JRB Conference June 8 2015 Elizabeth Murphy Mediation Coordinator RYASAP Restorative Justice Div RESTORATIVE PRACTICES The fundamental premise of restorative practices is that people are happier more cooperative and productive and more likely to make positive chan ID: 343688
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Restorative Practices & Victim InvolvementJRB ConferenceJune 8, 2015
Elizabeth Murphy Mediation Coordinator RYASAP, Restorative Justice Div.Slide2
RESTORATIVE PRACTICES“The fundamental premise of restorative practices is that people are happier, more cooperative and productive, and more likely to make positive changes when those in authority do things
with them, rather than to them or for them.” www.iirp.edu/what-is-restorative-practices.phpAccountability – acknowledge that the behavior caused harm
Harm
– understand how actions affected others; repair that harm
Needs
– youth, victim, community – drives options for restoration
Build/Restore
Relationships
Voluntary
participationSlide3
Different PerspectivesSlide4
Harm/Consequences
Emotional
:
Scared
Angry
Sad
Embarrassed
Stressed
Frustrated
Physical
:
Black Eye
Broken Bones
Scars
Stress: head/stomach aches; unfocused
Financial:
Hospital bills
Costs of repairing/replacing propertyLost wages
Institutional:
Principal’s Office
Police Dept.
Court
HospitalSlide5
Potential Opportunities for Victim InvolvementInformal contact – assess interest/needsMediationGroup conferencing
JRB Panel meetingSlide6
ScenariosPrincipal McAfee
Student misbehaved in class; teacher yelled at student; student threatened teacher & got right in teacher’s face; security called; suspension & JRBGroups of girls with repeating issues; altercations between 2 one day, then a different 2-3 another day, ongoing; some sent to JRBYoung man caught in minor “victim’s” bed by victim’s father; police refer to JRBSexting – passed around to fairly big group