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Restorative Justice: An Alternative to Punishment
For decades, the American criminal justice system has followed a "tough on crime" model. That's starting to change, following increased criticism of prisons and policing. One model for reform has become especially prominent: restorative justice. Restorative justice prioritizes community-led reconciliation between victim and offender. Based on indigenous practices and motivated by inequities in our current system, restorative justice is premised on a radical redefinition of social harm. To understand this challenging topic, the articles in this book cover deep explorations of our current system, examples of restorative justice in practice, and an overview of the institutional barriers to change. Media literacy terms and questions are included, inviting readers to carefully consider how reporting of the topic has developed over time.
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Restorative Justice: An Alternative to Punishment
For decades, the American criminal justice system has followed a "tough on crime" model. That's starting to change, following increased criticism of prisons and policing. One model for reform has become especially prominent: restorative justice. Restorative justice prioritizes community-led reconciliation between victim and offender. Based on indigenous practices and motivated by inequities in our current system, restorative justice is premised on a radical redefinition of social harm. To understand this challenging topic, the articles in this book cover deep explorations of our current system, examples of restorative justice in practice, and an overview of the institutional barriers to change. Media literacy terms and questions are included, inviting readers to carefully consider how reporting of the topic has developed over time.
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Restorative Justice: An Alternative to Punishment

Restorative Justice: An Alternative to Punishment

by The New York Times Editorial Staff (Editor)
Restorative Justice: An Alternative to Punishment

Restorative Justice: An Alternative to Punishment

by The New York Times Editorial Staff (Editor)

Overview

For decades, the American criminal justice system has followed a "tough on crime" model. That's starting to change, following increased criticism of prisons and policing. One model for reform has become especially prominent: restorative justice. Restorative justice prioritizes community-led reconciliation between victim and offender. Based on indigenous practices and motivated by inequities in our current system, restorative justice is premised on a radical redefinition of social harm. To understand this challenging topic, the articles in this book cover deep explorations of our current system, examples of restorative justice in practice, and an overview of the institutional barriers to change. Media literacy terms and questions are included, inviting readers to carefully consider how reporting of the topic has developed over time.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781642824155
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Publication date: 07/30/2020
Series: Rosen In the Headlines Series
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range: 12 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Chapter I The Mass Incarceration Puzzle

U.S. Prison Population Dwarfs That of Other Nations Adam Liptak 10

The Real Murder Mystery? It's the Low Crime Rate Shaila Dewan 16

Prison and the Poverty Trap John Tierney 20

Los Angeles to Reduce Arrest Rate in Schools Jennifer Medina 29

Jails Have Become Warehouses for the Poor, 111 and Addicted, a Report Says Timothy Williams 32

Why American Prisons Owe Their Cruelty to Slavery Bryan Stevenson 35

Chapter 2 Policing Under Scrutiny

Beyond Stop-and-Frisk James Forman By Jr. Trevor Stutz 40

Get the Military Off of Main Street Elizabeth R. Beavers Michael Shank 43

Bratton Says New York Police Officers Must Fight Bias J. David Goodman 46

Chicago Police Dept. Plagued by Systemic Racism, Task Force Finds Monica Davey Mitch Smith 49

The Lives of Ferguson Activists, Five Years Later Timothy Williams John Eligon 54

California Allows Public to Refuse to Help Law Enforcement Jacey Fortin 63

I'm a Police Chief. We Need to Change How Officers View Their Guns Brandon Del Pozo 67

Policing: What Changed (and Didn't) Since Michael Brown Died Mitch Smith 70

Chapter 3 Community Voices: Unrest, Innovation, Involvement

Blacks Mull Call for 10,000 to Curb Violence Jon Hurdle 76

The Pulse: Antiviolence Ritual From a Faraway Land Rachel Cromidas 80

From Terrorizing Streets to Making Them Safer Kia Gregory 82

A Quandary for Mexico as Vigilantes Rise Randal C. Archibold 86

How Community Policing Can Work Charlie Beck Connie Rice 91

Attica, Attica: The Story of the Legendary Prison Uprising James Forman By Jr. 95

The Secret Behind the Viral Churro Seller Video Andrea Salcedo 99

Chapter 4 An Alternative Is Tested: Restorative Justice in Action

This Penal Colony Learned a Lesson Clyde H. Farnsworth 104

Can Forgiveness Play a Role in Criminal Justice? Paul Tullis 108

Opening Up, Students Transform a Vicious Circle Patricia Leigh Brown 127

By Talking, inmates and Victims Make Things 'More Right' Dina Kraft 132

The Radical Humaneness of Norway's Halden Prison Jessica Benko 136

Could Restorative Justice Fix the Internet? Charlie Warzel 153

Chapter 5 Abolition: A Vision of Nonviolent Justice

Why Are American Prisons So Afraid of This Book? Jonah Engel Bromwich 157

Reckoning With Violence Michelle Alexander 162

Is Prison Necessary? Ruth Wilson Gilmore Might Change Your Mind Rachel Kushner 169

Chapter 6 Tough Transitions and Institutional Resistance

In the Bronx, New Life for an Old Prison Jesse Wegman 190

Rahm Emanuel Unveils Changes for Chicago Police but Ignores Much of Panel's Advice Mitch Smith 194

For Real Community Policing, Let Officers Do Their Jobs Patrick J. Lynch 198

There's a Wave of New Prosecutors. And They Mean Justice. Emily Bazelon Miriam Krinsky 201

How to Close Rikers Island By The New York Times 206

Glossary 212

Media Literacy Terms 214

Media Literacy Questions 216

Citations 218

Index 222

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