Recently listened to a couple of local Public Radio broadcasts about restorative justice (vs. retributive justice, which is what is institutionalized in our own (USA) justice system.) Have started reading more about it. Strikes me as a concept worth more fully institutionalizing into our justice system.

What is restorative justice? More links at that site.

Links to the two interviews on NCPublic Radio "The State of Things" that called my attention to this concept.

http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/Restorative_Justice.mp3

http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/Meet_Jon_Powell.mp3/view