Restorative Group Conferencing
Resources focused on Group Conferencing models, including Family Group Conferencing and Community Group Conferencing
Quick Link to Center Group Conferencing Research Reports
Articles and Handouts
- An Empirical Review of Family Group conferencing in Juvenile Offenses by William Bradshaw and David Roseborough (2005) Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 56(4), 21-27 To Order
- Community Response to a 9/11 Hate Crime: Restorative Justice through Dialogue Umbreit, M.S., Lewis, T. & Burns, H. (2003). Contemporary Justice Review
- Family Group Conferencing Comes to the U.S.: A Comparison with Victim Offender Mediation Umbreit, M.S. & Stacey, S.L. (1996). Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 47(2), 29-38. To Order
- Group Conferencing: Restorative Justice in Practice Edited by Masters,G & Roberts A.R. (1999) PDF
- Impact of Restorative Justice Conferencing: A Review of 63 Empirical Studies in 5 Countries. Umbreit M.S., Coates R.B., Vos, Betty (2002) PDF
- Palestinian Offenders Meet Israeli Victim: Restorative Family Dialogue in Israel, by Mark Umbreit and Rina Ritter (2004). PDF
- Restorative Family Group Conferences: Differing Models and Guidelines for Practice. Umbreit, M.S. & Zehr, H. (1996). Federal Probation, 60(3), 24-29.
- Restorative Justice Conferencing: Guidelines for Victim Sensitive Practice "Adapting conferences, Mediations, Circles, and Reparative Boards to People, Communities, and Cultures", by Mark Umbreit (2000) PDF
- Victim Impact of Restorative Justice Conferencing with Juveniles: "What We Have Learned From Two Decades of Victim-Offender Dialogue Through Mediation and Conferencing" Umbreit M.S., Coates R.B., Vos, Betty (2001 ) PDF
Books
- The Little Book of Family GroupConferencing: New Zealand Style, by Allen MacRae and Howard Zehr, Intercourse, PA: Good Books. To Order
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