Changing Lenses: Restorative Justice for Our Times

Changing Lenses: Restorative Justice for Our Times

<p>Does the criminal justice system actually help victims and offenders? What does justice look like for those who have been harmed? For those who have done harm? Twenty-five years after it was first published, <em>Changing Lenses</em> by Howard Zehr remains the classic text of the restorative justice field. </p><br><br><br><p>Now with valuable author updates on the changing landscape of restorative justice and a new section of resources for practitioners and teachers, <em>Changing Lenses</em> offers a framework for understanding crime, injury, accountability, and healing from a restorative perspective. <p><br><br><br><p>Uncovering widespread assumptions about crime, the courts, retributive justice, and the legal process, <em>Changing Lenses</em> offers provocative new paradigms and proven alternatives for public policy and judicial reform. </p><br><br><br><p><strong>What s New in the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition:</strong></p><br><p>-Author updates of terminology, paradigms, and recommended reading</p><br><p>-Foreword by restorative justice practitioner Sujatha Baliga</p><br><p>-New resources for teachers, facilitators, and practitioners</p>