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Kris Miner, Executive Director

Kris Miner, Executive Director. Whose in the room?. How far did you drive to get here? How many OJP Crime & Victimizations Conferences for you? How long have you been serving victims? Type & level of service? A fact or question about Restorative Justice?. Whose is Kris Miner?.

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Kris Miner, Executive Director

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  1. Kris Miner, Executive Director

  2. Whose in the room? How far did you drive to get here? How many OJP Crime & Victimizations Conferences for you? How long have you been serving victims? Type & level of service? A fact or question about Restorative Justice?

  3. Whose is Kris Miner? • Drove 4 hours from River Falls, WI • First time attending this conference. • Serving victims for 19 years. • First RJ training in 1998 • From jalapeño's to homicide.

  4. www.scvrjp.org

  5. SCVRJP 2011 139 sessions 1,820 individuals Nearly 3,000 in volunteer hours Annual budget $160,000 Campus, Municipal, Circuit, Schools, public

  6. Formal Justice

  7. What Youth Need • Participate as citizens • Decision making experience • Interaction with peers • A sense of belonging • Reflect on self • Formation of a Value System • Identity development • Feelings of accountability & equality • Cultivate a capacity to enjoy life.

  8. Restorative Justice

  9. Elements of R.J. • Principles/Philosophical Approach • Harms, needs, obligation, engagement • Encounter, amends, reintegration, inclusion • Specific Values • 3 R’s, inclusion, problem-solving • Practices/Expressions • Conference, Circle, VOD

  10. Peace & Belonging Restore Connections Promote Empathy Increase Self-worth

  11. Howard Zehr, “Grandpa”

  12. Indigenous Roots of RJ • Often over generalized • Maori - New Zealand • First Nations – Yukon • Lakota – Midwest • Community World View • Spirituality driven perspectives • Non-punitive responses to trauma

  13. Shapes

  14. Choices

  15. Consequences

  16. In relationships we are broken and in relationships we are healed. Judge Ed Wilson Rondo to Rwanda

  17. Relationships Responsibility Respect

  18. Accountability Acknowledging that you caused harm Understanding the harm from other viewpoints Recognizing that you had a choice Taking steps to make amends Taking action to change

  19. Healing Individual Anything that thwarts your good Gathering the lesson in the experience Integrating life experiences Seeing life with compassion & love

  20. What Restorative Justice is NOT.

  21. Pain

  22. Hurt

  23. Healing Hurt understanding Loyalty compassion respect forgiveness Love

  24. Safety, Info, Choice, t, v & r

  25. Storytelling

  26. Connectedness Equals responsibility Harming Others, harm yourself Awareness of this responsibility creates our value system.

  27. Values For us to live by and others A shared concept of society Internalized & stable Used to evaluate ourselves & others The internal sanctioning system

  28. Values Goals & ways of behaving despite objects or situation. Standards & Principles that guide our actions. Should do, rather than want or have to.

  29. Victim-Offender Dialogue • Victim-centered. • Face-to-face w/trained facilitator(s). • Lots of preparation time. • Dialogue includes the effect, feelings, questions. • Growing trend in serious & violent crimes.

  30. Restorative Justice Circles Open/Close Circle-keeper Values/Guidelines Talking Piece Consensus

  31. How we serve Fix/Help/Serve Victims Offenders Community Members

  32. Healing Presence • Being Centered (compassion & humility) • Being Connected to Higher Values & Purpose (belief system @core) • Connected to the Humanity of others (connection enables other to bear pain & garner strength) • Being Congruent (emotionally honest, without masks)

  33. Empathy • Lack leads to stealing, drug dealing, rape & murder (Oakwood Solutions, LLC) • Barriers-emotional neglect, stress, genetics • Improves School Performance, Self-Awareness, Relationships

  34. Empathy"… to understand another person's point of view, emotions, thoughts, feelings Empathy is the most important characteristic in human relationships. *Center for Social and Emotional Education

  35. LOVE IS AT THE BASIS OF ANY HEALING APPROACH

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