Leading Edge

Eliza Ahmed

Eliza Ahmed has contributed to theory-based empirical understanding of restorative justice principles in the context of conflicts and injustices in realms as diverse as child abuse, school bullying, and workplace bullying.

Doina Balahur

Doina Balahur works with restorative justice implementation in Romania.

Adriana Barbosa Sócrates

Adriana Barbosa Sócrates is a psychologist working with restorative practices in Brazil.

Mike Batley

Mike Batley is the executive director of the Restorative Justice Centre in South Africa.

Gordon Bazemore

Gordon Bazemore is Professor and Chair of the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, and Director of the Community Justice Institute at Florida Atlantic University.

John Braithwaite

John Braithwaite has contributed to the application of restorative justice principles in both criminal and business crime.

Michael Braswell

Michael Braswell studies issues of peacemaking and corrections.

Adolfo Cerreti

Adolfo Ceretti is a researcher and practitioner in Milan, Italy.

Dobrinka Chankova

Dobrinka Chankova is a pioneer in introducing restorative justice practices to Bulgaria’s criminal justice system.

Jayne Crisp

Jayne Crisp is a practitioner and training working with victims.

Di Xiaohua

Di Xiaohua promotes research and practical implementation of restorative justice principles in China.

Albert Dzur

Dr. Albert Dzur teaches courses in political theory and public administration ethics in the Political Science Department at Bowling Green State University. He is also a Research Fellow at the Social Philosophy & Policy Center.

Marc Forget

Marc Forget is a Canadian educator developing programs aimed at reducing violence.

Theo Gavrielides

Theo Gavrielides is an academic and a practitioner working in the fields of restorative justice, criminal justice and human rights.

Eric Gilman

Eric Gilman is the Restorative Justice Coordinator for the juvenile court in Clark County (Washington).

Stephanie Haider

Stephanie Haider is Coordinator for the Victim Restoration Program in Minnesota’s Dakota County Community Corrections.

Scott Harris

Scott Harris is the Director of Restorative Justice for the Correctional Service of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Linda Harvey

Linda Harvey has been a social worker, mediator and volunteer community organizer for close to 40 years.

Hennessey Hayes

Hennessey Hayes is working to enhance our understanding of the ways in which restorative responses to youthful offending shape young people’s view of crime and how this relates to future behaviour.

Carolyn Hoyle

Dr Carolyn Hoyle is Reader in Criminology at the Centre for Criminology, and Fellow of Green College, University of Oxford.

Juhani Iivari

Juhani Iivari researches victim-offender mediation in Finland.

Jackie Katounas

Jackie Katounas is a restorative justice advocate and practitioner working in New Zealand prisons.

Mike Ledwidge

Mike Ledwidge is a career police officer and restorative justice trainer in Surrey, England.

Marian Liebmann

Marian Liebmann is a mediation practitioner and trainer from the UK.

Robert MacKay

Robert MacKay is a social worker studying restorative justice theory and practice in Scotland.

Jaime Martin

Jaime Martín coordinates international relationships for the Secretary of Penitentiary Services, Rehabilitation and Juvenile Justice in Catalonia, Spain.

Gabrielle Maxwell

Gabrielle Maxwell is a researcher on restorative justice initiatives in New Zealand.

Fred McElrea

Frederick WM McElrea is a judge in the Auckland District Court in New Zealand.

David Miers

Dr. David Miers is Professor of Law at Cardiff Law School, UK researching the place of victims in the criminal justice system.

David B. Moore

David B. Moore is a facilitator and trainer in constructive communication, conflict management and restorative justice in Australia.

Allison Morris

Allison Morris is involved in research on restorative justice initiatives in New Zealand.

Tim Newell

Tim Newell is a former prison governor working with restorative justice programmes in the UK.

Pat Nolan

Pat Nolan is the President of Justice Fellowship, the criminal justice reform arm of Chuck Colson’s Prison Fellowship Ministries.

Sandra O'Brien

Sandra O'Brien is the Director of the Center for Public and Social Policy and Assistant Professor of Public Affairs at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU).

Terry O'Connell

Terry O'Connell is the director of Real Justice Australia.

Don John O. Omale

Don John O. Omale is a correctional psychologist/criminologist promoting restorative justice in Nigeria.

Lenka Ouředníčková

Lenka Ouředníčková has been instrumental in introducing restorative justice practices to the Czech justice system.

Paul McCold

Paul McCold is currently living in Olympia Washington and is an Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University, School of Criminology.

Silvina Paz

Silvina Paz is a lawyer and mediator working to increase the use of penal mediation in Argentina.

Christa Pelikan

Christa Pelikan is a researcher working on victim-offender mediation in Austria.

Frauke Petzold

Frauke Petzold is a mediator and trainer from Germany.

Kay Pranis

Kay Pranis is the restorative justice planner for the Minnesota Department of Corrections.

Rick Prashaw

Rick Prashaw, an educator and facilitator from Ottawa, Canada.

Marty Price

Marty Price is the founder and director of the Victim Offender Reconciliation Program (VORP) Information and Resource Center in Asheville, North Carolina.

Lisa Rea

Lisa Rea advocates criminal justice reform to include forgiveness and reconciliation.

Declan Roche

Declan Roche is researching accountability mechanisms in restorative justice processes.

Duane Ruth-Heffelbower

Duane-Ruth Heffelbower is a founding member of the Victim Offender Reconciliation Program in Fresno, California.

Mara Schiff

Mara Schiff is a restorative justice researcher interested in the impact of restorative justice on communities.

Pedro Scuro

Pedro Scuro is a researcher and writer working with restorative practices in Brazil.

Ann Skelton

Ann Skelton is a human rights lawyer working for restorative justice in South Africa's juvenile justice system.

Sónia Sousa Pereira

Sónia Sousa Pereira is a former criminal lawyer and a researcher working on the implementation of victim-offender mediation and other restorative practices in Portugal.

Marjorie Bing Stanislaw

Marjorie Bing Stanislaw works with community members in Pennsylvania to change the way justice is done.

Heather Strang

Heather Strang is a restorative justice pioneer working in victims issues.

Barb Toews

Barb Toews is a restorative justice practitioner and trainer working with incarcerated individuals in Pennsylvania.

Mark Umbreit

Mark Umbreit is the founding Director of the Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking.

Daniel W. Van Ness

Dan Van Ness is executive director of the Centre for Justice and Reconciliation at Prison Fellowship International.

Ted Wachtel

Ted Wachtel has been doing his part taking “restorative practices” beyond the criminal justice system to all aspects of society and everyday life for almost a quarter of a century.

Lode Walgrave

Lode Walgrave is working to develop a maximalist model of restorative justice.

Elmar Weitekamp

Elmar Weitekamp is a restorative justice pioneer in Germany. He is studying the relationship between the restorative justice movement and the human rights movement which led to truth and reconciliation commissions.

Dennis Wong

Dennis Wong is a restorative justice pioneer in Hong Kong.

Martin Wright

Martin Wright was an early advocate for restorative justice in the UK and Europe, and continues to provide leadership there and abroad.

Howard Zehr

Howard Zehr is widely recognized as a major restorative justice pioneer.