So, You Want to Create a Restorative Justice Program

NACDL and the NYU Center on Violence and Recovery invite you to watch this on-demand video series on Restorative Justice (RJ). This series seeks to inform and assist criminal legal system stakeholders considering the implementation of an RJ program in their jurisdiction.

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So, You Want to Start a Restorative Justice Program in Your Community?

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About the NYU Center on Violence and Recovery

Founded in 2004, NYU CVR is a research center dedicated to advancing knowledge on the causes and consequences of violence/trauma and developing solutions that foster healing among individuals, families and communities. For the past two decades, NYU CVR has partnered with local judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, treatment providers/community-based organizations, victim advocates and community members in implementing and studying the use of restorative justice to address domestic violence crimes in communities across the nation. NYU CVR developed the “Circles of Peace” model in 2004, the first of its kind in the United States to use restorative justice principles to treat those arrested for DV crimes. Visit their website to learn more.  


Speakers

Briana Barocas, PhD, Research Professor, NYU Silver School of Social Work, and Senior Director of Research and Scholarship, NYU Center on Violence and Recovery

Dr. Briana Barocas oversees NYU CVR’s research and scholarship initiatives and is also a Research Professor at the Silver School of Social Work. Her interests in trauma, resiliency and recovery have led to research on first responders, individuals and families affected by domestic violence and survivors of 9/11. Her research has been supported by the National Institute of Justice, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense. She has two decades of experience in restorative justice applicaitons to domestic violence crimes in communities across the United States and currently serves as a member of hte European Forum on Restorative Justice's Working Group on Gender-Based Violence and Restorative Justice. Dr. Barocas holds a PhD in Social Policy and Policy Analysis from Columbia University, an MSc in Gender Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BS in Human Development and Family Studies from Cornell University.

Krystal A. McLeod, JD, Executive Director and Senior Research Scholar, NYU Center on Violence and Recovery

Krystal McLeod oversees planning, development and implementation of NYU CVR’s restorative justice model for domestic violence crimes. A Dalai Lama Fellow, Truman Scholar, Compassionate Leadership Fellow and Senior Humanity in Action Fellow, her social justice work is intersectional, anti-racist and rooted in womanist thought. As a national advocate for social justice with a focus on addressing violence and cultivating recovery, she is also the Co-founder of Vanity's Truth LLC, an organization created by dynamic black women focused on raising the collective consciousness of BIPOC millennials through holistic mediums. Ms. McLeod holds a JD from the University of Notre Dame Law School and a BA in Politics from New York University.


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