Empowerment Through Voice: A Case Study in the Leadership of Restorative Justice

This qualitative case study identified shared leadership as a necessary component in the sustenance of restorative justice, a reform justice model used at Ada County Juvenile Court Services located in Boise, Idaho. Within each of its divisions, ACJCS utilizes this shared leadership model. At this court, leadership capacity was built though encouraging team members to take initiative and show innovation. Community capacity was built by the creation of networks with other private and county agencies, providing both leadership opportunities and community service hours for offending youth. Shared leadership sustains this reform justice model by allowing leaders to become followers and followers to become leaders. At ACJCS, restorative justice and shared leadership team to create empowerment within the members of the court, within the victim, and within the offender, creating leadership capacity.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Montana

Year

2011

Author dc:creator

• Harding, Kim Dalene

• community capacity
• juvenile justice
• leadership
• learning community
• restorative justice
• school

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/1326

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.umt.edu:etd-2345