Resources

CRI-MD Resources

Websites & Online Resources

• Maryland Judiciary’s Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office
• The Solutions Journal
• House Bill 543 (H B543) Victim / Offender Mediation Program – Baltimore City District Court Judiciary Committee Hearing Schedule

Articles & Suggested Readings

• Better Justice in Baltimore: A Community’s Approach to Crime by Lauren Abramson
• Building Safer, Saner Schools by Laura Mirsky (September 2011, Volume 69, Number 1, Promoting Respectful Schools, pgs. 45-49)
• SaferSanerSchools: Transforming School Cultures with Restorative Practices by Laura Mirsky
• The Worst School I’ve Ever Been To: Empirical Evaluations of a Restorative School and Treatment Milieu by Laura Mirsky and Ted Wachtel
• Md. schools moving from zero-tolerance discipline policies by Liz Bowie
• The Truth About Forgiveness by Karen Houppert
• A League of Their Own by Erin Sullivan
• The Face-To-Face Fix (Q&A with Lauren Abramson) by Alex MacGillis
• The Community Conferencing Center: Restorative Practices in Baltimore, Maryland by Laura Mirsky
• Restorative Circles-A Reentry Planning Process for Hawaii Inmates by Lorenn Walker, Ted Sakai, and Kat Brady (from Federal Probation, a journal of correctional philosophy and practice)
• Other School Responses to Discipline Problems by Timothy Johnson (CRI-MD)
• On Circles and Equity, by Kathryn Rockefeller, CRI-MD, and School Climate Specialist, Anne Arundel County Public Schools

Other Resources

• Mediation and Conflict Resolution Center At Howard Community College (HCC) – 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, Colombia MD, 20144 – Phone 443-518-4360
• Scholarships are available. For more information, contact cjconsulting@comcast.net