Back to RJ Archive

From Silos to Circles: Reclaiming Restorative Practices

Trebilcock, Romola
June 4, 2015

Source: (2000) Paper presented at The Second International Conference on Conferencing and Circles: Restorative Practice in Action. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 10-12 August 2000.

Tebilcock, having worked in many components of the criminal justice system over the years, describes changes in her perspectives moving, as she puts it, from an unthinking acceptance of the silos of the mainstream system police, courts, corrections magnified in the image of the fenced prison, to embracing the circles of the restorative process. She includes real stories from her experience, as well as Aboriginal perspectives and historical markers in conferencing and circle processes in the South Pacific and North America.

Tags:

Abstract
Support the cause

We've Been Restoring Justice for More Than 40 Years

Your donation helps Prison Fellowship International repair the harm caused by crime by emphasizing accountability, forgiveness, and making amends for prisoners and those affected by their actions. When victims, offenders, and community members meet to decide how to do that, the results are transformational.

Donate Now