The Cart Before the Horse: The Challenge and Promise of Restorative Justice Consultation in Schools
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Restorative justice (RJ) in schools is an increasingly popular approach to responding to discipline issues including bullying and aggressive behaviors. However, RJ research in schools is dramatically lagging behind its practice. Specifically, there is a large void within the school consultation literature that examines the use of RJ and the role of the consulting school psychologist. To help address this gap, this article reviews contextual and definitional issues of RJ, introduces the special issue articles within the RJ literature, and provides recommendations for future research, training, and practice in RJ. Notably, this is the first special issue that brings together RJ scholarship and research in schools under a consultation framework.
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Restorative practices are already being adopted rapidly by schools despite a lack of experimental evidence, highlighting the need for the current study.
“the proverbial “train has left the station,” given RPs are already being adopted at a fast rate by schools, despite the lack of an experimental evidence base which highlights the need for the current study (Diliberti et al., 2019; Song & Swearer, 2016).”
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- Authors
- Song, S. Y., & Swearer, S. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas (US)
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln (US)
- Corresponding author
- Song, Samuel Y.
- Venue
- Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2016-10
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 313-324
- ISSN
- 1047-4412 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-768X
- OpenAlex
- W2555190409
- Cited by
- 72
- References
- 25
- Citations by year
- 2025: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 7 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 23.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Education Discipline and Inequality
- Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Keywords
- restorative justice, school consultation, student discipline, bullying, aggression
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