Vermont state officials choose foster care programmes over restorative justice in allocating funding.

Howard Zehr, in an article posted on Eastern Mennonite University News, responds to the Virginia legislature's bill apologizing for slavery: "An apology might include an explanation or account of what happened, but it must go further: "an apology begins where an account ends," says Nicholas Tauvis in his book Mea Culpia: A Sociology of Apology and Reconciliation. "

Most young men caught up in criminal activity have lost several friends and family members and never have received grief counseling. They live with the anger and hopelessness that breed violence. In fact,many shootings and homicides are in retaliation for previous attacks, creating a never-ending cycle.