Restorative Community Court Peacemaker training

Peacemaker goes through a four-session training program (above photo). University of Wisconsin-Madison law professor Jonathan Scharrer teaches participants about restorative justice philosophy, process, and techniques. There’s also mock interviews, discussions of police issues and other topics. There are trainings in April, plus three other sessions this year.

Victim + offender + community citizens = repairing the harm.

A few months ago, a young man came to a senior living facility showing people how to keep their car in top shape—-what the audience didn’t know was the presenter stole items from an auto parts store that he worked at and was trying to make things right.

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