Hawai‘i's Multicultural Contexts and Victim Participants' Information Shuttled for Restorative Reentry Planning Circles

Global Perspectives on Victimization Analysis and Prevention, Forthcoming

30 Pages Posted: 5 May 2020

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Lorenn Walker

Hawai'i Friends of Restorative Justice & University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Leela Bilmes Goldstein

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: January 9, 2019

Abstract

Hawai‘i is a multicultural island American state that has been experimenting with a facilitated restorative reentry planning circle process for incarcerated individuals who meet with loved ones. The circle process considers loved ones’ needs for repairing harm, and the incarcerated person’s needs for successful reentry including reconciliation with loved ones. When loved ones cannot attend a circle they are invited to provide information over the telephone or by email to the facilitator, who shares the information during the circle. This study analyzed participants’ perceptions of how helpful it was for them to provide information about their needs having an incarcerated loved one. The authors predicted participants from high-context cultures would find the process less satisfying than those from low-context cultures, but the study found no differences. Despite identifying from a high- or low-context culture, all participants except one from a low-context culture, found that providing shuttled information was helpful.

Keywords: reentry, restorative justice, reconciliation, solution focused, high context culture, low context cultures, shuttled information, group process, rehabilitation, communication

JEL Classification: 112

Suggested Citation

Walker, Lorenn and Bilmes Goldstein, Leela, Hawai‘i's Multicultural Contexts and Victim Participants' Information Shuttled for Restorative Reentry Planning Circles (January 9, 2019). Global Perspectives on Victimization Analysis and Prevention, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3572139 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3572139

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Hawai'i Friends of Restorative Justice & University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa ( email )

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Leela Bilmes Goldstein

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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