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When restorative justice facilitators disagree about process and outcomes

Our restorative justice circle for the recent incident at school keeps getting derailed because some of us want to focus on the harm that was done while others keep pushing for punishment and I can feel us losing the trust we need to actually heal this.

Juana
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What we've seen

A facilitation team is struggling with fundamental differences about whether restorative approaches can coexist with punitive responses.

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“Where Are You with Restorative justice — theory and practice?”

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