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Using Restorative Justice Principles in Youthwork

Using Restorative Justice Principles in Youthwork. Elizabeth Raile, M.S. Beltrami Area Service Collaborative and MN Department of Corrections. Delinquency Intervention Program. Supervision for youths adjudicated for petty offenses Pre-adjudication diversion programs

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Using Restorative Justice Principles in Youthwork

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  1. Using Restorative Justice Principles in Youthwork Elizabeth Raile, M.S.Beltrami Area Service Collaborative and MN Department of Corrections

  2. Delinquency Intervention Program • Supervision for youths adjudicated for petty offenses • Pre-adjudication diversion programs June 2012-Community Crime Prevention Grant • Restorative Programming

  3. When a young person causes harm, what do they need most from adults?

  4. Why Do People NOT Break the Law/Rules? • Incentives (Rewards) • Sanctions (Consequences) • Certainty of punishment • Speed of punishment • Severity of punishment • “…motivation to cooperate with others, [which is] rooted in social relationships and ethical judgments.” (T.R. Tyler, 2006).

  5. “HUMANS ARE SOCIAL CREATURES”

  6. What do we know about young people? • Under-developed brains • Immature • Irresponsible • Lack sufficient ability to understand broad concepts • Impulsive • Extremely vulnerable to peer pressure

  7. When a young person causes harm, what do they need most from adults?

  8. Punishment • 1980s- Drastic rise in juvenile crime • PUNISH PUNISHPUNISH! • Perceived threat to the community • Belief that “offenders” are incapable of change • Belief that victims want more PUNISHMENT!

  9. RETRIBUTION • Definitions: • Punishment • Vengeance • Something justly deserved • Something given or demanded for repayment • Recompense

  10. The Retributive Lens THE QUESTIONS ASKED: • What laws/rules were broken? • Who did it? • What punishment do they deserve?(Where are the relationships?)

  11. Labeling and Dis-Integrative Shaming Labeling Dis-Integrative Shaming PERSON focused LABELS the person STIGMATIZES the person • “The person becomes the thing he is described as being.”

  12. RESTORATION • Definition(s): • Bringing back to a former position or condition • Returning to a normal or healthy condition • Reinstatement

  13. The Restorative Lens THE QUESTIONS ASKED: • Who has been harmed? • What are their needs? • What are the obligations and whose are they? (HERE are the relationships!)

  14. RESTORATIVE JUSTICE • Crime causes harm to real people, directly and indirectly. • The person responsible for causing the harm creates an obligation to make things right to those negatively affected. • Once the person has taken action to repair the harm, the community must re-accept the person as a pro-social part of the community.

  15. ACCOUNTABILITY • Definitions: • Answerability • Liability • The expectation of “account-giving”

  16. RE-INTEGRATIVE SHAMING • BEHAVIOR focused • RESPECT for the offender • Avoids LABELING • RE-ACCEPTS the offender

  17. RESTORATIVE JUSTICEIN PRACTICE • Reliant on the participation of and conversation amongst all stakeholders in the incident of harm • Victims • Offenders • Community • Intended to • Increase community safety • Increase accountability • Increase competency

  18. RESTORATIVE PRACTICES • Victim Empathy Seminars • Victim Impact Panels • Family Group Conferencing • Peacemaking Circles • Sentencing Circles • Victim-Offender Mediation • Restorative Group Conferencing

  19. RESTORATIVE GROUP CONFERENCING • Youth responsible for harm • Parents/guardians • Person(s) harmed by youth’s actions • Support individuals for youth and victim(s) • Strategic and supportive resources for youth and victim(s) • Community volunteers • OUTCOME: Signed Agreement reached by consensus

  20. Through Restorative JusticeTHE VICTIM • Is actively involved • Can tell their story • May ask questions • May find/experience community support • Can participate in deciding the appropriate outcome!

  21. Through Restorative JusticeTHE OFFENDER • Is actively involved • May tell his/her story • MAY APOLOGIZE

  22. APOLOGIES IN TRADITIONAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

  23. Through Restorative JusticeTHE OFFENDER • Is actively involved • May tell his/her story • MAY APOLOGIZE • May find/experience community support • May learn real accountability and EMPATHY for others

  24. EMPATHY AND YOUNG PEOPLE

  25. Through Restorative JusticeTHE OFFENDER • Is actively involved • May tell his/her story • MAY APOLOGIZE • May find/experience community support • May learn real accountability and empathy for others • CONSTRUCTIVE role in the community

  26. Looking at youth through aRESOURCE LENS • Capable and Competent • Possessing skills, attributes, abilities • Capable of developing pro-social skills • Capable of making and meeting positive goals • Energy can be harnessed in a positive direction • Able to bond, and be accessible to positive influences • RESOURCES in and to their community! WHEN A YOUNG PERSON CAUSES HARM, WHAT DO THEY NEED MOST FROM ADULTS?

  27. RESTORATIVE PRACTICES TRANSCEND “SYSTEMS”

  28. Restorative Practice in the Justice System • Prevention and Early Intervention • Diversion • Pre-Sentencing • Probation • Institutions • Parole and Re-entry

  29. Restorative Practices in Education • Classroom role plays to teach restorative skills • ISS • OSS • Expulsions • Returns to programming

  30. Restorative Practices in Social Services • Prevention and early intervention • Pre-placement of youth • Institutions • Reunification with family

  31. COLLABORATION!

  32. QUESTIONS? Thank you! Elizabeth RaileDelinquency Interventionist619 Beltrami Avenue NW Suite 200 Bemidji, MN 56601 (218) 333-4218 elizabeth.raile@co.beltrami.mn.us

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