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AJA's well-respected quarterly publication, Court Review, features current articles on trends, innovations, and topics of practical interest to judges. The current issue's featured articles are excerpted below.

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Court Review: Restorative Justice

Volume 62, Issue 1

Creating Buy-In for Juvenile Restorative Justice Programs

By Kristen M. Blankley, Lisa M. PytlikZillig, and Ashley M. Votruba

Restorative justice is both a philosophy and a set of practices. This article details insights from research related to grant-funded restorative justice efforts in Nebraska starting in 2015. 
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Consensus and Conflict Over Context: Select Criminal Law and Procedure Cases from the Supreme Court's 2024-25 Term

By Eve Brensike Primus and Elena Schultz

In its 2024-2025 Term, the Supreme Court emphasized the utility — and necessity — of considering the breadth of the record before them.  
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Opportunities and Obstacles of Restorative Justice with Young People Who Offend

By William R. Wood

Definitions of "trauma informed" in social and youth offender services generally refer to recognizing the pervasive impacts of trauma on young people's behavior and development, and designing policies, practices, and interactions that prioritize safety, trust, choice, collaboration, and empowerment while actively avoiding re-traumatization. 
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Judges Shaping Colombia's Peace

By Gabriel Rojas-Andrade

The Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace (SJP), offers a distinctive model of transitional adjudication in which restorative justice (RJ) operates as a judicial tool embedded within a constitutional framework addressing mass atrocity. The SJP expands the role of judges as facilitators of acknowledgment, designers of restorative sanctions, and mediators of institutional trust.
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