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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I could be wrong but I believe a key tenet of restorative justice is the consent of all parties (including the victim and the perpetrator) to participate. Coercive participation doesn’t work.

It can be effective at resolving some kinds of conflict. Although in Maori cultures (from which it derives) it is often accompanied by a period of shunning. [/quote]

Interesting. I would guess they're ditching the shunning part, which is probably a key part of what makes it effective.[/quote]

Yeah, and when you’re in a close community you don’t deliberately want to hurt the other members of your community. Of course, it happens sometimes because we’re all human. But the kids don’t see themselves as part of a community. They don’t care if they hurt another kid. In fact the bullies usually like picking on other kids. Their minds/actions haven’t developed like adults have, so any type of alternative discipline and talking out your feelings stuff is doomed to fail. [/quote]

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