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Cancel culture. What is it? Does it work? Does it do more harm than good? With the answers to these questions still very much open to interpretation, understanding the implications of this phenomenon is difficult. But for those of us interested in societal ideas about justice, I think it’s pretty important to try. Cancel culture is very unique as...
Read MoreThe criminal justice system has been in dire need of reform since its conception; this reform has come slowly but surely, particularly with the passage of one bill in 2016 focused on ensuring that youth offenders are not transferred to adult court. This bill, Proposition 57, “barred prosecutors from trying juveniles as adults without a judge’s ap...
Read MoreWith as many as 1 in 5 inmates suffering from a major mental illness, it’s not surprising that prisons are frequently called the new asylums. This fact can be seen as part of the broader failure within the justice system to engage in rehabilitative efforts, a position that has especially damaging effects in the case of mentally ill individuals. The...
Read MoreCommunity Works is an Oakland based organization that embodies a philosophy of restorative justice to deliver healing and practical help to system impacted people. This year, they began a revolutionary and inspiring program that provides guaranteed income to individuals reentering their communities after being incarcerated. The program gives parti...
Read MoreThis blog post was written by Jackie Ho, a student in the LS 162 AC course in the spring of 2021. Students in this class are invited to address various aspects of restorative justice and current events and produce blog posts for publication here. The Justice Arts Coalition interviewed featured artists Sandra Miller and Cherie Hacker to understand t...
Read MoreCriminal (noun): 1) One who has committed a crime. 2) A person who has been convicted of a crime. This is the definition given by Miriam Webster, and essentially the same as all other definitions of the word that I could find. But if you’re trying to understand how the word is commonly used, this definition is of little help. That’s because people...
Read MoreI hadn’t heard of restorative justice until I attended university. Now I can’t imagine going into the criminal justice field without an understanding of RJ paradigms. I can’t yet picture the implementation of restorative justice programs on a wide scale. However, the ideas behind RJ practices, and their promising results, have provided me with...
Read MoreAs we gear up for a mostly in-person fall semester, it is extremely important that we look back on the past year and a half, just as much as we look forward to the future. Naturally, a lot of emotions arise when thinking of COVID-19 and this past year and a half: grieving our bygone lives and the loss of our loved ones, feelings of isolation, sadne...
Read MoreIn February of this year, the Vermont Law School(VLS) was given a $3 million dollar grant from the Department of Justice(DOJ) in order to support the National Center on Restorative Justice, which is based in South Royalton, VT. The Center is a cooperative effort between the University of Vermont, the University of San Diego, and the US Office of Ju...
Read MoreIn the past two elections, the desire of many voters to combat mass incarceration has given rise to the phenomenon of the progressive prosecutor. These figures, several of whom represent counties in California, have been elected on platforms of systemic criminal justice reform and promise to use their positions to reduce the damage that mass incarc...
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