{"id":18222,"date":"2015-11-04T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2015\/11\/skidmores-restorative-justice-program-based-upon-collaborative-decision-making-model.html"},"modified":"2017-11-08T13:51:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T18:51:59","slug":"skidmores-restorative-justice-program-based-upon-collaborative-decision-making-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2015\/11\/skidmores-restorative-justice-program-based-upon-collaborative-decision-making-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Skidmore’s Restorative Justice Program Based Upon Collaborative Decision-Making Model"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"skidmore\n<\/div>\n

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David Karp is director of the Restorative
\nJustice Project at Skidmore College.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

As the restorative justice movement gains
\ntraction on a national level, Skidmore College
\nhas launched a program designed to advance
\nthe movement’s principles and implementation.<\/p>\n

The Skidmore College Project on Restorative
\nJustice will conduct research, teaching,
\nand training in restorative justice and offer
\ntechnical assistance for related initiatives
\nin schools, colleges, communities, and the
\ncriminal justice system.<\/p>\n

College officials said restorative justice is
\nbased on a collaborative decision-making
\nprocess that includes offenders, victims, and
\nothers seeking to hold offenders accountable.
\nThe process requires that offenders
\nacknowledge responsibility for their actions,
\ntake agreed-upon steps to repair the harm
\nthey have caused, and work to build constructive
\nrelationships and personal standing. A
\nnumber of formats can be used–often with
\ndirect dialogue between the victim and offender–
\nthat focus on prevention, reparation,
\nand rebuilding trust within a community.<\/p>\n

“Instead of focusing only on punishing
\noffenders, restorative justice pays attention
\nto the needs of victims and communities. It
\nseeks reparation of harm, healing of trauma,
\nand reconciliation of interpersonal conflict,”
\nsaid David Karp, professor of sociology at
\nSkidmore and director of the college’s Restorative
\nJustice Project.<\/p>\n

“This form of justice can be highly effective
\nfor crimes and school-based misconduct by
\nholding people accountable for their behavior
\nin ways that are meaningful to the victim and
\ncommunity,” noted Karp.<\/p>\n

He said research demonstrates that restorative
\njustice lowers recidivism rates, and
\nthat the active participation of victims and
\noffenders leads to high levels of satisfaction
\nwith the process. He said restorative justice
\nis applicable in settings ranging from K-12
\nschool systems and college campuses to
\ncriminal proceedings for juveniles and adults.<\/p>\n

Karp called restorative justice a global
\nsocial movement with many traditions and
\napproaches, some of which have roots in
\nindigenous cultures. He said the movement
\nis expanding rapidly in the U.S., including at
\nthe state level, with 32 states having legislation
\nthat addresses this form of justice.<\/p>\n

In Karp’s view, restorative justice must
\nhave a place in the current push to reform
\nthe nation’s criminal justice system, which is
\nmarked by overcrowded prisons, high costs,
\nand racial disparity.<\/p>\n

“There is a significant bipartisan effort at
\nhigh levels to make changes in criminal justice
\nin this country,” said Karp. “The success of the
\ncriminal justice reform movement will depend
\non the incorporation of restorative justice
\nprinciples because they provide a new way
\nto hold offenders accountable, but also offer
\noffenders the social support necessary to be
\nsuccessful citizens in the future.”<\/p>\n

Karp said a major goal of the Skidmore
\nproject is to help form a New York state restorative
\njustice coalition that will lobby and
\nadvocate for restorative justice legislation on
\nthe state level.<\/p>\n

In addition to Karp, the project’s associates
\ninclude Duke Fisher, a facilitator and trainer
\nfor Leaning Labs, Inc.; Kaaren Williamsen,
\nTitle IX coordinator at Swarthmore College;
\nJoao Salm, a professor of criminal justice at
\nGovernors State University; and Jordan Nowotny,
\nprofessor of criminal justice at Farleigh
\nDickinson College.<\/p>\n

The Skidmore College Restorative Justice
\nProject is sponsored in part by First Fairfield
\nAssociates, a social-enterprise investment
\nfirm with an office in Saratoga Springs.
\n(www.firstfairfield.com).<\/p>\n

For more in information on the Skidmore
\nproject, visit www.SkidmoreRJ.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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