restorative justice principles: lhs is committed to resolving incidents of harm to individuals and...

Restorative Justice Principles:

LHS is committed to resolving incidents of harm to individuals and property in a:

Respectful

Safe

Restorative Manner

Retributive vs. RestorativeOffenses are

committed against authorities

Violate rules of law or policies

Offender is accountable to authorities (police, school officials)

Offenses are acts committed against victims

Violate people and community trust

Offender is accountable to the victim and community

Retributive vs. RestorativeAccountability

equals suffering

Victims not main focus

Offenders are defined by misbehavior or offense

Accountability is taking responsibility for behaviors and repairing the harm

Victims/community play a key role

Offenders defined by taking responsibility and changing behavior.

Retributive vs. RestorativeOffenses are result

of individual choice with individual responsibility

Offenses have individual and social aspects and are results of individual choice and conditions that lead to the behavior

Restorative Justice Focuses on:

Putting things right when they have gone wrong

Meaningful accountability

Engaging morals and values because they are more powerful for influencing behaviors than laws and rules

Restorative Justice Focuses on:

Recognizing that morals and values depend on relationships of caring and that communities and families have more power than courts do

Restoring a proper balance of power and engaging healthy personal power for those harmed (victims), those causing harm(offenders), and those impacted by the harm.

Accountability For Everyone Means:

Recognizing/acknowledging that your behavior caused the harm

Understanding from the person harmed exactly what the harm was

Acknowledging that you had a choice in causing that harm

Taking steps to repair the harmTaking steps to prevent the harm from

happening again

LHS partners with the Dane CountyTimeBank

Both groups work together to coordinate the Youth Court/Restorative Justice Panels

The Dane CountyTimeBank Youth Court is:

Trained jury of the student’s peers that:

Review information about the incidentQuestion the student involved in the incident

and their parents/guardiansDetermine an appropriate sentence

Serve as jurorsStaff the Youth CourtTeach Life Skills classesMentor youth as they complete sentences

TimeBank Members:

Serve as jurorsContinue to attend classes and clubsUtilize the service offered through

theTimeBank

Youth are encouraged to continue to participate and use theTimeBank support available to them.

How Can You Get Involved?Mentor a respondent or jurorTeach a classProvide a service opportunityHelp staff the courtTutor jurors or respondentsJoin the TimeBank and share your skills and

talents with the youth or those who support them

Please contact TimeBank at (608)663-0400 or info@danecountytimebank.org

•Restores the wellbeing of all those involved in the incident

• Focuses on prevention