Ruth Morris is a leading authority on new approaches to criminal justice. She has worked as a university professor and social activist for more than twenty years, helping to build better local, national, and international justice systems. Her books include Crumbling Walls: Why Prisons Fail; Street People Speak; Listen Ontario!

• Part I: Listening: The First Step in TransformationChapter 1: What is Transformative Justice?Chapter 2: Stories of ListeningChapter 3: Anyone can Play the Game: PatChapter 4: Widening the Circles of Prison WorkPart II: Transformative ProcessesChapter 5: Circle Sentencing and Family Group Conferences as Transformative JusticeChapter 6: The ""F"" Word: Where Does Forgiveness Come In?Part III: Key Challenges in TransformationChapter 7: But Does it Satisfy Us?Chapter 8: Transforming Distributive InjusticeChapter 9: Transformative Justice: Power for the Future

The vision of transformative justice stands as critique and a reminder that the issues surrounding crime cannot be separated from the issue of distributive justice. Concrete practices like sentencing circles, listening, talking and feeling construct a healing space where mutual obligations, responsibility and commitments develop. Storytelling is a powerful way of sharing the experience of transformation. Ruth Morris’ collection of stories does this in a compelling way."" - Judge Bria Huculak

Ruth Morris is a leading authority on new approaches to criminal justice. She has worked as a university professor and social activist for more than twenty years, helping to build better local, national, and international justice systems. Her books include Crumbling Walls: Why Prisons Fail; Street People Speak; Listen Ontario!

• Part I: Listening: The First Step in TransformationChapter 1: What is Transformative Justice?Chapter 2: Stories of ListeningChapter 3: Anyone can Play the Game: PatChapter 4: Widening the Circles of Prison WorkPart II: Transformative ProcessesChapter 5: Circle Sentencing and Family Group Conferences as Transformative JusticeChapter 6: The ""F"" Word: Where Does Forgiveness Come In?Part III: Key Challenges in TransformationChapter 7: But Does it Satisfy Us?Chapter 8: Transforming Distributive InjusticeChapter 9: Transformative Justice: Power for the Future

The vision of transformative justice stands as critique and a reminder that the issues surrounding crime cannot be separated from the issue of distributive justice. Concrete practices like sentencing circles, listening, talking and feeling construct a healing space where mutual obligations, responsibility and commitments develop. Storytelling is a powerful way of sharing the experience of transformation. Ruth Morris’ collection of stories does this in a compelling way."" - Judge Bria Huculak

Ruth Morris is a leading authority on new approaches to criminal justice. She has worked as a university professor and social activist for more than twenty years, helping to build better local, national, and international justice systems. Her books include Crumbling Walls: Why Prisons Fail; Street People Speak; Listen Ontario!

• Part I: Listening: The First Step in TransformationChapter 1: What is Transformative Justice?Chapter 2: Stories of ListeningChapter 3: Anyone can Play the Game: PatChapter 4: Widening the Circles of Prison WorkPart II: Transformative ProcessesChapter 5: Circle Sentencing and Family Group Conferences as Transformative JusticeChapter 6: The ""F"" Word: Where Does Forgiveness Come In?Part III: Key Challenges in TransformationChapter 7: But Does it Satisfy Us?Chapter 8: Transforming Distributive InjusticeChapter 9: Transformative Justice: Power for the Future

The vision of transformative justice stands as critique and a reminder that the issues surrounding crime cannot be separated from the issue of distributive justice. Concrete practices like sentencing circles, listening, talking and feeling construct a healing space where mutual obligations, responsibility and commitments develop. Storytelling is a powerful way of sharing the experience of transformation. Ruth Morris’ collection of stories does this in a compelling way."" - Judge Bria Huculak