Social Justice Three-Part Webinar Series

Restorative Justice as a Response to Domestic Violence: Practice and Research

Self-Study
NYSED and ASWB/ACE Approved for 1 CE Contact Hour

Live Webinar originally aired on March 24, 2016

The videotaped presentation will be viewable online from a computer via streaming video. Once your registration and payment is received, a link will be forwarded for access to the video and instructions for taking a post-test and evaluation. All online continuing education programs require completion of a post-test and evaluation for receipt of credits.

Restorative justice is used around the world to address a variety of crimes. Domestic violence is a global phenomenon negatively affecting individuals, families and communities. Circles of Peace, a restorative justice approach to domestic violence, brings together perpetrators, victims (when the victim chooses to participate), extended family members, close friends, and trained community members with a “Circle Keeper” facilitator. These Circles carefully monitor safety, encourage dialogue, explore gender dynamics, uncover the history of violence and attempt to create meaningful change. The model is flexible, culturally sensitive, and works with the criminal justice system to bring about healing and transformation, and has been implemented and studied in Nogales, Arizona and Salt Lake City, Utah. Rigorous research supported by the National Science Foundation, as well as years of anecdotal evidence, suggests that Circles of Peace have concrete benefits for families and communities. This webinar will focus on the Circles of Peace model and related research.

• Participants will examine the causes of domestic violence and the criminal justice system’s response to it.

• Participants will gain a better understanding of the restorative justice model as an alternative to the standard treatment and its potential to help those impacted by domestic violence – both victim and offender.

• Participants will identify strategies for implementing randomized controlled trials in real-world settings including university, criminal justice, and community-based agency partnerships.

Briana Barocas, PhD

Research Associate Professor; Director of Research, NYU Center on Violence and Recovery

Danielle Emery, MPA 

Director of Programs, NYU Center on Violence and Recovery

Faye Zakheim, PhD

Fellow, Senior Circle Trainer, NYU Center on Violence and Recovery

Registration is available for the full Social Justice Webinar Series, including Part I, Part II, and Part III.

To register for this self-study webinar or series, please log in to our Online Registration Portal and select it from the list of events under the “Online Learning” tab.

Once you register, no cancellation or refund will be available. Registration and payment gives you immediate access to the self-study.

NYSED and ASWB/ACE approved for 1 Continuing Education Contact Hour (Self-Study).

Learning Assessment: In order to obtain the credits, all participants are required to complete a short post-event learning assessment.

55 jurisdictions accept ACE-approved provider CE contact hours. ACE is not an approved Continuing Education provider in the states of New York (though NYU Silver is NYSED CE approved in NYS) and West Virginia, unless the event is outside of West VA. ACE only approves individual courses in New Jersey, though NYU Silver is CSWE-accredited and therefore accepted for licensed NJ professionals. Here is a full list of statutes related to social work CE.

NYU Silver School of Social Work
Office of Global and Lifelong Learning
285 Mercer Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003

Email: silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu
Phone: 212.998.5973
Fax: 212.995.4497