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Dan Van Ness
Dan Van Ness has been immersed in criminal justice issues for 30 years, as a
lawyer, restorative justice advocate, and teacher. After six years’ poverty law
practice on the West Side of Chicago, he worked with a national justice reform organization lobbying for changes in sentencing and victim rights issues. His interest in restorative justice began in 1982 when he met Howard Zehr and Mark Umbreit while promoting expansion of community corrections in Indiana. Dan has worked with Prison Fellowship International's Centre for Justice and Reconciliation since 1996. Dan was a primary architect of the United Nations of Basic Principles on the Use of
Restorative Justice Programmes in Criminal Matters. He is the author of
articles, papers, and several books on restorative justice, the most recent of
which are Restoring Justice, 3rd edition (co-authored with Karen Heetderks
Strong) and Handbook of Restorative Justice (co-edited with Gerry Johnstone).
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