Leading Edge
Restorative Justice theory and practice continues to grow. Meet some of the people making this happen.
- 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.
