American Behavioral Scientist articles from March 1998

American Behavioral Scientist archives from March 1998

Restorative justice and earned redemption: communities, victims, and offender reintegration.
March 1, 1998... Currently, when a crime is committed, two primary questions are asked: Who did it, and what should be done to the offender? The latter question is generally followed with another question about the most appropriate punishment and/or, at least...

Repentance, psychotherapy, and healing through a Jewish lens.
March 1, 1998... Great is repentance for it brings healing to the world. . . .Great is repentance for it brings redemption to the world. - Talmud Yoma 86b In the lives of observant Jews, rituals of repentance serve a healing function that parallels that of...

Racial reconciliation: can religion work where politics has failed?
March 1, 1998... The first signs of a thaw in our long decade of discontent about race in America came last June with President Clinton's announcement of a new White House initiative on racial reconciliation. With the bitter memories of the Rodney King...

Apology and pardon: learning from Japan.
March 1, 1998... Mention to someone who has lived in Japan even briefly the role of apology and you are apt to evoke a smile if not an effusion of tales of apologies given or received to expiate both slight and serious offenses. Even the most temporary...