Restorative Justice

Catalog description

This course will create a unique partnership between prisoners, prison officials, college students, local congregations and community groups. We will explore a sociological analysis of the criminal justice system and its impact on our communities, particularly the African American community. We will examine issues around crime and justice, corrections and imprisonment, restorative justice, harm reduction, victimization, parole, probation and reentry. We seek to create an environment that will facilitate the honest exchange of ideas through dialogue between people on the inside and outside, and to develop an experiential setting for learning from and listening to each other in order to more effectively define reentry support.