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Latest Releases from CSJ

Consultations Outcomes Submission for the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Draft General Comment No. 27 on Children’s rights to access to justice and effective remedies
Unlocking the Potential- Training Need Assessment of the Child Protection Workforce in Chhattisgarh
Booklet on Women and Child-Centric Provisions in the New Criminal Laws
CSJ authored India Chaper of this report titled 'Policy Research on Children Deprived of Liberty in the Administration of Justice in South Asia'
Process Documentation of Diversion Model in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
Trauma Informed Interviewing
Being Restorative at Home
Restorative Workplaces - A Primer

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An Introduction to Restorative practices
An Introduction to Restorative justice
FAQs: Restorative justice
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Free Resources
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        • Van Ness, D. W., & Strong, K. H. (2015). Restoring justice: An introduction to restorative justice5th ed. Waltham, MA: Anderson Publishing. 
        • Wachtel, T. (2013)Dreaming of a new reality: How restorative practices reduce crime and violence, improve relationships and strengthen civil societyBethlehem, PA: The Piper’s Press. 
Free Resources 
        • Daly, Kathleen (2000).Sexual assault and restorative justice.Restorative Justice and Family Violence Conference: Australian National University. 
        • Mercer, V., Sten Madsen, K., Keenan, M. & Zinsstag, E. (2015)Doing restorative justice in cases of sexual violence: A practice guideLeuven: Leuven Institute of Criminology. 
        • Sherman, L. W., & Strang, H. (2007). Restorative justice: The evidence (pp.62-78)London, England: Smith Institute. 
        • Zinsstag, E., Teunkens, M. & Pali, B. (2011)Conferencing: a way forward for restorative justice in Europe?Report to the European CommissionLeuven: European Forum for Restorative Justice.   
Paid Resources 
        • Wojtas, N. & Keenan, M. (2016).  Is restorative justice for sexual crime compatible with various criminal justice systems? Contemporary Justice Review19(1), p. 43-68.  
  • Casey, M., Curry, W., Burton, A., & Gribben, K. (2014)A Necessary Discovery: Why the Theory is ImportantIn V. Kelly & M. Thorsborne, The Psychology of Emotion in Restorative PracticesLondon: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 
  • Kim, W. C. and Mauborgne, R. (1997)Fair process: Managing in the knowledge economy.  Harvard Business Review, 75, 4. pp. 65-75. 
  • Rosenberg, M. (2003). Nonviolent communication: A language if life (2nd ed.)Encinitas CA: Puddledancer Press.  
  • Rosenberg, M. (2005). The surprising purpose of anger 
  • Wachtel, T. (2016)Defining restorativeBethlehem, PA: International Institute for Restorative Practices. 
  • resource by Living Justice Press on the circle process, its contents as well as types of circles. Kay Pranis, a key contributor to the modern-day development of circles is Chair of Living Justice Press.  
  • The International Institute for Restorative Practice’s resource on what circle processes are.  
  • CSJ’s report (Perspectives of Justice: Restorative Justice and Child Sexual Abuse in India, 2018page 48-49which talks about circles and the types of circles including Circles for Change, Healing Circles, Sentencing Circles, Reintegration Circles/Circles of Support and Accountability.  

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