Restorative, Transformative, and Community Approaches

Youth Justice — Week 12. Key concepts from the comprehensive notes.

What is restorative justice’s central aim?

Repairing harm through the involvement of offenders, victims, and communities.

How do healing and sentencing circles differ?

Healing circles can operate outside formal proceedings; sentencing circles inform sentencing within the justice process.

What does transformative justice add to healing?

A goal of changing relationships and structural injustices to create a more inclusive community.

What is creative listening?

Listening with empathy, compassion, and willingness to understand another person’s experience.

What does the community change model emphasize?

Community responsibility for prevention and changing the circumstances and opportunities in which youth act.