Restorative Justice provides the opportunity for individuals to be the change they seek as well as speak. This presentation outlines the many capacities an individual can implement Restorative Justice and Practices within their home, community, schools, workplace, etc.

1. Shaniqua Jones, MA
Doctoral Candidate – Interdisciplinary Leadership

2. Lets think about a time in our life when we have caused harm or when someone
harmed us.
What was done or not done to make it right?

3.  Restorative justice is not simply a way of reforming the criminal justice system, it
is a way of transforming the entire legal system, our family lives, our conduct in
the workplace, our practice of politics. Its vision is of holistic change in the way
we do justice in the world (Braithwaite, 2003)

4. What might your home, classroom, school, and/or workplace be like if Restorative
Justice was a way of life here?

6. Restorative practices involves changing relationships by engaging people: doing
things WITH them, rather than TO them or FOR them – providing both high
control and high support at the same time (Mirsky, 2003)

7.  Teaching social emotional learning
 Producing peaceable schools
 Building community
 Creating expectations:
 Built within the community, starting with the shareholder’s values, and from those
values, developing common agreements

11.  “Talking Circle: Women in Leadership” presented at Governors State University S.H.E.R.O. Conference, University
Park, IL, 2015
 “Perspectives: The American Experience” facilitated at Governors State University, University Park, IL, 2015
 “Restorative Justice Drive-In Conference” co-coordinated at Governors State University, University Park, IL 2014
 “Our Children…..Their Voice Forum” presented at Abundant Living Christian Center, Dolton, IL, 2013
 “Urban Collaborative National Conference” presented at Westin Hotel, Chicago, IL, 2013
 “Talking Circle on Race and Justice” facilitated at Governors State University, University Park, IL, 2013
 “Restorative Justice Parent Café” presented at Lowell Longfellow Elementary School, Harvey, IL, 2013
 “Collaboration for Student and Family Success”, presented at SPEED School, Chicago Heights, IL, 2013
 “South Suburban Family Alliance for Family Education” presented at Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School,
Harvey, IL, 2013
 “Restorative Justice and Early Childhood Language Barriers” presented at Governors State University
Family Development Center, University Park, IL, 2013

12. Non-credit student – 32 hours
Non-credit student – 32 hours
Class meeting dates:
Days: MWF
Dates: December 14,16, and 18, 2015
January 11, 13, and 15, 2016
9:30am- 3:20pm
Fee: $250 (CPDUs available)
Non-credit students access: www.govst.edu/oce to register
for CE-CJT01-01
Location: Governors State University
Room: TBA
Bring a brown bag lunch
Credit student – 3 credit hours
CJUS 3860-INST1
Prerequisites: Take CJUS 3250, CJUS
3500
Academic level: Undergraduate
Comments: Web enhanced course.
Class will meet December 14,16,18,
2015 and January 11, 13, and 15,
2016. There will be 10-12 hours web
enhanced work (Blackboard) January
5-8, 2016.

13. CJUS 3250 – Foundations of
Restorative Justice
Introduces restorative justice theory and
goals; engages students in the
examination of justice philosophies,
including retributive, rehabilitative and
restorative philosophies and the impact
such philosophies have on local, state
and federal policies and programs.
Offered:
M – 4:30pm-7:20pm Northwest Suburbs
W – 4:30pm-7:20pm Main Campus
TR – 9:30am to 10:45am Main Campus
CJUS 3500 – Restorative Justice
Practices
Exposes students to restorative processes
used in conflict circumstances in diverse
settings; draws on research evidence to
understand victim offender mediation,
peacemaking circles and family group
conferencing. It also discusses other practices
of restorative justice, providing examples, the
relevance of each of these models and their
limitations. Emphasizing practical
applications, the course introduces several
theoretical key guidelines for engaging in
restorative justice.
Offered:
MWF – 2:00pm-2:50pm Main Campus
W – 4:30pm to 7:20pm Northwest Suburbs

14. Braithwaite, J. (2003). Principles of Restorative Justice. In A. von Hirsch, J.
Roberts, A. Bottoms, J. Roach and M. Schiff (eds.), Restorative Justice and Criminal
Justice: Competing or Reconcilable Paradigms. Oxford: Hart.
Docimo, Katherine (2015). Retrieved from:
http://www.storyboardthat.com/articles/education/types-of-literary-conflict
Mirsky, L. (2003). SaferSanerSchools: Transforming school culture with restorative
practices. International Institute for Restorative Practices.