ABSTRACT
This special volume emerged out of the collective experience of almost thirty years ministering as chaplains in the city jail in Washington, DC, and years of social work, and after listening to the tragic stories of thousands of confined men and women and others. Observing the justice system at work and its effects on the lives of so many broken people and devastated families and communities leads us to believe that there must be a better way of doing justice in our society not only for offenders, but for victims and the community as well. We believe restorative justice offers such hope.
