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36 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol'y 17 (2011)
Neighborhood Accountability Boards: The Strength of Weak Practices and Prospects for a Community Building Restorative Model

handle is hein.journals/wajlp36 and id is 19 raw text is: Neighborhood Accountability Boards: The Strength of Weak Practices and Prospects for a Community Building Restorative Model Mara Schiff, Ph.D.* Gordon Bazemore, Ph.D.** Martha Brown, M.Ed.*** ABSTRACT In the mid-1990s, restorative justice practices became known to a number of criminal and juvenile justice practitioners and justice * Dr. Mara Schiff is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida Atlantic University. She has completed two edited volumes on restorative justice, as well as co-authored the volume, Juvenile Justice and Restorative Justice: Building Theory and Policy from Practice (with Dr. Gordon Bazemore; Willan Publishers, 2005) based on results from two major grants from the National Institute of Justice and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Schiff has had 30 years experience in criminal and juvenile justice research, planning, evaluation and teaching. Her work has appeared in a variety of academic books and journals, and has focused on restorative and community justice, substance abuse and juvenile justice. ** Gordon Bazemore is currently Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, and Director of the Community Justice Institute, at Florida Atlantic University. His research has focused on juvenile justice and youth policy, restorative justice, crime victims, corrections, and community policing. Dr. Bazemore is the author of 76 peer-reviewed articles, 37 book chapters, 25 monographs and technical reports, and numerous other publications. He is first author of three books on juvenile justice reform: Juvenile Justice Reform and Restorative Justice: Building Theory and Policy from Practice (with Mara Schiff; Willan Publishing); Restorative Juvenile Justice: Repairing the Harm of Youth Crime (with Lode Walgrave; Criminal Justice Press) and Restorative and Community Justice: Cultivating Common Ground for Victims, Communities and Offenders (with Mara Schiff) (Anderson Publishing). He was recipient of Florida Atlantic University's Researcher of the Year Award in both 1995 and 1999. *** Martha A. Brown is a doctoral student in Florida Atlantic University's College of Education, Department of Curriculum, Cultural Education and Inquiry. She is a graduate assistant in the Center for Holocaust and Human Rights, and served as project manager for the Restorative Justice in Palm Beach County Schools Pilot Program with Drs. Mara Schiff and Gordon Bazemore. Formerly a high school teacher and a reentry coordinator for the Public Defender of the 15th Circuit in Palm Beach County, Ms. Brown's current field of study includes restorative and social justice, teacher education reform and adult correctional education. 17

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