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Circle Forward: Building a Restorative School Community
A resource and implementation guide designed to help teachers incorporate the practice of circles into the everyday life of schools.
433 pages, Spiral-bound
First published February 22, 2015
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About the author
Carolyn Boyes-Watson
13 books1 followerCarolyn Boyes-Watson is the founding Director of Suffolk University’s Center for Restorative Justice and Associate Professor of Sociology at Suffolk University. Professor Boyes-Watson has been on the faculty since 1993. She is also currently Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services, the prisoners’ rights organization of Massachusetts.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a master's and Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband, Mark, and her two children, Emily and Matthew.
Her current research interests include restorative justice and criminal justice policy and she teaches in the areas of criminal justice, juvenile justice and restorative justice. She has published in the area of restorative justice, criminal justice, technology and social control and drug policy. Her most recent book is Peacemaking Circles & Urban Youth: Bringing Justice Home (Living Justice Press, 2008).
- Compiled from The Ikeda Center and Living Justice Press
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a master's and Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband, Mark, and her two children, Emily and Matthew.
Her current research interests include restorative justice and criminal justice policy and she teaches in the areas of criminal justice, juvenile justice and restorative justice. She has published in the area of restorative justice, criminal justice, technology and social control and drug policy. Her most recent book is Peacemaking Circles & Urban Youth: Bringing Justice Home (Living Justice Press, 2008).
- Compiled from The Ikeda Center and Living Justice Press
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February 18, 2021
EXCELLENT resource for any organization looking to implement Restorative Practices.
July 17, 2025
Read this for a grad class
Loved all the specific lesson plans geared toward different circles and when to use/implement them
Looking forward to implementing more circles
Loved all the specific lesson plans geared toward different circles and when to use/implement them
Looking forward to implementing more circles
July 8, 2020
This needs to be taught in every Teacher Prep school in the world.
The Circle Method needs to be used in every level of education.
I’ve learned and used a condensed version, but this text is comprehensive and provides a lot of support.
The Circle Method needs to be used in every level of education.
I’ve learned and used a condensed version, but this text is comprehensive and provides a lot of support.
July 23, 2023
An AMAZING book and an AMAZING resource.
If you're studying Restorative Justice in Education and Restorative Practices, you NEED this book.
You NEED it. NEED.
Please consider ordering from www.livingjusticepress.org
If you're studying Restorative Justice in Education and Restorative Practices, you NEED this book.
You NEED it. NEED.
Please consider ordering from www.livingjusticepress.org
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