Redemption and Restoration

David Matzko McCarthy, PhD, is the Father Forker Professor of Catholic Social Teaching in the theology department at Mount St. Mary's University. He is the author of Death Penalty and Discipleship: A Formation Guide (Liturgical Press, 2016), coeditor of Where Justice and Mercy Meet: Catholic Opposition to the Death Penalty (Liturgical Press, 2013), and the founding editor of the Journal of Moral Theology.Vicki Schieber is a speaker, writer and ambassador for Catholic Mobilizing Network and the co-founder of Murder Victim's Families for Human Rights. As the mother of a murder victim, she is active in murder victim families support groups and a noted advocate for death penalty repeal. She is coeditor of Where Justice and Mercy Meet: Catholic Opposition to the Death Penalty (Liturgical Press, 2013).Trudy D. Conway is professor emeritus at Mount St. Mary’s University. She is active in the Catholic campaign against the death penalty and contributes to the educational initiatives of the Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Use of the Death Penalty. She is coeditor of Where Justice and Mercy Meet: Catholic Opposition to the Death Penalty (Liturgical Press, 2013).

• ContentsForeword - Caitlin Morneau and Howard ZehrAcknowledgmentsContributors  Part I: Our Criminal Justice SystemChapter 1: JusticeThe Fabric of Human Life -David CloutierReview and Looking ForwardQuestions for DiscussionChapter 2: Restorative JusticeReorienting Justice - Trudy D. ConwayReview and Looking ForwardQuestions for DiscussionChapter 3: Criminal JusticeRestoring Our Justice System - Timothy W. WolfeReview and Looking ForwardQuestions for DiscussionChapter 4: The Criminal Justice EconomyEconomic Concerns and Our System of Criminal Justice - Alejandro CañadasReview and Looking ForwardQuestions for Discussion  Part II: Responsibility, Restoration, and ReformChapter 5: Scripture—Old TestamentRestorative Justice in the Hebrew Biblical Tradition - Richard BuckReview and Looking ForwardQuestions for DiscussionChapter 6: Scripture—New TestamentJesus, the Kingdom of God, and Restorative Justice - Mary Katherine Birge, SSJReview and Looking ForwardQuestions for DiscussionChapter 7: Catholic Social ThoughtResponsibility, Rehabilitation, and Restoration: The US Bishops’ Statement on Criminal Justice (2000) - William J. CollingeReview and Looking ForwardQuestions for DiscussionChapter 8: The Judicial SystemThe Transformative Power of Restorative Justice - Janine GeskeReview and Looking ForwardQuestions for DiscussionChapter 9: Harm and HealingForgiveness - Trudy D. ConwayReview and Looking ForwardQuestions for DiscussionChapter 10: ReconciliationForgiveness and Reconciliation in the Church - Rev. James M. Donohue, CRReview and Looking ForwardQuestions for Discussion  Part III: Becoming Agents of RestorationChapter 11: The Prison SystemTransformative Incarceration - Kirk BlackardReview and Looking ForwardQuestions for DiscussionChapter 12: Restorative Justice ProgramsModels of Restorative Justice - Kelsey Kierce and Teressa SchuetzReview and Looking ForwardQuestions for DiscussionChapter 13: Faith CommunitiesThe Role of Parishes in a Restorative Justice Movement - Lydia Cocom and Karen CliftonReview and Looking ForwardQuestions for DiscussionChapter 14: ConclusionA Journey of Hope for Restorative Justice - Trudy D. Conway

Those of us who work in the criminal justice environment know that it is broken, a system where issues of race, poverty, even geography, ensure that the playing field is anything but equal. We need to change how this system works if we are to end the warehousing and killing of our own citizens. That's where restorative justice-and this book!-come in. Restorative justice is a powerful tool that transforms our understanding of crime and shifts our focus from "broken laws" to damaged human relationships and the harm done to human dignity.Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ, Author of Dead Man Walking and The Death of Innocents