is available for
purchase
HERE.
Definitely recommended.]
Nathanson's major work in affect theory and shame is
the book "Shame and Pride: Affect, Sex and the Birth of the Self" and is
available here from the IIRP.
This presentation is made to parents at
Information Nights at the beginning of each year. It is usually a lively
event with many questions being posed and key points coming out in
discussion.
This powerpoint forms the basis of the students' first encounter with
the concepts of RP. Originally designed to be used at the beginning of a
Year 8 Humanities unit on Conflict and Violence that deals with
issues such as bullying, it is now also being adapted to begin an
Introductory Unit on RP for our Year Five students.
This short article is an appendix in the Community Conference
Manual that we have developed for inservice training and use by
facilitators within the College. The full Training Manual is not reproduced here
but it draws on published manuals listed above in the resources
section - particularly Terry O'Connell's REAL Justice Conferencing
Manual and Marg Thorsborne's Restorative Practices in Schools: Rethinking Behaviour
Management. The article here was written especially to address a
particular issue in Conferencing and RP in general, namely a comparison
of punitive and restorative responses.
Based on the RP literature around bullying,
alienation and violence, especially the work of Brenda Morrison and
Eliza Ahmed (references listed above), this campaign to reduce the
incidence of bullying in our School Community combines proactive
strategies to build empathy, connectedness and respect, as well as RP
responses to incidents of bullying behaviour. A major focus of this
year's campaign - coming out of Ken Rigby's work - is addressing
"bystander behaviour" and encouraging and enabling students who may
witness bullying behaviour to take appropriate steps to discourage it
developing further.
Key aspects of the campaign include a series
of posters displayed around the three schools, a voluntary
'anti-bullying pledge' for students, parents and staff to sign, as well
as through an information campaign shared via pastoral care/personal
development periods and a curriculum unit in Year 8. The 2007 campaign
was developed with senior students and launched by our Senior leaders.
It has been promoted through our public website
here. It is our intention to have a
similar "campaign" each year.
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