Transforming Justice Transforming Lives

Author : April Bernard
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781498519816

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Transforming Justice, Transforming Lives by April Bernard Pdf

What is a just response to persons seeking to desist from criminal behavior? In America, over the last several decades mass incarceration has emerged as the prevailing policy response to crime and reoffending. The majority of those who are imprisoned will be released, and those that are released tend to return to communities challenged by high rates of violence, crime, unemployment, and poverty. In these conditions, without some type of intervention, persons with criminal histories are likely to reoffend. April Bernard, through compelling interviews and field research with formerly gang affiliated women, illuminates how through community support and their active engagement in peacemaking work in distressed neighborhoods throughout Chicago they were able to desist from crime, rebuild their lives, and become meaningful contributors to their communities. This book explores the role of community in facilitating the commitment to desist from crime, by offering critical support and opportunities for stewardship. Bernard provides a timely analysis of the transformative potential of a new perspective on criminal justice which incorporates stewardship and community engagement as a fundamental principal in the response to persons seeking to desist from criminal behavior, particularly women. The book combines moving personal narratives with concrete practical evidence to call for an alternative to ideology that supports the existing punitive policies and practices of the criminal justice system and the corresponding lack of interventions and opportunities for persons seeking to desist from crime. This deeply informed, and perceptive analysis concludes with suggestions for alternatives that fit within a transformative justice paradigm.

Author : Ruth Morris
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Law
ISBN : 1551301741

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Stories of Transformative Justice by Ruth Morris Pdf

"Can justice be healing? Can crime victims find a new peace through transformative processes that include victims, offenders and community in creative solutions that enable all to grow? We can "turn irritation into iridescence," find ways to take the hard blows of life, and use the very power of our pain to grow from the experience, and create new hope beyond crime or other trauma. Forgiveness is an untapped force in our revenge-oriented culture. These stories show that forgiveness is not condoning or forgetting, or failing to set limits. Forgiveness is recognizing and acknowledging all that was wrong, but refusing to be destroyed by it, and refusing to be drawn into a cycle of hatred and bitterness. We can change our criminal justice system to include transformative methods. We can change our world to one with greater social and economic justice. For readers who yearn for realistic hope in these troubled times, this is a must read." --

Author : Great Britain: Department for Work and Pensions
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0101831420

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Social justice by Great Britain: Department for Work and Pensions Pdf

Social justice is about making society function better - providing the support and tools to help turn lives around. This is a challenging new approach to tackling poverty in all its forms. This book defines social justice and describes the new set of principles that inform the government's approach.

Author : Mariame Kaba
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781642595260

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We Do This 'Til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba Pdf

New York Times Bestseller “Organizing is both science and art. It is thinking through a vision, a strategy, and then figuring out who your targets are, always being concerned about power, always being concerned about how you’re going to actually build power in order to be able to push your issues, in order to be able to get the target to actually move in the way that you want to.” What if social transformation and liberation isn’t about waiting for someone else to come along and save us? What if ordinary people have the power to collectively free ourselves? In this timely collection of essays and interviews, Mariame Kaba reflects on the deep work of abolition and transformative political struggle. With a foreword by Naomi Murakawa and chapters on seeking justice beyond the punishment system, transforming how we deal with harm and accountability, and finding hope in collective struggle for abolition, Kaba’s work is deeply rooted in the relentless belief that we can fundamentally change the world. As Kaba writes, “Nothing that we do that is worthwhile is done alone.”

Author : Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions,Stationery Office (Great Britain)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Child welfare
ISBN : 1474111955

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Social Justice by Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions,Stationery Office (Great Britain) Pdf

Author : Legal Services Research Centre
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 0117021466

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Transforming lives by Legal Services Research Centre Pdf

This edited collection brings together a selection of papers originally presented at the Legal Services Research Centre's tenth anniversary international research conference. The papers, drawn from three continents, provide an insight into how people experience the law, the extent of impact of legal problems, the reasons people sometimes take no action to resolve problems, methods of service delivery, the integration of legal and health services and forms of funding legal services.

Author : Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha,Ejeris Dixon
Publisher : AK Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781849353632

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Beyond Survival by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha,Ejeris Dixon Pdf

Transformative justice seeks to solve the problem of violence at the grassroots level, without relying on punishment, incarceration, or policing. Community-based approaches to preventing crime and repairing its damage have existed for centuries. However, in the putative atmosphere of contemporary criminal justice systems, they are often marginalized and operate under the radar. Beyond Survival puts these strategies front and center as real alternatives to today’s failed models of confinement and “correction.” In this collection, a diverse group of authors focuses on concrete and practical forms of redress and accountability, assessing existing practices and marking paths forward. They use a variety of forms—from toolkits to personal essays—to delve deeply into the “how to” of transformative justice, providing alternatives to calling the police, ways to support people having mental health crises, stories of community-based murder investigations, and much more. At the same time, they document the history of this radical movement, creating space for long-time organizers to reflect on victories, struggles, mistakes, and transformations.

Author : Fania E. Davis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781680993448

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The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice by Fania E. Davis Pdf

In our era of mass incarceration, gun violence, and Black Lives Matters, a handbook showing how racial justice and restorative justice can transform the African-American experience in America. This timely work will inform scholars and practitioners on the subjects of pervasive racial inequity and the healing offered by restorative justice practices. Addressing the intersectionality of race and the US criminal justice system, social activist Fania E. Davis explores how restorative justice has the capacity to disrupt patterns of mass incarceration through effective, equitable, and transformative approaches. Eager to break the still-pervasive, centuries-long cycles of racial prejudice and trauma in America, Davis unites the racial justice and restorative justice movements, aspiring to increase awareness of deep-seated problems as well as positive action toward change. Davis highlights real restorative justice initiatives that function from a racial justice perspective; these programs are utilized in schools, justice systems, and communities, intentionally seeking to ameliorate racial disparities and systemic inequities. Chapters include: Chapter 1: The Journey to Racial Justice and Restorative Justice Chapter 2: Ubuntu: The Indigenous Ethos of Restorative Justice Chapter 3: Integrating Racial Justice and Restorative Justice Chapter 4: Race, Restorative Justice, and Schools Chapter 5: Restorative Justice and Transforming Mass Incarceration Chapter 6: Toward a Racial Reckoning: Imagining a Truth Process for Police Violence Chapter 7: A Way Forward She looks at initiatives that strive to address the historical harms against African Americans throughout the nation. This newest addition the Justice and Peacebuilding series is a much needed and long overdue examination of the issue of race in America as well as a beacon of hope as we learn to work together to repair damage, change perspectives, and strive to do better.

Author : Maisha T. Winn
Publisher : Harvard Education Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781682531846

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Justice on Both Sides by Maisha T. Winn Pdf

Restorative justice represents “a paradigm shift in the way Americans conceptualize and administer punishment,” says author Maisha T. Winn, from a focus on crime to a focus on harm, including the needs of both those who were harmed and those who caused it. Her book, Justice on Both Sides, provides an urgently needed, comprehensive account of the value of restorative justice and how contemporary schools can implement effective practices to address inequalities associated with race, class, and gender. Winn, a restorative justice practitioner and scholar, draws on her extensive experience as a coach to school leaders and teachers to show how indispensable restorative justice is in understanding and addressing the educational needs of students, particularly disadvantaged youth. Justice on Both Sides makes a major contribution by demonstrating how this actually works in schools and how it can be integrated into a range of educational settings. It also emphasizes how language and labeling must be addressed in any fruitful restorative effort. Ultimately, Winn makes the case for restorative justice as a crucial answer, at least in part, to the unequal practices and opportunities in American schools.

Author : Jon A. Leydens,Juan C. Lucena
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118757307

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Engineering Justice by Jon A. Leydens,Juan C. Lucena Pdf

Shows how the engineering curriculum can be a site for rendering social justice visible in engineering, for exploring complex socio-technical interplays inherent in engineering practice, and for enhancing teaching and learning Using social justice as a catalyst for curricular transformation, Engineering Justice presents an examination of how politics, culture, and other social issues are inherent in the practice of engineering. It aims to align engineering curricula with socially just outcomes, increase enrollment among underrepresented groups, and lessen lingering gender, class, and ethnicity gaps by showing how the power of engineering knowledge can be explicitly harnessed to serve the underserved and address social inequalities. This book is meant to transform the way educators think about engineering curricula through creating or transforming existing courses to attract, retain, and motivate engineering students to become professionals who enact engineering for social justice. Engineering Justice offers thought-provoking chapters on: why social justice is inherent yet often invisible in engineering education and practice; engineering design for social justice; social justice in the engineering sciences; social justice in humanities and social science courses for engineers; and transforming engineering education and practice. In addition, this book: Provides a transformative framework for engineering educators in service learning, professional communication, humanitarian engineering, community service, social entrepreneurship, and social responsibility Includes strategies that engineers on the job can use to advocate for social justice issues and explain their importance to employers, clients, and supervisors Discusses diversity in engineering educational contexts and how it affects the way students learn and develop Engineering Justice is an important book for today’s professors, administrators, and curriculum specialists who seek to produce the best engineers of today and tomorrow.

Author : Kai Cheng Thom
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781551527765

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I Hope We Choose Love by Kai Cheng Thom Pdf

What can we hope for at the end of the world? What can we trust in when community has broken our hearts? What would it mean to pursue justice without violence? How can we love in the absence of faith? In a heartbreaking yet hopeful collection of personal essays and prose poems, blending the confessional, political, and literary, Kai Cheng Thom dives deep into the questions that haunt social movements today. With the author’s characteristic eloquence and honesty, I Hope We Choose Love proposes heartfelt solutions on the topics of violence, complicity, family, vengeance, and forgiveness. Taking its cues from contemporary thought leaders in the transformative justice movement such as adrienne maree brown and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, this provocative book is a call for nuance in a time of political polarization, for healing in a time of justice, and for love in an apocalypse. This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. A Simple book with few images, which is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, table of contents, page-list, landmark, reading order and semantic structure.

Author : John Anthony Powell
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780253006295

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Racing to Justice by John Anthony Powell Pdf

Challenges us to replace attitudes and institutions that promote and perpetuate social suffering with those that foster relationships

Author : adrienne maree brown
Publisher : AK Press
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781849354233

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We Will Not Cancel Us by adrienne maree brown Pdf

Cancel culture addresses real harm...and sometimes causes more. It’s time to think this through. “Cancel” or “call-out” culture is a source of much tension and debate in American society. The infamous “Harper’s Letter,” signed by public intellectuals of both the left and right, sought to settle the matter and only caused greater division. Originating as a way for marginalized and disempowered people to take down more powerful abusers, often with the help of social media, cancel culture is seen by some as having gone “too far.” Adrienne maree brown, a respected cultural voice and a professional mediator, reframes the discussion for us, in a way that points to possible ways beyond the impasse. Most critiques of cancel culture come from outside the milieus that produce it, sometimes from even from its targets. Brown explores the question from a Black, queer, and feminist viewpoint that gently asks, how well does this practice serve us? Does it prefigure the sort of world we want to live in? And, if it doesn’t, how do we seek accountability and redress for harm in a way that reflects our values?

Author : Ronald J. Allen,Dale P. Andrews,Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664234539

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Preaching God's Transforming Justice by Ronald J. Allen,Dale P. Andrews,Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm Pdf

This is the final volume in a unique new commentary series that helps the preacher identify and reflect on the social implications of the biblical readings in the Revised Common Lectionary. The essays concentrate on the themes of social justice in the weekly texts and how those themes can be teachable moments for preaching social justice in the church. In addition to the lectionary days, there are essays for twenty-two "Holy Days of Justice," including Martin Luther King Day, Earth Day, World AIDS Day, and Children's Sabbath. These days are intended to enlarge the church's awareness of God's call for justice and of the many ways that call comes to the church and world today.

Author : Paul Gready,Simon Robins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-19
Category : LAW
ISBN : 1316613763

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From Transitional to Transformative Justice by Paul Gready,Simon Robins Pdf

Builds on micro-level critiques of transitional justice to debate a more comprehensive alternative at the level of theory and practice.