CHICAGO (WLS) -- More than two dozen Chicagoans now have an opportunity to live their lives differently. Wednesday marked the first graduation for the Circuit Court of Cook County's Restorative ...

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Restorative Justice helps to address the relationship between victims, offenders and the community in a way that repairs the impacts of an incident, holds the offender accountable for their actions ...

A change has come to my classroom, and I didn’t even know it. While I’ve been busy teaching, California passed Senate Bill 274 expanding the prohibition of suspensions for low-level defiance behaviors ...

Editor's note: A year ago, after the murder of George Floyd, the U.S. exploded with protests bringing attention to the scourge of police violence against African Americans. Initial calls to "defund ...

The Catholic bishops of Texas praised Gov. Greg Abbott for stopping the execution of death-row inmate Thomas Whitaker shortly before he was to be put to death Feb. 22. Whitaker will now serve life in ...

Restorative justice came to the Coachella Valley Unified School District when a few moms finally had enough of their kids coming home in tears after being bullied at school. The parents vented their ...

History is often taught as if structured conflict resolution matured along a European arc—Roman jurisprudence, canon law, medieval courts, Enlightenment codification, and eventually the modern ...

Brandt Jean hugs Amber Guyger during his victim impact statement following her sentencing for killing his older brother Botham Jean. Tom Fox / Staff Photographer Now that the Amber Guyger trial, ...

Justice systems exist to respond to rule violations, yet violence does far more than break rules. It disrupts meaning, fractures identity, and weakens the sense of safety that allows individuals and ...

Misconduct allegations and findings can tear academic communities apart. This two-part series began by exploring the problems caused when secrecy surrounds disciplinary processes. In this second ...

Thomas Whitaker appears in a booking photo by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville, Texas. The Texas Catholic bishops said Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to stop the execution of ...