Reading and Research Resources

Site that provide literature related to restorative justice.

Atlantic Community Justice Project

The Atlantic Community Justice Project was a one-year project of the Atlantic Coordinating Committee on Crime Prevention and Community Safety in partnership with the Correctional Service of Canada.

Church Council on Justice and Corrections

The Church Council on Justice and Corrections, headquartered in Ottowa, Ontario, is a national coalition of faith-based individuals and churches who seek a more humane way of doing criminal justice - primarily by education, advocacy and community development initiatives that foster healthier communities and crime prevention through social responsibility.

National Association for Community Mediation

The National Association for Community Mediation (NAFCM) is the only national non-profit organization dedicated solely to community-based mediation programs. The organization’s purpose is to support the maintenance and growth of community-based mediation programs and processes, to present a compelling voice in appropriate policy-making, legislative, professional, and other arenas, and to encourage the development and sharing of resources for these efforts.

Conflict Research Consortium

The Conflict Research Consortium at the University of Colorado is a joint university-community program that unites researchers, educators, and practitioners from many fields for the purposes of theory-building, testing, disseminating, and applying new management techniques to address difficult, long-term, and intractable conflicts.

Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation

The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) is a multi-disciplinary South African non-governmental organization concerned with policy formation, implementation, service delivery, education and training, as well as providing consultancy services. The CSVR operates its own Trauma Clinic providing counseling services for both victims and perpetrators of violence. As such, in its fields of violence, reconciliation and conflict management, and in its ability to integrate many different disciplines in this field, the CSVR is unique in the world.

European Forum for Restorative Justice

The general aim of the Forum is to help establish and develop victim-offender mediation and other restorative justice practices throughout Europe.

Restorative Justice Project

Restorative Justice Project (RJP) is a program of the Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies (PACS) at Fresno Pacific University. It serves as a resource and training center. The site contains papers, bibliography and information about project events.

Restorative Justice: Healing the Effects of Crime

This page, facilitated by Tom Cavanagh, contains several forums and a set of papers with opportunities for dialogue.

Heartspeak Productions

Heartspeak Productions seeks to help build awareness, understanding and practice of restorative justice through the creation of multimedia resources, and dialogue with others passionate about the cause. By producing educational materials for professionals, practitioners and members of the public, we hope to contribute to collective efforts to build and maintain healthier and safer communities. (Description from website).

International Institute of Restorative Practices

The International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP) is a non-profit organization that provides education, consulting and research in support of the development of restorative practices around the world (from website).

INCORE

INCORE aims to address the management and resolution of conflict via a combination of research, training, and other activities which inform and influence national and international organisations working in the field of conflict. Includes thematic resource pages on Restorative Justice, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and Mediation.

International Forgiveness Institute

The International Forgiveness Institute seeks to disseminate sound, accurate information about forgiveness to people across the globe. They engage as well in action-oriented programs, helping individuals, families, and communities to explore and implement forgiveness for the purpose of restoring healthy emotions, rebuilding relationships, and establishing more peaceful communities.

International Victimology Website

The Government of the Netherlands sponsors this website, which presents a database on national practices, case law and legislation, and use and application of the UN Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power. The IVW was launched in June 1999 as a resource for all those interested in improving justice for victims of crime and abuse of power.

Justice Fellowship

Justice Fellowship, a non-profit public policy organization, is dedicated to advancing Biblically based restorative justice principles throughout the United States.

Justice Reflections

Justice Reflections is a journal “linking Christian ideas with matters of justice." This site provides information about the journal, subscriptions, free sample articles, and tables of contents from each issue.

JustPeace: Center for Mediation and Conflict Transformation

JUSTPEACE is a mission of The United Methodist Church to engage conflict constructively in ways that strive for justice, reconciliation, resource preservation and restoration of community in and through The United Methodist Church and with the Church universal to the world in which we live. (from the website)

Mediation Information and Resource Center

Mediate.com features over 800 Articles and 5,500 professional members in our international Locate A Mediator Directory. Our vision is to make mediation and conflict resolution information and education available to the widest possible audience.

Minnesota Department of Corrections: Restorative Justice

This site includes descriptions of circles and other restorative programs in place in the State of Minnesota, as well as articles by Kay Pranis.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service

The NCJRS is sponsored by a number of agencies of the US Justice Department. This database provides abstracts and in some instances full texts of articles and research in all aspects of criminal justice, with a substantial number of restorative justice materials.

National Organization for Victim Assistance

NOVA is a private, non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization of victim and witness assistance programs and practitioners, criminal justice agencies and professionals, mental health professionals, researchers, former victims and survivors, and others committed to the recognition and implementation of victim rights and services.