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41 J.L. & Educ. 281 (2012)
Keeping Kids in Schools: Restorative Justice, Punitive Discipline, and the School to Prison Pipeline

handle is hein.journals/jle41 and id is 285 raw text is: Keeping Kids in Schools: Restorative Justice, Punitive Discipline, and the School to Prison Pipeline Thalia Gonzilez* I. INTRODUCTION Although the use of restorative justice in schools is hardly new glob- ally, the emergence of school-based restorative justice in the United States as an educational practice to address the far-reaching negative impacts of punitive discipline policies is a more recent phenomenon. School-based restorative justice programs in the United States have grown exponentially in the last five years. Within the school context, restorative justice is broadly defined as an approach to discipline that engages all parties in a balanced practice that brings together all people impacted by an issue or behavior.' It allows students, teachers, families, schools, and communities to resolve conflict, promote academic achievement, and address school safety. Restorative justice practice in schools is often seen as building on existing relationships and comple- mentary with other non-discipline practices, such as peer mediation or youth courts. *Assistant Professor at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. I wish to thank Emily Niklaus, Class of 2011, Occidental College, and Alison Caditz, Class of 2011, Occidental College, for their invaluable research assistance 1. Gillean McCluskey et al., Can Restorative Practices in Schools Make a Difference?, 60 EDUC. REv. 405, 407-08 (2008); Peta Blood & Margaret Thorsbome, The Challenges of Culture Change: Embedding Restorative Practice in Schools, paper presented at the Sixth International Conference on Conferencing, Circles and other Restorative Practices: Building a Global Alliance for Restorative Practices and Family Empowerment (Mar. 3-5, 2005); Jeanne B. Stinchcomb, Gordon Bazemore & Nancy Riestenberg, Beyond Zero Tolerance: Restoring Justice in Secondary Schools, 4 YOUTH VIOLENCE & JUV. JUST. 123, 124 (2006); Lyn Harrison, Front Authoritarian to Restorative Schools, RECLAIMING YOUTH AND CHILDREN, 17-18 (2007); David R. Karp & Beau Breslin, Restorative Justice in School Communities, 33 YOUTH & SOC'y 249, 251-66 (2001); Sally Varnham, Seeing Things Differently: Restorative Justice and School Discipline, 17 EDUC. AND THE LAW 87, 88 (2005); Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz & Judy Mullet, The Little Book of Restorative Discipline for Schools: Teaching Responsibility; Creating Caring Climates (2005); Brenda E. Morrison, Regulating Safe School Communities: Being Responsive and Restorative, 41(6) J. OF EDUC. ADMIN. 689, 690-694, 701-702 (2003).

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