Restorative Justice Nonviolent Communication NVC

Restorative Justice is a theory of justice that fosters dialog between offender and victim, often reaching a much more satisfying conclusion (such a reintegrating the offender back into the community) than our present punitive justice system.

Here, Chris Miller of our local NVC (nonviolent communication) community in Hawaii retells two stories he first heard from Dominic Barter, a certified NVC trainer and innovator in the restorative justice movement in Brazil. Dominic Barter has completely transformed the justice system in Brazil by integrating NVC principles into the justice system. For more information, check out the following links:

http://www.stthomas.edu/justpeace/nvcrj/resources.htm
http://www.cnvc.org/en/about-us/projects/restorative-justice-project/restorat...
http://www.restorativecircles.org/pages/press-55
http://www.gewaltfrei-im-norden.de/index.php?topic=178.0
http://www.nonviolentcommunication.com/aboutnvc/2005-1q-enl.htm#anchor_brazil
http://www.iirp.org/pdf/brazil.pdf
http://www.iirp.org/on08/ON08Papers/ON08_Barter.pdf
http://www.carolhillson.com/peace-restorative-circles/CHC_RC_finalwtext_LR.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restorative_Justice

The following link includes an outline of the RJ process including a transcript of a conversation between victim and perpetrator:
http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/Restorative_justice

Video links:
Dominic Barter on Restorative Circles:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-AUwX61-34 (8 min)

Excerpt of a workshop conducted by Dominic Barter (6 parts 10 min each):
#1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZUBdLYWggU
#2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Ld0A2h-AI
#3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux7oup_OFA8
#4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0Sd0EyOQtY
#5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYPWt9Q94CU
#6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=insgzFIQHUY

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Restorative
• Justice
• NVC
• Nonviolent
• communication
• RJ
• Circle
• Dominic
• Barter
• Honolulu
• Hawaii

[FunnyChloeMichelle]

The police officer might have also wanted to kill the children because they had guns to his head! He was afraid for his life. Imagine if you were that man.