Howard Zehr
Howard J. Zehr | |
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Zehr in 2005 | |
| Born | July 2, 1944 Freeport, Illinois, U.S. |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Morehouse College, B.A., University of Chicago, M.A., Rutgers University Ph.D. |
| Influences | John Howard Yoder, Nils Christie, Martin Luther King Jr., Peter Stearns, Vincent Harding |
| Academic work | |
| Main interests | Penology, restorative justice, restorative processes |
| Notable works | Changing Lenses: A New Focus for Crime and Justice (3rd ed, 2005); The Little Book of Restorative Justice (2002) |
| Notable ideas | Restorative justice |
Howard J. Zehr (born July 2, 1944) is an American criminologist. Zehr is considered to be a pioneer of the modern concept of restorative justice.
He is Distinguished Professor of Restorative Justice at Eastern Mennonite University's Center for Justice and Peacebuilding and Co-director Emeritus of the Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice.