On a winter Monday morning at Audubon High School in Milwaukee, three ninth-graders huddled and fussed over an egg named Billy Bob. Amber Sengsourisack used a marker to draw the egg’s anxious facial ...

Regarding Hawes Spencer’s Oct. 19 article, “No jail time for motorist who slammed Charlottesville cyclist in fit of road rage”: We appreciate the concern for community safety reflected in the article ...

In contrast to the conventional, punitive model of criminal justice, restorative justice prioritizes healing of victims, accountability of offenders and reconciliation between the two. My personal ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Restorative justice is an approach to responding to wrongdoing that focuses on repairing harm, meeting the needs of those affected, and holding people accountable in ways ...

Chances are, when you and I were in school if we did something wrong like getting caught skipping class, we’d get detention or suspended. That’s the status quo for principal’s office discipline: You ...

While Georgetown University tweaks its Code of Student Conduct every year, the university systems outlined in it do not fully address the needs of students, favoring a more traditional, historically ...

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The case of the two corrupt Pennsylvania judges who sent thousands of children to correctional facilities to get more than $2 million in their pockets reveals in the extreme how the justice system can ...