Howard Zehr

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Howard Zehr (born July 2, 1944 in Freeport (Illinois) ) is professor of sociology and restorative justice at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg (Virginia, USA), where he is also co-director of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding . Prior to that, he was Head of Conflict Resolution and Justice for the Mennonite Central Committee for 19 years . Howard Zehr is considered a co-founder of a new movement in the administration of justice , the Restorative Justice and Restorative Justice as an alternative form of dispute resolution in the context of a victim-compensation propagated. Zehr is referred to as the grandfather of restorative justice on the Eastern Mennonite University website .

Awards (selection)

  • 2003 International Prize for Restorative Justice (Prison Fellowship International, Center for Justice and Reconciliation)
  • 2006 International Peace Award (Community of Christ)
  • 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award (Journal of Law and Religion)
  • 2010 Michael Sattler Peace Prize ( German Mennonite Peace Committee )

Fonts (selection)

  • 2010 Fairsöhnt: Restorative justice - how victims and perpetrators are healed , Neufeld Verlag , Schwarzenfeld, ISBN 978-3-937896-96-0 .
  • 2004 Critical Issues in Restorative Justice (Ed. With Barb Toews), Monsey (NY, USA), Criminal Justice Press
  • 1990 Changing Lenses: A New Focus for Crime and Justice , Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), Herald Press

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.emu.edu/personnel/people/show/zehrh
  2. ↑ Dr. Howard Zehr Presented the 2003 International Prize for Restorative Justice - Prison Fellowship International . Pfi.org. November 10, 2010. Accessed on November 14, 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.pfi.org  
  3. ^ Communication Services of Community of Christ, Independence Mo .: Community of Christ International Peace Award Honor Roll . Cofchrist.org. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 14, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cofchrist.org
  4. ↑ Journal of Law and Religion Awards | Hamline Law School, Minnesota . Law.hamline.edu. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
  5. ↑ DMFK: Michael Sattler Peace Prize . Dmfk.de. Archived from the original on April 15, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 14, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dmfk.de
personal data
SURNAME Zehr, Howard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sociologist and peace researcher
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Freeport (Illinois)