Restorative Justice Conferencing, Volume 2: The Conferencing Handbook

by Terry O'Connell, Ben Wachtel, Ted Wachtel

A procedural guide to coordinating and facilitating restorative conferences, structured meetings between offenders, victims and both parties’ family and friends, in which they deal with the consequences of the offense and decide how best to repair the harm. The handbook covers the process of selecting cases, inviting participants, making preparations and running the conference itself. It is useful to anyone who wants to learn to facilitate conferences in school, criminal justice and other settings. Originally published in 1999.

87 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 11, 2013

Reviews

[Cyndi Lu · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good breakdown of the idea and structure of conferencing, but it is a little dated. Good examples of successful and unsuccessful conferences.