University of Montana
Empowerment Through Voice: A Case Study in the Leadership of Restorative Justice
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThis 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.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Doctor of Education (EdD)
- Grantor dc:publisher
- University of Montana
- Year
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Harding, Kim Dalene
Subjects
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dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/1326
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarworks.umt.edu:etd-2345