Sample of Course Objectives
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Offered by TCRJ
Instructor: Marinetta Cannito Hjort
Learning Objectives:
- Learn the basic principles and values of Restorative Justice.
- Develop critical awareness of needs and roles of victims, offenders and communities involved in violence and crime.Facilitate the adoption of a systemic approach to understand and address crime and justice.
- Examine different models of applications of Restorative Justice through the use of videos of real life situations and role plays.
- Acquire skills and tools for applying restorative, alternative models of justice aimed at repairing and healing the effects of crime.
- Learn to apply restorative strategies to conflict and crime in local contexts for building a culture of peace, justice and reconciliation.
Sample Course Agenda
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Offered by TCRJ
FIRST DAY
- Introduction
- Introductory circle
- Course overview
- Restorative Justice: The Framework
- Overview of Restorative Justice: Concepts and Principles
- Pillars of Restorative Justice
- Victims, Offenders and Community: their needs (VIDEO)
- Retributive Justice and Restorative Justice: A Continuum
- Restorative Justice Approach: Overview of the Process
- Key Elements
- Stages of the Process
- Parties involved in the Process
- Criteria for Evaluation
SECOND DAY
- Restorative Justice: Application Models (Family Group Conference)
- Restorative Justice: Application Models (Circles)
- Restorative Justice: Application Models (Victim/Offender Conference)
- Cases of Severe Violence (VIDEO on real case)
- Comparison between Models
- Critical Issues and Ethical Considerations
- Shame
- Punishment
- Reconciliation and Forgiveness
- Facilitator: Role, Characteristics, Competencies
THIRD DAY
- Restorative Justice: Application Models (RJ in Prisons)
- VIDEO from Maximum Security Prison in San Francisco
- Applications of Restorative Models in Societies with Intractable Conflicts
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa (VIDEO)
- Positive Outcomes and Limitations of the Commission
- Restorative Justice and Organized Crime
- Restorative Justice and Conflict Transformation: A Systemic Approach
- Critical Issues and Ethical Considerations
- Forgiveness, Justice, Truth and Reconciliation: A Paradox?
- Promises, Challenges and Debates
FOURTH DAY
- Strategies for Analysis and Applications for a Restorative Social Transformation
- Group Work: Restorative Justice in the Participants’ Local Context: Crime as Cause and Consequence of Social Conflict
- Crime Prevention and the Role of Community
FIFTH DAY
- Course Wrap-up: Feedback, Debates, Suggestions
- Closing Circle
- Course Evaluation