Restorative Justice and Reentry – New Ways to Respond to Crime

 

from

Talk of the Towns

broadcast March 12, 2010 on Community Radio WERU

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Producer/Host
  • Ron Beard University of Maine Cooperative Extension
     
Studio Engineer
  • Joel Mann
     
Guests
  • Margaret Micolichek Restorative Justice Project of the Midcoast
  • Mark Westrum Jail Administrator for Two Bridges Jail in Wiscasset
  • Miriam Johnson Assistant District Attorney
  • Judy Mullins RJP Volunteer Mentor
  • Peter McLaughin participant in Midcoast Regional Reentry Center
  • Henry Dyer participant in Midcoast Regional Reentry Center
     

What is the history of crime and punishment in the US? What are the underlying beliefs that support these approaches?

What are the signs that our overall approaches to crime and punishment are not working—as a deterrent to future crime and/or reconnecting people with social support to live productive lives?

How did the restorative justice movement come about? What are its underlying beliefs?

When did Restorative Justice of the Mid-Coast get started?

How are you organized?