Restorative Justice Training Program ( RJTP) Working Group

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  • 1.  Recommended Reading List

    Posted 05-22-2024 14:31

    If there are any books that you would like to recommend to the group please share them here. 

    To begin:

    Howard Zehr. Changing Lenses: Restorative Justice for Our Times, 25th 
    Anniversary Edition. MennoMedia, 2015. ISBN: 0836199472. (302 pages)

    Edward Valandra, editor. Colorizing Restorative Justice: Voicing 
    Our Realities. Living Justice Press, 2020. ISBN: 9781937141233. (440 pages)

    Danielle Sered, Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair, The 
    New Press, 2019. ISBN: 9781620976579. (320 pages)

    Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz. The Little Book of Victim Offender Conferencing: Bringing Victims 
    and Offenders Together in Dialogue. Good Books, 2009. ISBN: 978-1561485864 (96 pages)

    Katherine Evans and Dorothy Vaandering. The Little Book of Restorative Justice in Education: 
    Fostering Responsibility, Healing, and Hope in Schools. Good Books, 2016. ISBN13:9781680998597. (110 pages)

    Fania Davis. The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice: Black Lives, Healing, and US 
    Social Transformation. Good Books, 2019. ISBN: 978-1-68099-343-1 (96 pages)

    Dr. David Anderson Hooker. The Little Book of Transformative Community Conferencing. Good 
    Books, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-68099-166-6 (119 pages) 

    Kay Pranis. The Little Book of Circle Processes. Good Books, 2005. ISBN: 978-1561484614 (76 
    pages)

    Howard Zehr. The Little Book of Restorative Justice. Good Books, 2015. ISBN:978-1-56148-823-0 (106 pages)

    Judah Oudshoorn with Michelle jacket and Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz. The Little Book of Restorative Justice for Sexual Abuse. Hope Through Trauma.  Good Books, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-68099-055-3 ( 105 pages)

    Judith Herman. Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice. Basic Books, 2023. 
    ISBN: 978-1541600546. (272 pages) 

    Michelle Alexander. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. The 
    New Press, 2010. ISBN: 978-1-59558-643-8 (312 pages)

    Paul Tough. Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America. 
    Mariner Books, 2009. ISBN: 978-0547247960 (310 pages)



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    Heather Blair
    Restorative Justice Grant Specialist
    California District Attorneys Association
    Sacramento CA
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