Margaret Bass and Rachel Jolly

Restorative Justice is a non-punitive paradigm toward addressing harm and crime that has been part of our western criminal legal system since the 1970’s. Is addressing the harm of an incident enough if one isn’t addressing the roots of the incident? Does RJ in the criminal justice system only have value when comparing it to the mainstream system? What is your vision of restorative justice’s promise in Vermont? Come join us for a dialogue about the potentially revolutionary paradigm of restorative practices and what barriers it faces in Vermont today.