SW 8340 - Restorative Justice and Law

3 Credit Hours
Description
This course explores restorative justice as a strategy for dialogue, peacemaking, and transformation. Restorative justice will be presented as an alternative to incarceration, and a strategy to support victims, offenders, and communities following crime including state violence. The course will focus on restorative practices with individuals, families, communities, and organizations. Disparities within the justice system, legal issues, trauma, and conflict transformation will be addressed. The course will also practice skills in peacemaking circles and restorative conferencing. This course explores restorative justice as a strategy for dialogue, peacemaking, and transformation. Restorative justice will be presented as an alternative to incarceration, and a strategy to support victims, offenders, and communities following crime including state violence. The course will focus on restorative practices with individuals, families, communities, and organizations. Disparities within the justice system, legal issues, trauma, and conflict transformation will be addressed. The course will also practice skills in peacemaking circles and restorative conferencing.