An Introductory

Restorative Justice Bibliography

                                                                                                                                                                             revised 11/09

Best place to start: The Little Book of Restorative Justice (Little Books of Justice & Peacebuilding Series) Good Books, (Paperback) by Howard Zehr (2002) (available from the MACUCC Resource Center or at http://www.emu.edu/cjp/little-rj.html)

Best place to go next:  “What is Restorative Justice?” in the “What we do” section of our mission partner Communities for Restorative Justice’s web site: http://www.c4rj.com/whatwedo.whatisrestorativejustice.php

Sermon

“Restorative Justice: Back to the Future!,” preached by the Rev. Fred W. Anderson at MACUCC Central Association Fall Meeting in First Congregational Church UCC, Brimfield, MA, Oct. 19, 2008 - Based on Micah 6:6-8; Romans 12:9-21; Luke 19:1-20 (http://www.macucc.org/emj/Rev.FredAndersonSermon.htm)

Books

The Little Book of Restorative Justice (Little Books of Justice & Peacebuilding Series) Good Books, (Paperback) by Howard Zehr (2002) (link to http://www.emu.edu/cjp/little-rj.html)

The Little Book of Circle Process:  A New/Old Approach to Peacemaking (Little Books of Justice & Peacebuilding Series) Good Books (Paperback) by Kay Pranis (2005)

Changing Lenses: A New Focus for Crime and Justice, by Howard Zehr, Herald Press (1990, 1995).

The Spiritual Roots of Restorative Justice (SUNY Religious Studies Series) The Statue University of New York Press (Paperback) Michael L. Hadley, editor (2001)

Returning to the Teachings: Exploring Aboriginal Justice, by Rupert Ross, Penguin Books (1996) --  The story of how a regular prosecutor was won over to restorative justice; and, how a small, rural, first nation town emerged from generations of abuse, violence and recidivism by switching to restorative practices.

Handbook on Restorative Justice Programmes (Criminal Justice Handbook Series) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) (Paperback) (2006); also available for download at

www.unodc.org/pdf/criminal_justice/06-56290_Ebook.pdf

The Myth of Moral Justice: Why Our Legal System Fails to Do What's Right, Harper Collins (2004) by Thane Rosenbaum, -- Restorative Justice in a civil law context.

Dreams from the Monster Factory:  A Tale of Prison, Redemption and One Woman’s Fight to Restore Justice For All, Scribner (2009) by Sunny Schwartz with David Boodell.

Bible Study

“Transforming Through the Word: A Bible Study Guide for Developing a Christian Response to Crime; Bringing Christian together to Sow the Seed of Transformative Justice;” by Brooks Berndt, American Friends Service Committee.

Magazine Articles

“Restorative Justice: A Vision for Healing and Change” by Susan Sharpe (available at the MACUCC resource center).

“Engaging the Community in Restorative Justice” by Kay Pranis (at the resource center).

“Building Community Justice Partnerships” by Barry Stuart (at the resource center).

Book excerpt:  “The Myth of Moral Justice: Why Our Legal System Fails to Do What's Right,” by Thane Rosenbaum in Tikkun Magazine, May/June 2004.

Websites

Restorative Justice Task Team of the Mission and Justice Commission of the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ: www.macucc.org/emj/RJintroduction.htm

Communities for Restorative Justice: www.c4rj.com

“Restorative Justice - Fundamental Principles” by Ron Claasen, Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies, Fresno Pacific College (1995):  http://peace.fresno.edu/docs/rjprinc.html

University of Minnesota Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking:  

http://cehd.umn.edu/ssw/rjp/

Suffolk University, College of Arts & Sciences, Center for Restorative Justice: 

http://suffolk.edu/college/1496.html

International Institute for Restorative Practices, Restorative Justice Library:  www.realjustice.org/library/

Hamline University School of Law, Dispute Resolution Institute, "A Select Annotated Bibliography on Restorative Justice, Mediation & the Practice of Law":   http://law.hamline.edu/files/DRI%20Restorative%

Electronic Newsletters & Networks

International Institute for Restorative Practices eForum: http://www.iirp.org/join_eforum.php

Restorative Justice on LinkedIn:

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=103207

New England Restorative Justice Working Group:

http://groups.yahoogroups.com/group/restorejustice

Videos

“Burning Bridges” DVD-Video, 35 minutes, Produced by the IIRP and Real Justice: http://www.iirp.org/books_n_videos_info/burningbridges.php (available from the Mass. Conference Restorative Justice Task Team)

YouTube search results for Howard Zehr (the grandfather of Restorative Justice in the U.S.): www.youtube.com/results?search_query=howard+zehr&search_type=&aq=f

International Institute for Restorative Practices video store:  www.iirp.org/books_n_videos.php#videos

“Victim Empowerment Through Mediation and Dialogue” (available through the Mass. Conference Resource Center)