
Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies

PACS Web Site Topical Index

PACS offers courses leading to the Master of Arts degree or the Graduate Certificate in Conflict Management and Peacemaking.: Master of Arts in Conflict Management and Peacemaking; Graduate Certificate in Conflict Management and Peacemaking

Local Community Implementation: Restorative Justice Project assists local groups in establishing new Victim Offender Reconciliation Programs; Restorative Justice Project .org assists local groups in applying restorative justice principles to the life and work of business, government and non-profit organizations.
Discipline That Restores: Applying restorative justice principles in a school setting is a PACS specialty. This theme is addressed on our Discipline That Restores web site.
Caruthers Project: Description
Victim offender Reconciliation Program: PACS faculty member Ron Claassen was the founding director of Victim Offender Reconciliation Program of the Central Valley. His writings on VORP are offered on the PACS documents page.
Large-scale implementation
International: Conflicts between people groups are a perfect place to apply restorative justice principles. Several articles by faculty member Duane Ruth-Heffelbower exploring this theme are available on our documents page.; RJ International.org applies the expertise of PACS to societal conflicts.
Responding to Terrorism: Restorative justice may offer the only truly viable approach to terrorism. An article by Ron Claassen responding to September 11 is available from our documents page.