The Restorative Justice Wager: The Promise and Hope of a Value-Based, Dialogue-Driven Approach to Conflict Resolution for Social Healing
By Howard J. Vogel, February 8, 2012
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Vogel argues that restorative justice offers a refreshing framework for thinking about crime and wrongdoing by wagering that every human being wants to be connected in a good way by using dialogue to build community. Using this wager as his general premise, the author explains that restorative justice may have many applications beyond the criminal context, especially where issues of social justice among groups of people arise.
