Alexis Bell
Pronouns: She/Her
Research Mentor(s): Tyler Musgrave
Research Mentor School/College/Department: / Information
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Authors: Tyler Musgrave, Alexis Bell, Tyler Musgrave
Session: Session 3: 11:00 am – 11: 50 am
Poster: 100
Abstract
The pandemic caused a profound shift towards the digital world, prompting an exploration of video conferencing platforms as a method to sustain normality present. The U.S. justice system is not exempt from this, specifically within restorative practices. The pandemic imposed a transitional phase and created the opportunity to examine the effectiveness of restorative practices in the digital, and use this as a basis to examine the transition from in-person to online. The approach involved conducting six group interviews with a diverse cohort of restorative justice facilitators, that could provide both their own unique and general experiences with conducting restorative justice digitally and with video conferencing platforms. Each facilitator described their experience starting from the technical aspects of facilitation and transforming RJ to function digitally, to the emotional impact in the digital world compared to in-person emotional impact. The interviews allowed us to identify key habits, areas for improvement, and how restorative practice is upheld in the world of the digital, and how the methods from facilitators can be a lesson to the broader community of those that engage in Human-Computer Interactions The findings provide the basis for further exploration into Human-Computer Interaction and how justice is carried out in the digital.
