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Academic Year Report:
2007 - 2008'
"One of the harder things about this experience was accepting that I am now agrown-up
and there are certain things that I absolutely cannot dv regardless of an impulse yr any
other fleeting desire...l was very bitter about the situation for a while, and then 1 just
wanted it to be over. Though 1 had reflected on the situation a lot prior tv my CURJ
meeting, perhaps 1 hadn't fully grasped the take-home Iesson...My CURJ meeting really
helped my do that and it enabled me to Ivvk at everythingfrom a little more positive
point of view -regaining the moral high ground... Tlzunks, for leading me to that place! "
- CUR.I Student-Offender
"The process of CURJ is enormously therapeutic. It is helping nze bring closure to an
unfortunate event for ull parties involved...l am now armed with insightful knowledge of
how to conduct myself, how to act in a more responsible manner, ajzd how to weigh out the
consequences of my actions. 1 know that placing blame on others beside myself is in no
way helpful and is actually detrimental tv the community... Placing blame removes
responsibility from myself and stops the thought and growing process...I'm almost glad
that it happened, even with all the consequences, because of what 1 have learned. "
- CURJ Student-Offender
May l2, 2UU7 through May 31, 2008.
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Staff' Members:
Gina Bata, Coordinator (August 2U06 present)
I~:lissa Berlinger, Case Manager (August 2007 -May 2008)
1•:rin SiCling, Casc Manager for The College Inn (August 2007 May 2008)
Lindsay 1-lale, Program Intern (January 2008 -May 2008)
Ramon Rodriguez, Case Manager (May 2UUR -present)
Work Group Members:
l'om Sebok, Director, Ombuds Office
Sandi Roscwcll, Assistant Director, Office of Career Services
Mary Friedrichs, Director, Office of Victim Assistance
~1ark Ilcyart, Commander, university of Colorado Police Department
Facilitators•
(hrdergruduute Students:
:\lissa 1 Icim, Arrn Russell, ;~nrurda Vu, Anthony Hannagan, Benjamin Chait, Candace Smith,
llcsrick Schwitzcr, Ehssa Berlinger, Enuna Prewitt, Eric Fransen, Felicia Montano, James Haug, Jeffrey Meyer,
I~ssiea Hittelman, John ilallett, Jordan Papadopoulos, Kathryn Lehman, Lana Gabriel, Laura Muellner,
L;nuen Hcllcr, Lindsay Hate, Liz Jones, Mia Yuc, Whitney Alt
l,uw School Students:
t3lakc Rcid, Clara W ilbrrndt, I',rm Sifting, Kim Roy, Kylie Crandall, Melanie Gavisk, Rachel Poe, Valerie Gaimon
StnJf Ah~mnr, and other Conunrrniry Members:
AI Wengerd, Annette Mitchell, Angie Jcffords, Charlotte Garlock, Cristinc Milton, Heather Levan, Jacoba Rock,
Katherine Taunton-Rigby, Sherry Peng
Community Representatives (on~otnunarlicination):
Business Representutive,r:
Bill Shrum, Joe Rosenblum
Landlords:
Betsy Imig, Ilans Rolland, Don Koplen, Grove Stafford, Jessica Pugh, Peter Walters
Neighbors:
Donna Sichko, l:Icanor Depuy, Jane Stoyva, Linda Bailey, Lisa Spalding, Sheri Price, Stan Guralnick,
Rob Clark, Ron Manka, Ron Mitchell
Aolice Offrcers and Fire Department:
Lauri Wcgschcidcr, Benjamin Graff, Brian Chamberlin, Brian Rush, Carlene Hoffman, DJ Smith, Gary Arai,
Kara Jurczertia, Mitch Trujillo, Patrick Vest, Sherry Kenyon, Steven l.ee, Stre Darling, Trudy Hunter
Staff/Faculty:
Jancl Chin, Jill Creighton, Mark Fearer, Mark Schwam., Megan Dwyer, Michclc Richey, Lisa Lampe,
Stephen Bentley, Todd Smicdendorf
Students:
Beattc Selig, Brendan Bradley, Brittani Glidden, Caroline Bcss, Collccn Lock, Eric Anderson, Kelly Davis,
Mcghan Free, Rebecca Klymkuwsky
Municipal Court Intake Volunteers:
Charlotte Garlock, Clara Wilbrandt, Cristinc Milton, Jessica Mittelman, Katherine Taunton-Rigby, Melanie Gavisk
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Executive Summary
The Restorative Justice Program at CU-Boulder (CI;RJ) continued to experience outstanding
support from the community in the 2007-08 academic year. The number of volunteer community
members rose from nine at the end of the 2006-07 year to fifty-five by the end of 2007-08. Volunteers
who served as Community Representatives for CURD gave 124b hours to the program in 2007-08.
In addition to these volunteers, CUR.1 recruited twenty-three new hacilitators for the program. Eleven of
these individuals originally came through the program as student-offenders. Volunteers who served as
Facilitators gave 1456 hours to the program in 2007-08.
Partnership with the Boulder City Attorney's Office and Boulder Municipal Court entered its
fourth year. This was the first year that the caseload from this referral source decreased. The referrals
fell from 465 in 2006-07 to 320 in 2007-08. This decrease mirrored a decrease in tickets written for
municipal violations during the same time period. While; it is difficult to determine exactly what caused
the decrease in violations, it is likely that the effectiveness of CURD, as demonstrated by its low
recidivism rate, had a part to play. Lowering the overall number of violations in the community is an
outcome that CURJ seeks to achieve.
F,fforts to evaluate the program continued into their second year. Evaluation forms are completed
by all student-offenders and community representatives. The results of these evaluations show that 97%
of student-offenders and 96% oi' community member representatives are satisfied with the CURJ
process. Of the 349 students who entered the CURJ pro~nam, 93% completed the program successfully.
The average recidivism rate; for the students who complete CURJ is 1 I.5°/~ at one year from completion.
In comparison, the re-arrest rate for public-order offenders nationwide was 62.2% in 1994.' These
measures tend to show that t;UR.I is operating at a high degree effectiveness.
In addition to the statistics above, the restorative justice process strongly supports the philosophy
of Student Development: intellectual development; life-long learning, career development;
development of beliefs, values and ethics; belonging and a sense of connectedness; multi-cultural
awareness; and identity and the role of independence and interdependence. CURJ supports each
student in achieving these goals as either astudent-offender or a volunteer facilitator.
Student-offenders are given an opportunity for development through their participation in the
program. CURJ allows students to put aside defensive attihrdes and look at their past behaviors in an
objective manner. Of the student-offenders who participated in the program this year, 96% said that
they had learned something that would help them make better choices in the future. Many student-
oftenders have chosen to continue their involvcrncnt with CURJ by becoming a volunteer facilitator or
community representatives. All students who participate in the program arc exposed to an organic form
of learning that comes from direct interaction between people. Once a student understands the value of
this interaction, his or her eyes open to a type of learning that will continue throughout life.
Students who serve as volunteer facilitators receive training in conflict resolution skills and are
able to practice these skills in each conference that they facilitate. These conferences expose the
facilitators to a wide variety of people, points of view, and complex issues, such as the meaning of
community and democracy, local municipal codes and how they apply, the responsibilities of being an
adult, considerations of running a business, multiculturalism, underage alcohol use, the effects of alcohol
abuse, and more. In addition to this, CURJ provides an interdisciplinary setting where students can apply
their classroom learning. Restorative justice intersects with law, sociology, communications, psychology
and many other academic pursuits. Many student facilitators plan to use the skills they learn at CURJ in
their chosen profession.
Overall, CURJ experienced another successful year. Campus communities across the nation
continue to look to CU-Boulder as a leader in the restorative justice field. With the continued support of
the university, the Boulder community, and its many volunteers, CURJ continues to be a viable option for
student discipline and community justice in Boulder.
See http://www.ojp.eov/bjs/reentry/recidivism.htm (percent of released prisoners re-arrested within three years).
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Summary of Statistics
06-07 07-08
CASE REFEKRALS AND OUTCOME RATES
Total Cases referred to CURD 480 349
# Cases referred from Boulder City Attotne 's Office 465 320
11 Cases referred from Boulder District Attorney's Office 0 2
# Cases referred from the CU-Boulder Office of Judicial Affairs **95 *S8
# Cases refereed from CU-Boulder De arlment of Residence Life I l9
Success Rate started / % com leted) 93% 93%
Recidivism Rate (One Year from Completion) I 1 % 12%
Recidivism Ratc (Two Years firorn Cornplction) 16%
Satisfaction Rate (student offenders) 94% 97%,
Satisfaction Rate (impacted parties%victims!cornn~unity member representatives) I00%, 96"/°
STCJDENT-OFFENDER DEMOGRAPHICS
"/o Fenralc students 22% 24'%
Male students 78% 76%
% Freshmen 13% 16%
% So homores 33% 35%
Juniors 26% 24%
Seniors 23"/0 2l
°/u (Jraduatc Shrdcnts 1 % I
Non-students 4% 3%
Residents (total student body = 68%) 40% 40%
Non-residents {total student body = 32%) 60% 60%
Alcohol-related violations 92% 91%,
COMMUN AGREEMENT ITEMS COMPLETED
Volunteer Hours 4478 13I 1
Alcoholics Anon mous Mcetin rs 233 94
A polo =ies made to a Police Officer 78 96
Interviews of a Police Officer 33 29
A olo~ies made to a Nci hbor or other lm acted Part 527 177
A olo >ies made to a Family Mcmbcr 36 87
Safe Pa Fl ers Created and Distributed (incl research of noise codes) 2502 1305
Roommate House Plans Created (incl research of noise codes) 103 113
Reflectior>/Rescarch Pa ers written 14fi 172
TYPES OF VIOI,A'CIONS (Cih~ Attvrn ~ Referrals only)
Nuisance Part Prohibited 221 120
Fraud ID 57 49
Obstruction of a Peace Officer 47 34
Resistin ~ Arrest 15 13
Brawlin r 26 24
Third De ~rce Assault 1 I 13
Unreasonable Noise after 1 1 PM 28 23
Providint; Alcohol to Minors 31 14
LOCATION OF MUNICIPAL CODE VIOLATIONS
L•nivcrsity Hill 47%
Pearl Street 16%
Martin Acres 6`%
Fast Aurora 6%
(Joss/Grove 5%
On-Cam us 5%
Ot}ler l$%
Of the SS referrals from the Office ~f Judicial Affairs in 07-08, 49 were also referred
from the City Attorney.
* * Of the 95 referrals from the U~ce of Judicial Affairs irr 06-07, 81 were also referred
from the Crty Attorney.
Uata not collected during the given year.
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Table of Contents
History of the Restorative Justice Program at CU-Boulder ................................................................6
Referrals from City of~ Boulder Agencies
Boulder Municipal Court and City Attorney's Office .................................................................8
Partnership and Referral System . . .......................8
Information on Violatiorrs ......................................................................................8
Types of Violations . ...............................................................8
Location of Violations ................................................................................9
Comparison Data from Boulder Muni Court and Police Records .......................................10
Boulder District Attorney's Office .................................................................................................................11
Environmental and/.oning Enforcement Office . . ...................................................1 1
Referrals from University of Colorado at Boulder Agencics ............................................................11
Office of Judicial Aff'airs ................................................................................................11
Department of Residence Life ..........................................................................................12
Demographics i'or Student-Ufl'enders ..........................................................................................13
Gender . . ...13
Academic Grade Level ...................................................................................................13
Residency Status ..........................................................................................................14
Academic Major ...........................................................................................................14
Program Outcomes and Evaluation ............................................................................................15
Success Rate .............................................................................................................15
Satisfaction Ratc ..........................................................................................................15
Recidivism Rate . . . ......................................................................16
Agreement Items ..........................................................................................................16
Student-Offender Evaluation ............................................................................................17
Community Representative Conference P,valuation .................................................................18
Program E1'ficiencv .................................................................................................................18
Conference Dynamics and Information .......................................................................................19
Community Accountability Board Conference .......................................................................19
Victim-Offender Conferc;nce ...........................................................................................20
Mutual Responsibility Conference .....................................................................................20
The Volunteer 'Ceam ............................................................................................................20
F'ac i 1 i tators .................................................................................................................20
Community Rcpresentatives ............................................................................................21
Intake ltepresentatives ...................................................................................................21
Work Group Members ...................................................................................................21
Staff Positions .......................................................................................................................21
Coordinator ...21
Case Manager . . ...22
Case Manager for The College tnn ....................................................................................22
Program Intern ............................................................................................................22
7~he College Inn Pilot Project ....................................................................................................22
Aunendices:
Appendix A: Results from Student-Offender Program Evaluations ..........................................................26
Appendix B: Results from Community Representative Conference Evaluations ...........................................36
Appendix C: The College Inn Pilot Project Evaluation Results ...............................................................46
Appendix D: Recidivism Report ...................................................................................................56
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History and Overview of the Restorative Justice Program at CU-Boulder
In May of 1998, staff members from CU-Boulder attended an informational session about restorative
justice presented by the Longmont Community Justice Partnership. As a new concept in the United States,
the Longmont Community Justice Program was on the cutting edge of implementing restorative justice for
juvenile offenders in the Longmont community. After this meeting, a restorative justice pilot project was
started on the CU-Boulder campus and was administered through the Office of Judicial Affairs. The purpose
of the program was to serve as an alternative to traditional sanctioning for cases deemed appropriate by a
Judicial Affairs officer. The first restorative justice conference was held in April of 1999.
From 1999 until 2004, the Restorative Justice Program at CU-Boulder (CURD) was coordinated by a
graduate assistant intern who received advisement and assistance from the CURJ Work Group made up of
various memmbers of the campus community. During this period, the program was referred 15-20 cases per
year by the Uffice of Judicial Affairs. For each case, the Community Group Conference model was utilized.
This model brings together victims, offenders, support persons, and community members to discuss the
impacts and harms created by a student's actions. Facilitators are trained to guide the group through a
discussion that allows the victim and community members to express how a violation has affected them and
the offender to explain his/her actions and take responsibility for the impacts and harms. The goal for the
group is to reach an agreement outlining how the offender can repair the harm for the victim and the
community members- This model continues to be utilized by CUKJ when there is an idcntifiab(e victim who
chooses to participate in the conference and has been renamed the Victim-Offender Conference.
The 2004-2005 academic year brought many changes fbr CIJRJ. Anew coordinator was hired, Will
Bledsoe, who worked with the CUKJ Work Group, the Boulder Municipal Cottrt, and the City Attorney's
Office to forge a new partnership far referrals. Judge Linda Cooke presented the idea of referring cases
involving CU students who had broken the municipal code and were facing prosecution by the City of
Boulder. These cases would involve "quality of life" and low-level violence violations. Because this
partnership would result in hundreds of referrals and because the main "victim" in a quality of life crime is
the community itself, a new restorative justice model was implemented by CU1ZJ -the Community
Accountability Board (CAB).
The CAB conference is made up of three community representatives and two facilitators, and differs
from aVictim-Offender Conference in that the community representatives act as surrogate "victims" and
represent the community as a whole. This model is for quality of life violations primarily, such as Nuisance
Parties and Unreasonable Noise. Because there is no direct victim present, this model has allowed CUKJ to
cut down on preparation time for each conference and hold two per night with each lasting sixty minutes.
During the 2004-2005 academic year, the City Attorney's Office referred 70 cases to CURJ. That number
rose to 250 during the 2005-2006 academic year and to 465 during the 200b-2007 academic year.
Because of this new caseload and revenue source (each student is charged a fee), CU-Boulder was
able to transform the Coordinator's position into afull-time staff position starting in August of 2006. A part-
timc student assistant position was also created along with several internships. Volunteers are recruited from
the University of Colorado and broader Boulder community, and serve as either Facilitators or Community
Representatives. Facilitators are trained to lead the conferences while Community Representatives are
taught basic restorative justice principles and are expected to represent the community in general.
During the 2007-2008 academic year, the referrals from the City Attorney's office dropped to 320.
This decline in referrals coincides with a decrease in violations written by the Boulder Police Department
and the Environmental and Zoning Enforcement Office. While the exact reason for this decline in violations
is not known, it is possible that various community efforts to prevent and mitigate negative student behaviors
are beginning to have a positive effect.
The 2007-08 academic year also brought about new projects including a pilot project at The College
Inn residence hall, the development of guidelines for IIall Directors to refer cases to CL"RJ, and a partnership
with the Environmental and 'Zoning Enforcement Office for trash violation referrals. CL'RJ continues to
seek out areas in the community that may benefit from the restorative justice process.
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I. Referrals from City of Boulder Agencies
A. Boulder City Attorney and Municipal Court
i. Partnership and Referral System
Since 2004, the Boulder City Attorney's Office in cooperation with the Boukicr Municipal Court has
been the primary source of referrals for CURJ. During the 2UU7-2UU8 Academic Year, 320 cases were
referred. CL'-Boulder students are refetYed to the CURD program through a plea bargain, which may
include a Conditional Motion to Dismiss or a Deferred Sentence. These plea bargains may also include
conditions, such as an alcohol use screening, alcohol class, or a probationary period. The following chart
shows the number of student-offenders offered each plea bargain type:
Tv e of Plca Bar ain #Student-offenders
Deferred Sentence -Alcohol Screenin 65
Conditional Motion to Dismiss + Alcohol Class 139
Conditional Motion to Dismiss 116
The Boulder Municipal Court continues to utilize the "fast-track" process where arraignment dates
for all municipal violations are set within one to two weeks of the date of violation, instead of the previous
four to six week timeframe. In cooperation with this process, CURJ's intake sessions are incorporated into
the arraignment procedures at the courthouse on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. The court procedure for
the CU students/defendants is as follows:
1) Cases are screened by a city attorney beforehand to determine which CU students will be offered CURD as
part of their plea bargain.
2) Selected students receive advisement of rights from the judge along with all defendants.
3) Selected shrdents are taken as a group to speak with a city attorney who explains that they are being
offered a common plea bargain that includes participation in CURJ.
4) Each selected student meets individually with a CURJ representative for an intake meeting.
5) If the student accepts the plea bargain and CURJ accepts the student, he/she is scheduled for a restorative
justice conference and receives a return court date by which the court must receive proof of completion of
CURJ (usually 90 days from the date of referral).
6) Once proof ofi'CURJ completion is received by the court, the student's case will be dismissed (as long as
any other conditions of the plea bargain have been met).
ii. Information on Violations Referred by City Attorney
CURJ tracks the types of violations referred and the number of each type of violation to compare
this with overall trends in the City of Boulder. This year CURJ has also collected data on the location of the
violations. The most common type of violation referred to CURL continues to be the Nuisance Party
Prohibited code (120). For all violations that CURJ saw in 2007-2008, 91 °/n were alcohol-related, which
means that the defendant was at some level of intoxication when receiving the ticket or the violation is for
Fraudulent LD. In general, there has been a decrease in cases between 2006-07 and the 2007-08. Of
particular note, there were about SU% fewer Nuisance Party tickets in 2007-08 (12U) than there were in
2006-U7 (221). The following chart shows all violations referred by the Boulder City Attorney in 2006-07
and 2007-08:
MUNICIPAL VIOLATION 2006-2007 2007-2008
One student may have multi /e violations Total Students: 465 Total Students.• 320
Nuisance Parties 221 120
Fraud TD 57 49
Obstruction of a Peace Officer 47 34
Providing Alcohol to Minors 31 14
M1P (local code only) 28 33
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Unreasonable Noise aficr 11PM 28 23
Brawling 26 24
Damage to Property 18 5
Open Container l6 0
Resisting Arrest l5 13
Usc of Fighting Words 12 5
Third Degree Assault I I 13
Trespassing 11 15
Disrupting Quiet Enjoyment of Home 9 13
Public Urination 8 4
Physical Harassment 6 6
Making a False Report 5 1
Threatening Bodily Injury 4 1
Litter 3 6
Discharging firearms 2 0
• Aiming a weapon at another ! U
Fireworks 1 5
]Whaling Taxic Vapors I 0
Bike light out I 0
Open Burning Prohibited 0 1
Certain Devices banned from Roadway 0 I
Fire on Public Property 0 2
I larassmcnt 0 I
Dogs at Large 0 1
Bike on Mall 0 I
Location of Violations in 2007-U8 Academic Year
GosslGro~e 2007.2008
On Campus So/
590 ~
East Aurora _
6%
i
Uni~ersdy Mill
Martin Acres 47%
6%
i i
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I
Other
15%
I
Pearl
16%
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iii. Comparison Data from Boulder Municipal Court and Police Department
Records
Boulder Police Department, CU Police Department, and Environmental Zoning and enforcement
officers report anecdotally that the decrease in cases is not due to a new procedure in issuing the tickets.
Reports from those agencies show a decrease in the past two years for several violations. The following
charts illustrate tickets written by these agencies during the fall semester (Aug. 1'' - Dec. 31''):
Tickets Written for Municipal Violations in Boulder (individuals Aged 18-25)
zoo - 190 - - - -
Tao - 1
F~
760
i ~J
740 :t;
? Fall 2004
720
? Fall 2005
too - - 97 '
- - - ? a 0
s~ ¦ Fail 2007
80 - -
69
67
60 -
-48 - 45---
41 41
40
25 ~a 36 v 27 32 28 26 28 24 2627
zo ~ 9 - - - 9~. 76 _
o -
3rd Degree Pssaull (3rawling Nuisance Parry Obstr~_~~.~un; a i rr.r. U llnlnv.7u~ F, F~ro~.4dc llnc-::~°,,na-.b.-:
Pewee l~lfiUer Ncnho L~ Pa5^Or No sc
Su:acu. !k±uldc. Nurvr.:prl Ca~.:n h'er.ortis snJr3n;urler Pnl:::e D~perhnerl RBCOlds
Tickets Written for "Minor in Possession of Alcohol" in Boulder (Individuals Aged 18-20)
700 - - - - - - - - - - 1
637 ~
598 I
' 600 - - - 558 I
- 530
500 i - - _
400 - -
i
300 ~ - - - -
I ~ ~
200 i
100 I
0
Fall 2004 Fall 2005 Fall 2006 Fall 20'')7
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B. Boulder District Attorney's Office
During the 2007-08 year, CURD received two referrals from the Boulder District Attorney's office.
These referrals were for Third Degree Assault and Third Degree Assault accompanied by 1 larassment. I7or
these cases, Victim-Offender Conferences were organized. Referrals from the District Attorney's office tend
to be determined on a case-by-case basis, as opposed to the more system-based style that has been developed
by the City Attorney's office. CURD continues to invite referrals from the District Attorney's office.
C. Environmental and Zoning Enforcement Office
In collaboration with the EZ.EO officers, CUILI began accepting referrals this year for trash
violations in the City of Boulder. Normally, a house Thal is cited for a trash violation would pay a fine of
around $ I OU, Now when an T;ZEO officer determines that a house where CU-Boulder students are living is
in violation of the trash ordinance, that officer can offer to send the students to the CURD program instead of
assessing the fine. For these students, CURJ includes them in one of the bi-weekly trash clean-ups on
University Ilili. The student will serve one to four hours cleaning up trash and pay $ I S to CURD. Tn 2007-
2008, twenty-six students were referred to this process by an EZEO officer.
II. Referrals from University of Colorado at Boulder Agencies
Each student at CU-Boulder is expected to abide by the Student Code of Conduct. If a violation
occurs, the student will have an opportunity for a hearing with a hearing off cer from Residence Life at
his/her residence hall or with the Office of Judicial Affairs. Any hearing officer may refer the case to CURJ
as part of the student's sanctions after he or she is found responsible for the violation or the hearing officer
may refer the case to CURD as a diversion from the hearing process.
A. Ufiice of Judicial Affairs
CURJ is run within the administrative structure of CU-Boulder's Office of Judicial Affairs (OJA),
which has jurisdiction over Student Code of Conduct violations. OJA hearing officers may refer cases to
CURD for the Student Code of Conduct violation. This may be done as part of the student's sanctions or as a
diversion from the OJA process. During the 2007-08 academic year, CURT was assigned as a sanction by an
OJA hearing officer for 58 students. Of these 58 cases, 49 were also referred to CURJ by the Boulder City
Attorney's Office. The chart below details the types of violation referred to CURJ as part of the student's
sanctions:
STUDENT CONDUCT VIOLATION 2006-2007 2007-2008
Qne student may have multi le violations Total Students = 9S Total Students = 58
# l -Assaulting or physically abusing another person or being I 1 12
involved in brawlin .
N3 -']~hreatening or endangering the health or safety of a person 3 5
(one's sclfor others).
ti8 Abusroe conduct. 2 0
#9 -Violating any federal; state, or local law, or university regulation 8 0
or olicv.
0 - h~terfering with, obstnrcting, or disnrpting a university activity. 2 2
ill l -Interfering with, obstructing, or disnrpting police or fire 17 16
res oases.
N l l a- Resisting Arresl 8 5
t#1 Ib -Failing to abide by the directions of a peace officer. 13 12
tilt -Failing to comp:y with the direction of
university officials who 1 2
are erformin [heir duties (includes an instruction to resent LD.)
i?13 Failing to abide by or complete a university sanction in a 7 2
satisfactor rnanncr.
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#14 -Providing false information to university officials.., or peace 18 9
officers...or forein , alterin , falsifvin , or misusin document.
#16 -Violating any Housing and Dining Services Policy. 1 0
#16a -Violating the noise policy (residence life). 1 0
#16k -Violating the smoke-free buildings policy (residence life}. 1 0
#17 -Unauthorized entry into or exit from a university facility or 5 l
ro crt .
#18 -Damaging university property or property belonging to another. 6 4
#21 -Possessing firearms, explosives, fireworks, incendiary devices, 3 0
ammunition, or other wea ons on cam us.
#Z2 -Theft. 6 0
#23 -Possessing, using, providing, manufacturing, distributing, or 7 1
sellin ~ dru s or dru = ara hemalia in violation of law or univ olio .
#24 -Possessing, using, providing, rnanufachcring, distributing, or 48 30
sellin alcoholic bevera cs in violation of law or univcrsit olie .
li. Residence Life
During the summer of 2007, CURD worked with Residence Life to develop guidelines for Hall
Directors to refer cases to CURJ. The guidelines created an option for I-tall Directors to refer cases as a
diversion from the conduct hearing process and an option to refer cases as part of the sanctions. When the
student is referred as a diversion, the student is given a letter that indicates that he/she has a choice between
the RJ conference process and the conduct hearing process. If the diversion process is chosen, the student
must accept responsibility for the offense, but it will not appear as part of his/her permanent record. The
diversion option carries with it a $50 program fee. In addition to the sanction or diversion options, CURJ
also created a sanction that would allow a Hall Director to assign a sittdent to participate in CURJ as a
Community Representative. The following chart shows the options for referral:
Cate or O Lions for Referral to CURJ
Alcohol of'fcnse R.1 as et Sanction
Non-alcohol offense (e.., noise, damage to ro) R.1 as a Sanction or lliversion
Referral to Judicial Affairs (e.. assault, firearms) RJ ossibilit discussed al weekly case management meetin
During 2007-08, CURJ received twenty referrals from Hall Directors. Of these twenty, seventeen
were offered the diversion option, two were referred as a sanction, and one was referred to participate as a
Community Representative. The chart below details the types of violations referred to CURJ:
STUDIaNT CONDUCT VIOLATION 200b-2007 2007-2008
One.cludent may have multi le violations Total Students - 1 Total Students = 19
t?1 Assaulting or physically abusing another person or being 0 1
involved in brawlin .
#3 -Threatening or endangering the health or safety of a person 0 1
(one's self or others}.
#9b -Violation of university's policy on Discrimination and 0 1
Harassment.
t! l l a-Resisting ,4rrest. 0 I
#1 1 b Failing to abide by the directions of a peace officer. 0 1
tt 12 Failing to comply with the direction of university officials who 0 15
are erlormin their duties (includes an instruction to present [.D.)
#1b -Violating any Housing and Dining Services Policy. 1 1
#18 -Damaging university property or property bciodging to another. 0 15
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III. Demographics for Student-Offenders
CURJ tracks demographics of the student-offenders that participate in the program each year. The
four areas that are tracked are gender, academic class, residency status, and academic major. The graphs
below illustrate the demographics for each of these categories. 1"'.ach category has been tracked for iwo
consecutive years with the exception of academic major, which was on]y tracked in the 2007-08 academic
year.
Gender oi' CUR.1 Student-offenders in 2006-07 and 2007-08
2006-2007 2007-2008
Female
Female
22% ~ l ~
24 ~
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Male Male
78% ~ ~ 76°0
Academic Grade Level of CURJ Student-Offenders in 2006-07 and 2007-OS
Non-Student Graduate Le~e1 Unknown 2006.2007 ~ r
t°/ t % .Von Student Gnrciua c Le~cl Unknown 2007.20081
~ ~
Frrsl•Yoar ~ First-Year
73% 16
~ ? Sophmore
~ 33% Sophmore
' 35°b
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Sonror Senior
23% 21%
'°Y, '~''r"fit Junror Ju nior
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Academic Maior of Student-Offenders in 2007-08
Compared with Academic nlaiors of All CU-Boulder Students
Musie_ Non•sludent Unknown 2007.2008 I Architecture Education Music 2006.2007
EducaGOn 1% ~ 2°'° ?0~e CURJStudent-Ottenders~ ~ y% ~ 0% 0% CU-BoWdorpogreesConterred
t % ~
~ Communication
Architecture g% -
5%
CommumcaUOn ~
7 % Enginooring
89'0
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9 % ! ~.1.
Arts and I, - , .
_ ' Science
- Business
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Science
53
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19 % ~
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Residency Status of CUR,I Student-Offenders in 2007-08
Compared with Residency Status of All CU-Boulder Students
zoo?-zoos' zoo?
CURJ Studont-OHendo All CU•BOUldor Student
Non-Reardent
32 %
Resident
40%
~1 ~ h.
60'%
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IV. Program Outcomes and Evaluation
To measure the outcomes and effectiveness of CURD we consider the success rate (percent of
students who complete the program after attending a conference), the rates of satisfaction for student-
offenders and community representatives, the total completed agreement items (amount and type of direct
repair that occurs for the community, impacted parties, and victims), and the recidivism rate (percent of
students who re-offend within a given time period after completion).
A. Success Rate
The success rate for CURJ is calculated as the percentage of'students who successfully complete the
program once referred and accepted into the program. It takes into consideration students who fail to
complete the program for one of'the following reasons: failure to appear for a schcdulcd conference, failure
to complete their Reparative Agreement, and commission of a subsequent violation while participating in the
program.
2006-07 2007-08
# Students who Started the CURJ Process 451 311
#Students who Com feted the CURJ Process 423 289
Success Rate #com feted / # started 94% 93%
Note: Students may be returned to the referring agency for a variety of reasons before the student
begins the CURJ program. These cases arc not included in the Success Rate above, because the students did
not actually start the CURJ program. The following chart details the reasons that a case might be returned
before and after starting the program:
2006-07 2007-08
Reasons for Return be ore Startin CURJ
Self-return student decided to ar ue case at court) 5 1
Non-res onsive after initial contact 3 0
Not a CU student or co-defendant of a CU student 2 1
Moved out of Boulder 2 1
CasC not A ro riatc for ItJ (rncl:~des not accepting responsibility) 1 4
Alternative Dis osition Arran *ed b City Attorney 1 1
Never contacted CUKJ to be in the ro am 0 1
Totes! 14 9
Reasons for Return a ter Startin CURJ
lion-com Iction of Rc arauve A ~recment b the Due llate 15 10
Failed to A car for a schcdulcd Conference 10 ]0
Subse ucnt Violation durin A reement Period 3 2
Totul 28 22
B. Satisfaction Ratc
Restorative Justice programs depend on the involvement of victims, impacted parties, the
community, and offenders to provide legitimacy to the process. This is because the goal is to repair harms to
these same people. For this reason, it is essential that these groups are satisfied with the program's
management and outcomes. CURJ measures satisfaction rates in evaluation questions asked of individuals
that volunteer as Community Representatives and who are referred as the Student-Offenders. Community
Reps are asked "1 low satisfied are you with the way CURJ handled this case?" and given a Likert scale of
very satisfied, satisfied, dissatisfied, and very dissatisfied. Student-offenders are given the statement "I am
satisfied by the way CURD handled my case" and given the Likert scale of strongly agree, agree, disagree,
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and strongly disafnee. The following chart shows the satisfaction rates for these groups based on the
answers recorded for these questions:
Tv e of Partici ant: Satisfaction Rate:
Student-Offenders 97°/~ (274/283)
Communi Re Volunteers: 96% 506/529)
*See Appendices A and 13 forfirl! results qJ the Student-QJJender and Community Rep Evaluations
C. Recidivism Rate
The recidivism rate measures the number of offenders who are contacted for a similar offense within
a measured period of time after a disciplinary intervention has occurred. These rates are useful in helping to
determine whether the penalty, treatment, or other intervention received by an offender is effective in
changing that person's behavior. CURJ began measuring recidivism rates with the student-offenders who
participated in the program in 2005-U6. This group of students will be measured at one year, two years,
three years, and four years from their completion date. The same will be done with each group of student-
offcnders who participate in the program on a yearly basis. By taking these measurements for four years,
CURD hopes to capture the full time a student spends at CU-Boulder after the violation. This will help to
determine the long-term affects of the CURD program. To find subsequent offenses, CURJ works with the
Boulder Municipal Court and the Office of Judicial Affairs databases. The rates do not include offenses that
take place outside the City of Boulder. The chart below indicates the various recidivism rates for the two
groups ofstudent-offenders from the years indicated:
Academic Year % Students who Received a Ticket after Com letin CURJ*
Une year fr-wn tom ~letlnn Twn years /rout tom lclian
2005-06 11 % (231209) 16% (34/209)
2006-U7 12`% (45/355) Data not et available
Avcri e 11.5"/<~ Data not 'et available
*This does not fake into account the subsequent disposition oflhe charges at tour!, which rs a different
formal than what was used in the 2006-07 Academic Year Report.
For information on Jhe type of original and subsequent offense and trmeframe, see Appendix D.
For the students that did re-offend within in one or two years of completion, many of the new offenses
were less serious than the originai offense. For cases processed in 2005-2006, 50% (17 out of 34) of re-
offenders conunitted violations that were less serious than their original violation. These less serious
offenses included primarily Minor in Possession of Alcohol, L`rinating in Public, and
Possession/Consumption of Alcohol in Public. For cases processed in 2006-2007, 45% (22 out of 49) of re-
offenders committed less serious offenses. Lowering the severity of violations is also a significant factor in
measuring effectiveness.
D. Agreement Items -Repair Efforts for the Community and Individuals
Completed agreement items show the direct positive impact that the CURJ program has on the CU
and Boulder communities. There is no limit to the type of agreement items created as long as they are
measurable, verifiable, appropriate, and reasonable. The table below outlines some of the more typical types
of agreement items completed by student-offenders:
Tv ical T es of A regiment Items Com leted 2006-07 2007-08
Volunteer Hours 4478 1311
alcoholics Mon mous Meetin s 233 94
A olo >ies made to a Police Offcer 78 96
Interviews of a Police Officer 33 29
A olo ies made to a Nei hbor or other Jm acted Party 527 ] 77
A olo >ies made to a Family Member 36 87
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Safe Part 1'1 ers Created and Distributed (incl research of noise codes) 2502 1305
Roommate House Plans Crcatcd (incl research of noise codes) 103 113
Reflection/Research Pa ers written 146 172
In many vf~ the areas listed above there has been a significant decrease in the amount of repair
completed that can not be explained due to a decrease in caseload alone. Specifically with regards to the
drop in attendance at AA meetings, this decrease might be attributable to the fact that many students are now
required by the Boulder Municipal Court to do an alcohol class or alcohol screening with a probation officer.
The chart above is meant to provide an example of common agreement items.
An overall explanation for the decreases on the chart is that the type of repair work is created on a
case-by-case basis and not pre-set by the program. As more community members participate in the program,
the creativity of the repair items will increase as well. We had mvre community members in the program
during 2007-08 than we had in 2006-07. They arc likely to come up with ideas other than the typical items
listed above. The various ideas are too numerous to list in a chart. This may be one reason why the most
typical agreement items are not utilized as heavily. The examples in the chart arc meant to simply give an
idea of what students are doing as part of their Reparative Agreements. Sec also the information on
Reparative Agreement guidelines on page ] 9.
"I had an incredible experience »:eeting with my neighbors and getting to know them.
I only wish I would have taken the time to get to know them sooner"
- CURJStudent-Offender
E. Student Program Evaluation
All student-offenders must complete a Program Evaluation Form as part of their Reparative
Agreement. The torn includes questions related to their overall experience in the CtJRJ program and also
focuses specifically on the students' experience in their conferences and while completing their Reparative
Agreements, The chart below highlights the results from the evaluations:
# lhn~ crgrecd /
# res o»ded ro uesrion
06-07 07-08
General Pro ram Measures:
1 Feel that throu h CiJRJ I was held accountable form offense. 93% 95%
CiJRJ hel ed me understand my role in the Boulder community. 86% 90%
Ci1RJ het ed me understand the role of Boulder olice officers. 69% 77%
CiJRJ tau ht me thin s that will hel me to make better choices in the futures 92% 96%
CiJRJ is an effective means of dealin ~ with student violations in Boulder. 94% 98%
Communi Accountabili Board Conference Measures:
1 was iven an o ortunit to tell my side of the story. 98% 99%
I listened to other eo Ic's ers ective nn the carne situation. 97%~ 97%
I was hel ed to understand the Boulder Munici al Code(s) that I allc ~edl violated. 88% 93%
1 was hcl ed to understand that 1 am res onsiblc for what ha ens in my home. 93% 98%
I was hel ed to understand the role that alcohol la ed in m violation. 88% 91%
I was hel ed to understand how my actions harmed my nci ~hbors. gq% 8$%
1 was hel ed to understand how m actions harmed the officer(s) that res ondcd. 78`% 81%~
1 was hcl red to understand how m actions harmed business owners in Boulder. 6U% 72%
1 was hel ed to understand how rnv actions harmed m family. 77% 84%
I was riven an o orttmiry to have in ut into how to re air these harms. 96% 98%
I felt res ~ccted. 94% 96%
Re arativc A ~reement Measures:
M community ser-~~ice ex erience was ositivc. 90% 99%
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M interaction with a nci ~hbor was ositive. 88°.•'0 98%
M interaction with a olice officer was ositive. 76% 90%
M interaction with a business owner was ositive. 84% 95%
M roommates and I will follow the House Plan we created. 96% 99%
tSee Appendix A.jor frill results njdm Snrdent-nfjender F. valuations.
"I thi~:k that the CURJ program does a great job working with students to make
something positive out of tl:eir situation. Rather than go to court and he punished for
what you did, CURJ gives you the opportunity to learn and grow from your experience.
This is a very ber:eficial process in my eyes." -CURJ Student-Offender
F. Community Representative Conference Evaluation
CURJ collects evaluations from each person that serves as a Community Representative in the
Community Accountability Board conferences. In 2007-08, 529 evaluations were collected. The chart
below highlights the results:
Communi Accountabili Board Measures: es"res onses 06-07 07-08
Wcrc ou given adcc uatc o orrirnit to cx ress our o lIllOn? 100`% 100%
Do ou believe the offender s were held accountable for their violation? 79% 95%
Do ou believe that the student learned somethin from the conference? 91% 91%
Do ou believe that A reemcnts will hcl to re air the harms? 88°/, 44%
*See Appertdrx 13 for fttll resu/GS vf'!he Community Rep Gvahtation.r
"The CAB provided the opportunity for the student to gel perspectives from other
members of the commui:ity and the impact his violation has. Also, a good opportunity
to learn more about the dynamics of Boulder." -CURJ Community Representative.
G. Program P:1'ficicncy
In cooperation with the Boulder Municipal Court, efforts continue to be made to minimize the time
between the violation date and the CURJ conference date. Boulder Municipal Court continues with its "fast-
track" process to help reach this goal. Under this process, a student's first court arraignment date is within
one to two weeks of the violation date. In addition, the Boulder Municipal Court and the City Attorney's
Office make it possible for CURJ to perform intake at the courthouse on scheduled arraignment dates. Once
a student goes through intake with a CURJ representative, he or she is scheduled for an individual
conference. After the student's CURJ conference, four to six weeks are allowed for the student to complete
the agreement created at t}Ie conference. The table below shows the average time between violation date and
referral date, the referral date and the conference date, and the confcrcnce date and the completion date:
2006-2007 2007-2008
Averse Medrnn Avera e Median
Da s biw Vrolatron Date & Referral llate 59 4S 18 11
# Da s b/w Referral Datc &CURJ Conference Date 29 27 d0 28
Da s bhv CURJ confcrcnce Date &CURJ Com letion Date 44 40 44 39
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V. Conference Dynamics and Information
The primary service performed by the CURD program is coordination of restorative justice
conferences for offenders, victims, impacted parties, and community members. CURD uses three different
models for its conferences. The type of conference used depends on the type of violation and the types of
participants at the conference. F'or cases that involve quality of life violations or when a victim is not willing
to attend a conference, the Community Accountability Board model is utilized. For cases involving a
victim-offender dynamic and when the victim is willing to attend the conference, the Victim-Offender
Conference model is utilized. For cases where two or more parties hold mutual responsibility within a
violation, such as brawling, the Mutual Responsibility Conference model is utilized. Each of these models is
based on the same principles of restorative justice, acceptance of responsibility and repair of harm, and
follow a scripted format.
A. Community Accountability Board Conference Model
The most utilized conference model at CURJ is the Community Accountability Board conference
("CAB"). Of the 336 conferences held during the 2007-O8 academic year, 326 were manabed using the
CAB model. This model was implemented in 2004 because of its efficiency and ability to accommodate the
hundreds of referrals received from the Boulder City Attorney.
Each CAR consists of two facilitators, two or three community representatives, and the student-
offender. Approximately two CABs arc run every Monday through Thursday during the academic year.
Each individual conference lasts about one hour in which a facilitator guides the discussion between the
student and the community representatives with the goal of identifying who was harmed by the offense, how
they were harmed, and how the student can repair the harm. Together they create a Reparative Agreement
that might include items such as community service, restitution payments, apology letters, research papers,
interviews of community members, substance abuse awareness experiences, and other items.
An outline has been developed for facilitators to use in each conference. C1JRJ refers to this as the
CAB Script. The script is summarized here:
l) Establish common ground through introductions and ground rules.
2) Listen to the student's story and level of responsibility.
3) If applicable, identify and discuss the role of alcohol.
4) Tdcntify and discuss who was harnled and how.
5) Identify and discuss areas where the student needs education on laws and community expectations.
6) Create an atneement to repair the harms and meet the sritdent's needs for education.
For the CAB model, the Reparative Hour Guidelines listed below arc used when creating a
Reparative Agreement:
Hrs Violation*
24 Max amount for violation that includes two or more char es
2U Obstniction of a Peace Officer, Resisting Arrest, Fighting Words, any offense ? bad attitude
(strop ly consider alcohol and olice interaction activiUCS), False Re ort
16 Nuisance Party. Providin r Alcohol to Minors ( art •-related)
l2 Unreasonable Noise, Disturbing Quiet w!out V's input, fraud ID, MIP, Trespass @ football game
or bar (de endin~l on interference and attitude)
8 O en Container, Litterin ~ (i Alc) (consider 4 hrs 13RC + 4 AA meetin ~s ,Public Urination
4 Trash (BRC)
* 'fwo offenses on two different days should be added together.
Dama e to ro erty, Brawlin ,Third lle *rec Assault do not have uidelines.
"Reparative Hours" do not refer simply to volunteer hours. Students are assigned an hour value for
each item in their Reparative Agreement. For example, a student would receive one hour for writing an
apology letter and one hour for contacting an offcer and hand delivering the letter. Creativity is encouraged
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when creating agrcernents as long as the hour values given for each item adds up to the guidelines listed
above. These guidelines were developed over the past three years with the help of the CURD facilitator team
and staff members. The reason for the guidelines is to provide continuity and fairness for similar violations
while allowing for as much individualization as possible.
B. Victim-Offender Conference and Mutual Responsibility Conference Models
During the 2007-2008 academic year, four cases were managed using the Victim-Offender
Conference model, which is based on the Community Group Conference model developed by Teaching
Peace in Longmont, CO. This made] is used by CURJ when both the victim and offender involved in a
violation are willing to attend a joint conference for cases such as Third Degree Assault, Damage to
Property, or Theft. The process is similar to mediation, but includes the third dimension of community,
which is represented by one or two community members who attend the conference. Both the offender and
victim arc also encouraged to bring support persons and family members to the conference. With the
guidance of two facilitators, this group identifies what happened, what the offender can take responsibility
for, who was harmed and how, and what the offender can do to repair the harm. The conference can take
anywhere from one hour to several sessions, depending on the dynamics of the case.
The Mutua] Responsibility Conference model is used when the line between offender and victim is
blurred, when there are multiple offenders and victims, or with groups that have ongoing tension (e.g.,
neighboring groups). It is most commonly used by CURD for Brawling violations. CURJ used this model
for six cases during the 2007-2008 Academic Year.
For both Victim-Offender Conferences and Mutual Responsibility Conferences, much effort is put
into preparing the participants for the conference. The facilitators meet with each person individually to be
sure that they are prepared to interact with the others in the group. The end result of both the Victim-
Offender Conferences and the: Mutual Responsibility Conferences is an agreement that satisfies all parties,
especially any identified victims. No agreement guidelines are used for these types of conferences and the
group is able to customize the agreement to a greater extent than can be done in the CAB conferences. Once
an agreement is reached, it is monitored by the CURJ program in the same manner that the CAB Reparative
Agreements are monitored.
VI. The Volunteer'I'eam
The key to CURJ's success is the dedication of its volunteers. They serve as Facilitators and
Community Representatives in CURJ's conferences, intake representatives at the Boulder Municipal Court,
and informal advisors. The CUKJ Team of volunteers gave 2819 hours of service to the program in
2007-08. 't'hese individuals are a precious resource in our community and essential to the CURD program.
A. Facilitators
CURJ began the 2007-08 academic year with eighteen Facilitators who elected io continue
volunteering with the program. Twelve new Facilitators were added to this group in the fall semester and
eleven were added in the spring semester. Out of the total forty-one facilitators who volunteered for CURJ,
twenty-four were undergraduate students, eight were law students, four were alumni who live or work in the
Boulder community, one was a professor, and four were Boulder residents. In addition to this, eleven of the
new facilitators originally came through the program as student-offenders. This group facilitated over
1456 hours of conferences for CURJ in 2007-08.
Each volunteer is required to attend a training to learn how to facilitate the Community
Accountability Board (CAB) conferences. This training is performed in-house by CURJ staff and takes
place once in the fall and once in the spring. In exchange for this training, the volunteers are asked to
commit to facilitating two sessions of the CAB per month for a period of at least one year. Lach CAB
session consists of two conferences that each last one hour during the period of 6PM until 9PM. Facilitators
are also asked to attend one team meeting per month, which usually lasts one hour. Some Facilitators elect
to take on more responsibility by learning how to facilitate the Victim-Offender and Mutual Responsibility
Conference models. Training for these models is performed al Teaching Peace in Longmont, CO.
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B. Community Representatives
An essential part of any restorative justice conference is the participation of community members.
CURD calls these participants Community Representatives. This role is particularly important for the
Community Accountability Board (CAI3) conferences, because they deal primarily with violations that have
an community-offender dynamic as opposed to victim-offender dynamic. It is essential for the student-
offenders to hear from these representatives about how their behavior impacts neighbors, landlords, students,
business owners, police officers, and other corrununity members. "Phis direct dialogue is what helps to build
empathy and relationships between the student population, permanent residents, and police officers. Each
CAI3 session has two-three Community Representatives. "The Community Representative volunteers
gave 1246 hours of service to CURJ conferences in 2007-08.
C. Intake Volunteers
Since August of 2006, CURD has performed intake at the Boulder Municipal Court for cases that are
reterred by the Boulder City Attorney's office. This intake occurs on general arraignment dates, typically
during the hours of 8AM and i2PM on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. The City Attorney's Uffce
provides two rooms for CURJ to use during these time periods.
CURJ volunteers are trained to perform the intake interview with each student who is referred to the
program. 1'he volunteers are responsible for providing information about the CURD program, making sure
the student understands the terms of the offer made by a city prosecutor, scheduling the student for a
Community Accountability Board conference when appropriate, and communicating with the Boulder City
Attorney's Office and Municipal Court staff when an issue arises. The intake volunteers arc the first point of
contact a student has with CURJ. They set the tone for the student's experience in the CURJ prognam.
CURJ has been lucky that many individuals have shown interest in these volunteer positions. This
year, Charlotte Garlock, Clara Wilbrandt, Cristine Milton, Jessica Hittchnan, Katherine Taunton-Rigby, and
Melanie Gavisk served as CURJ's intake volunteers. As a group they served over 117 hours performing
intake at the Municipal Court in 2007-08.
D. Work Group Members
The CURJ Work Group is made up of several individuals who play an informal advisory and
assistance role for the program. It includes Tom Sebok, Director, Ombuds Office; Sandi Rosewell, Assistant
Uireetor, Office of Career Services; Mary Friedrichs, Director, Office of Victim Assistance; and Mark
Iieyart, Commander, tJnivcrsity of Colorado at Boulder Police Department. Tom Sebok and Sandi Roswell
were members of the original group that started the Restorative Justice Program in 1998. They have
remained involved through the; years to assist with finding funding for the program, hiring graduate
assistants to serve as the Coordinator, and supporting the program in many different ways. The Work Group
meets periodically to provide assistance and advice to CURJ.
VII. Staff Positions
A. Coordinator (full-time, professional exempt employee)
The CURJ program has supported afull-time position for the Coordinator since August of 2006.
Prior to that year, the position was typically filled by a part-time graduate assistant. The expansion in
caseload due to the growing partnership with the Boulder Municipal Court and Boulder City Attorney's
Office required greater staff resources to administer the program. The Coordinator is responsible for hiring
and supervising student employees and interns, volunteer recruitment and coordination, volunteer training,
program development through new partnerships and projects, program evaluation, budget management, and
general administration. The Coordinator reports to the Director of Judicial Affairs who in turn reports to the
Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs.
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I3. Case Manager (part-time, student employee)
The Case Manager oversees each student-offender's progress through the CURD program from
referral to completion by building rapport, explaining the process, scheduling conferences, writing
agreements, approving agreement items, and certifying completion. This position places a great deal of
responsibility on the student employee and is an exccIlent learning opportunity, During 2007-08, this
position was filled by Elissa Berlinger who was a Political Science major and graduated in May of 2007.
She excelled at building relationships with. student-offenders and keeping the details of their cases organized.
Elissa was an asset to the CURJ office and helped to further develop this position, which is now entering its
third year. She has been succeeded by Ramon Rodriguez who is a senior Economics major and will hold the
position from May 2008 until May 2009.
C. Case Manager for The College Inn Pilot Project (part-time, student employee)
To administer The College Inn Pilot Project, a second Case Manager position was created. That
position was housed in and funded by Residence Life and supervised by the Coordinator for CURJ. Erin
Sifting, athird-year law student filled this position for the 2007-08 academic year. Erin worked fifteen
hours per week and shared an office with The College Inn's Hall Director, Michele Richey. Erin's
responsibilities were to perform intake sessions, schedule conferences, write agreements, and manage
agreement completion. She also recruited and coordinated volunteers and worked with the Ball Director to
arrange for case referrals to restorative justice. In addition to case management, F,rin also helped to create a
number of proactive community-building initiatives at The College Inn, such as community values circles
and presentations for the transition to off-campus living. Erin handled these responsibilities with amazing
agility, even though it was quickly determined that her workload realistically required afull-time employee.
It is hoped that this position will be supported for the 2008-09 academic year.
D. Program Intern (part-time, student, for academic credit)
CURJ has internship opportunities for credit for both undergraduate students and law students.
During the fall semester of 2007-08, Lindsay Hale interned for the prolnam and received credit for this
internship through the Communications Department at CU-Boulder. Lindsay was in charge of compiling
data for the student evaluation and community representative forms, supervising the Buff Restoration Corps,
and updating the approved list of volunteer opportunities. She also served as a Facilitator for several CAB
conferences. In her role as the Buff Restoration Corps supervisor, Lindsay organized groups of students to
perform trash clean-up on University Hill. She also organized aclean-up in the Martin Acres neighborhood,
which required her to coordinate with the Martin Acres Neighborhood Association on trash dumping
locations. In addition to this, she created a response survey for the students who participated in the clean-ups
to gather their feedback on the experience. We look forward to having Lindsay back with the program in the
2008-09 academic year to further develop the Buff Restoration Corps as a service to the community.
VIII. The College Inn Pilot Project
CURJ partnered with the Department of Residence Life to run a pilot project at The College Inn
Residence 1-call during the 2007-2008 academic year. The goal of the pilot project was to implement
restorative justice principles and practices into the everyday life of a residence hall with the hope of creating
strong community values and effective methods for dealing with conflicts and violations. Because
restorative justice has not been implemented on a large-scale in a residence hall at any other college or
university, there was no model from which to create The College Inn pilot project. The procedures were
developed tluough meetings between the CURJ Coordinator, Gina Bata; CURJ Case Manager for The
College lnn, Erin Siffing; Director of Residence Life, Gardiner Tucker; Assistant Director of Residence Life,
John Fox; Area Coordinator for Residence Life, Annie Dawson; and several Hall Directors, Raul Jimenez,
Michelle Vitcrbo, and Michele Richey. Michele Richey became the Hall Director for The College Inn early
in the fall semester and worked with Erin Siffing on establishing a smooth process for referrals to RJ.
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A. The College Inn Setting and Background
~'he College Inn is a unique residence hall located on the north side of the CU-Boulder campus.
With only 200 residents, The College Inn is one of the smaller residence halls and provides a great
atmosphere for aclose-knit community. In addition, the College Inn is situated in a diverse neighborhood.
There are apartment buildings and homes in the area where non-students, students, faculty, and staff live,
and Boulder I Iigh School is across the street. Just across the parking lot is the Athens North family housing
unit where students, faculty and staff live with their significant others and/or children, and there are several
other family housing and faculty/staff housing units nearby.
With so many different people with such a variety of lifestyIcs living near one another, conflict and
issues have arisen from time to time. During the 2006-2007 academic year, there were repeated incidents
during which the activities of residents at'I'hc College Inn negatively impacted the family housing
community. These incidents included Loud noise, trash and litter, property damage, vandalism, foul
language used in front of children, smoking on balconies, and setting off fire alarms. In April 2007, CURD
[acilitated a conference to discuss what could be learned from the 2006-2007 school year with the hope of
. making better preparations for 2007-2008. Eight participants representing both The College Inn and Family
I lousing attended the conference. Some of the primary goals expressed by conference participants were to
increase understanding between the groups, to have peaceful relations, to be proactive, to have open and
honest dialogue, and to create events where residents of The College Inn and Family Housing could get to
know one another.
With these goals in mind, the Restorative Justice Program at The College Inn was started in the fall
of 2007. This is the first time a restorative justice approach has been taken on a large scale within a CU-
Boulder residence hall. "I'he reason for this new approach is to build a positive community for everyone and
to attempt to create an cnviromnent where students can learn from their mistakes in a supportive atmosphere,
rather than simply receiving a punishment.
B. Referral Process for The College Inn
The referral process for The College Inn was developed with the goal of channeling as many cases
as possible through a restorative justice process while abiding by the university's conduct policy. When a
student conduct violation was committed by a student living in The College lnn, the case was reviewed by
the Restorative Justice Program's Case Manager and the College inn hall Director. Together, they utilized
the following guidelines to determine whether to send a case to RJ or to the IIall Director for a conduct
hearing:
Cate orv U tions for Referral to CURJ
Non-alcohol offense (e. noise, dams a to ro) RJ as Diversion (no meetin with Hall Director)
Alcohol of•fcnsc RJ as a Sanction as Assi ned by Hall Director after IJearin
Referral to Judicial Affairs (c. assault, firearrrts) RJ ossibili discussed with Judicial Affairs
If ILT was an option as a diversion for a case, the student met with the ItJ Case Manager for intake to
determine whether the student could take responsibility for the violation. If so, the student was scheduled
for a Community Accountability Board conference at The College It~n. Students who successfully complete
the restorative justice diversion process had their cases closed without the offense showing as a mark against
them on their record. Students who failed to complete the diversion process had their cases returned to the
Hall Director for a hearing on the same offense. During 2007-08, nineteen cases were referred to KJ as a
diversion.
If RJ was an option as a sanction for a case, the student would meet with the Hall Director for a
conduct hearing. If the student is found responsible for the offense, then she would assign sanctions to the
student, which might include R.I. ]n these cases, the violation is recorded on their university record. The
student would then meet with the RJ Case Manager and proceed through the RJ process. lluring 2007-OK,
twenty-two cases were referred to RJ as a diversion.
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It was quickly determined that there would not be as many referrals to RJ at The College Inn as was
anticipated. One reason for this was that any case that involved alcohol could not be offered RJ as a
diversion, and rather was required to go to the Hall Director for a hearing and sanctions. This is in
accordance with the university's low-tolerance policy regarding alcohol violations. Cases that involve
alcohol make up the vast majority of cases at "The College Inn and other residence halls. Even though the
students with alcohol-related cases could be sanctioned to RJ, in general, students sanctioned to ItJ are not as
receptive to the process as those that choose it voluntarily as a diversion. The result was that many cases
were unavailable for the RJ process, because they involved alcohol.
Mother area of cases that were unavailable to the RJ process involved more serious violations, such
as assault, damage to property, air-soft guns, large parties, etc., because these violations arc typically sent to
the Office of Judicial Affairs for a hearing per university policy.
RJ works best when the harm is apparent and the impacted parties arc identifiable, as it is in cases
that typically involve alcohol and greater harm to individuals and community. Based on the parameters that
were set for The College Inn pilot project, only forty-one cases were referred to RJ compared with the 200
that went to a conduct hearing. For RJ to make an impact in a residence hall, more cases need to be
available to the restorative justice process, including alcohol-related cases and cases of a more serious
nature. Until these cases are included in the process, the true potential for RJ in a residence hall will not be
realized.
The following statistics outline all violation at The College ]nn and those that went through the RJ
process:
TOTAL CONDUCT CASES AT TAE COLLEGE INN
# Cases 2006-2007 individuul on 2 reports = 2 cuse.rj 373
# Cases 2007-2008 individual on l reports = 2 cases) 225
k Cases with no hearin (wron ~ crson, unknown offender, etc 6
IF Cases that went to Conduct I~carin ~s 200
# Cases referred to RJ as Sanction from Hearin Officer 22
# Cases Referred to RJ as Diversion 19
l~ lndividuals res onsible for total cases in 2007-2008 78
Po ulation of The Colle a Inn -Fall 2007 218
Po ulation of The Collc re Inn - S rin 2008 ] 88
DEMOGRAPHICS OF STUDENTS REFERRED TO RJ
°io Female students (9) 22%
I ~o Male students (32) 78%
I First Ycar (40) 98%
So homorc (U) 0%
Junror (1) 2%
Senior (0) 0%
Colorado residents (9) 22%
Out-uf~-state residents (32) 78%
"TYPES OF VIOLAI'IUNS IN CASES REFERRED TU RJ
1 lb Failin to Abide b Directions of a Peace Officer 1
14 - Providin > False Information 2
t# 16a - Violatin ~ the Noise Polic 5
166 - Throwin Items from Balcon 1
l6k Violatin the Smoke-Free Buildin s Polic 9
~I 17 Unauthorized Ent or P,xit from Buildin 3
18 -Dania yin ~ Universit Pro crt ;Vandalism l
i 2l a - Possession of Harmless Item Resemblin ~ Wea on 1
23 - In the Presence of Mari uana 4
23a - Possession of Mari uana 7
24 In the Presence of Alcohol 4
24a Possession of Alcohol 12
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VIOLATION CHARACTERISTICS R
Alcohol-related violations (16) 34%
Mari'uana-related violations (11) 23%
% On-Cam us Violations (44) 94%
Off-Cam tus Violations (3) 6%
CASE llISPOSII'ION & RETURNS
r? Cases ]Zcachin Conference 37
# Cases Successfully Com Ieted 32
Success Rate: 86%
RECIDIVISM who reo end within one vear)
Recidivism for Conduct llcarin > rocess 50%
Recidivism for Conduct IlearinT+ RJ Sanction 50%
Recidivism for RJ Diversion 42%
REPAIRS COMPLETED
C:1JPI) Officer lntervicw 1
Amends to Officer 3
Amends to Resident Assistant or Hall Director 7
Amends to lei hbor 7
Amends to Victim 4
Amends to I•anuly 4
Flyers (re: Student Code of Conduct, Effects of Dru & Alcohol) ] 94
Bulletin Boards 19
Roommate A reements 8
Research Pa ers 4
Buff Restoration Co sat "I'hc Colle e Inn Hours I 1
CURD-Colle e Inn Conference Conununit Rc resentativc Hours 14
Observation of AA Mcetin Ts 4
Research & Power Point Presentation on Wea ons Polic ]
Pro osal for 1)esi mated Smokin ~ Area at The Colle e Inn 1
Pro osal to Obtain Ci arette Butt Rcce tacles for The Colle =e Inn 1
Total it Volunteer hours 58
STUDENT PROGRAM EVALUATIONS J) (31 collected)
Satisfied with R'a "l heir Case was handled 94%
Learned Thin s that will Hcl "1'hcm Makc I3ctter Choices 90%
Peel CURJ is Effective for Dealing= with On-Cam us Violations 97%
Given O ortunit to Tell Their Side of the Stor 100%
Hel ed to Understand CU Housin ~ Code, Boulder haws 97'%
HeI ed to Understand Rcs onsibili for Activities in 'hhcir Roorn/Ilome 97%,
Ilel ed to Understand How Their Actions Affected 1'hcir Roommate 94'%
Het cd to Understand 1-low Their Actions Affected 1'hcir Nei hbors 97%
Pelt Res ected 97%
Communit Service lx crience was Positive 97%
COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE CONFF,RENCI? EVALUATIONS R (33 collected)
Satisfied With Iiow Case was f Iandlcd 100%
Given Ade uate O x>rtunily to ];x press 'T'heir O inion 99°/n
Believe Student was Held Accountable for Violation 100%>
Believe A lreement will Re air Hartns Caused h Violation 96%
*S'ee Appendix C for, full Evaluation results.
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Appendix A:
Student-Offender Program Evaluation Results
2007-2008 Academic Year
(283 evaluations returned)
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*A!! % is rounded to the nem•~ct whole number
Stronely Not
uestion Disa ree Disa ree A ree Stron 1 A ree A licable No Res onse
Kegardittg CURD in ~;cncral:
'1'hc option to participate in the CURD program was clearly explained to rue by the CURJ
1 re ~resentative on the day of m arrai nment at the munici al court.
1 °,tii (3) 2' (S) 29% (83) GS'% (183) 3% (9) 0"/° (0)
2 It was my choice to artici ate in the CURJ ro ram.
I "/o (4) 3°/~ (8) 28% (80) 67'%u (189) I% (2) 0%(0)
3 [ am satisfied by the wav the CURJ ro ram handled my case.
I% (3) I% (3) 33°% (93) 64°io (I8l) 1% 3) 0%(0)
4 1 did what was re wired but didn't really learn anvthin .
27"/0 (7S) 62% (l75) 9% (27) 2% (G) 0% 0) 0% (0)
~ 1 feel that throw h CURJ 1 was held accountable for my offense.
2% (S) 3% (8) 4S% (128) 48% (136) 2% (6) 0% (0)
6 CURJ het ed me understand my role in the Boulder communit .
0% (1) 10'% (28) 52% (148) 36`% (101) 2% (S) 0% (0)
7 CURJ het ed me understand the role of Boulder olice officers.
7% (19 1S% (43 48% (137) 26% 73 3"/0 9) 1% (2)
8 CURJ hcl ed me understand the effects of alcohol on m behavior.
3% (8) l4'% (40) 43% (122) 26% (73) I I% (31) 3°/" (y)
9 CURJ tau ht me thin s that will hcl me to make better choices I'or m self in the future.
o ( )
0% (1) 4% (11) S1% (14S) 44% (123 I% 3)
lU CURJ is an effective means of dealin with student violations in Boulder.
0°,% (I) 2'% S) 3l% (91) 66"/0 (183) I% 2) 0%(1)
Kegurdurg the CURJ Cun~erence:
llu 1 was iven an o ortunity to tell my side of the sto
1 % (2) U% (1) 24% (67) 74% (209) 1 % (4) 0% (0)
116 1 listened to other co le's crs ectives on the same situation.
0% (1) 1`% (S) 40% (]13) S6'% (1S7) 3% (6) 0%(1)
Ile 1 was het ed to understand the Boulder Munici al Codes that i was accused of violatin .
° ( )
0% 1) G% (l9) SI% (143) 4l'% 11S) 2% 5) °
ltd 1 was het cd to understand that 1 am res onsiblc for what ha ens in m home.
0% (0) 2% (S) 34'% (9S) 4S% (12G 19"/0 57) 0'% (0)
Ile I was het ed to understand the role that alcohol laved in m violation.
2'% (S) 6`% (17) 44°/u (12S) 33'% (93) 15% (43) 0% (0)
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Stronely Not
uestron Disa ree Disa r e A ree Strr?n ! A ree A licable No Res onse
Regarding the CURD Cunjerenc'e (coal,).
ll -i I was hcl cd to understand how my actions harmed My Nei hbors
' 3% (I I) fi% 17) 41% (115) 31% 87 19°/u (53) 0%(0)
11 -ii I was hcl ed to understand how m actions harmed The Officer that Rcs ondcd
6%~ 14) 14% (39) 48%~ (137) 29% (82 3% (11) 0% (0)
11 =iii 1 was het ed to understand how my actions harmed Business Owners in Boulder
3'% (1 1) I fi°/u (45) 28% (79) 24% (66) 29% (82) 0% (0)
11 -iv 1 was het cd to understand how my actions harmed My Family
3% (9) 10°.% (23) 42% (117) 29% (83) 16% (46) 0% (0)
11 I was iven an o ortunity to have in ut into how to re air these harms.
' 0% 0 2°/~ (5) 42°./0 (118) 54`% (153) 2% 5) <I%(2)
Ilh I was asked about m ersonal interests and hobbies.
I% (2) 12% (33) 53°~o f151) 31% (87) 3% (10) 0% (0)
lli I felt res ectcd.
0`% (I) 3% (9) 41 °~o (116) 55% I55 I % (2) 0% (0)
I1' 1 was lectured.
21 % (59) 59% (167 14% 4U) 5% 13) I % 4 0% (0)
Kcgarding the CIJRJ Relurrulive A~,n•eement:
I2a My community service ex cricnce was ositive.
0% 1 1 % (2 36% (102) 32% (90 2U% 57) l 1% (31)
Ujlire slmlenlc who named the organization:
Community Service Or anization SD D A SA
Meals on Wheels 1
linivcrsi Hill Picnic 1
I he 1-lcrd 1
Universi Memorial Center 2 1 5 4
Smok Hill Vine and 1
Buff' Restoration Co s l 9 8
The Dai Ccntcr I
East Boulder Communit Center I 1
Addiction Recover Ccntcr I
Ni htride ]
CURJ 1 8
Alters I
Bal Swan Children's Center I
f?x and 1
F:mer enc Famil Assistance 1
Eco-C cle 1
CU/Cit Walk-Abouts 3 3
Downtown Boulder, 1NC. 1
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Children's Hos ital fundraiser 1 1
1'ro'ect An el Food 1
Colorado Environmental Center 1
CMA 1
Conscious Alliance 1
GORD 1 3
Boulder Soccer 1
Ho e A gain 1
Boulder Ilisto Museum 1
Norlin Gov't Publications l
Boulder Corm AIDS Pro~ect I
Boulder Frceride I
i3oulder Shelter for Homeless 1
Habitat for Iiumanit
Littleton Acadcm 1
Ciood news soup kitchen/ Winnetka park I
district
Geneva Glen Cam 1
Colorado Horse Rescue
Boulder fire de artment 1
Freedom Service Do 7s 1
YMCA 1 1
Boulder Community Food Share 1
Hos ice 1
W ardcnber 2
BCOMA I
Fire De artment I
Wittier Internationals Elementa School 1
O en S ace I
Share a ift I
The basics fund 1
Cascv Middle School 1
Cu rec clin cu bake ,mom 1
CORE I
Desconso Ciardcns 1
Shi in on the hill 1
BMCOA I
PCJSII 1
WRLV l
Our Center 1
Decision Makin Worksho I
TOTAL 1 4 39 42
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Stronely Not
uestion Disa rcc Dlsa ree A ree Stron I A ree A livable No Res onse
12b M interaction with a olive officer was ositive.
1% 2 2% 7 16% (44) 13% 38 68% 192) 0% (0)
Of the students H~ho Homed the n%ficer:
Officer Contacted SD D A SA
Ste hens I
Frc 1
Cum ton 1
Ta for 1
Schaefer 1
Gibson 1
Uarlin I
Russell 1
Graff 2
ltanshaw 1
Rush 1
Bcikart 1
Sloan 1
Arri o 1
Tri'ullo I
12c My interaction with nei hbors was ositive.
0'% (0) 1% (3) 27"/0 (76) 22% (62) SO% (]42) 0%(0)
!ld M interaction with business owners was ositive.
0°./0 (I) I'% (3) l9% (531 9% 24) 71% 202 0% (0)
12e M roommates and 1 will follow the House Part Plan we created.
o ( )
0% (0) I"/o (2) 23% (67) 27°0 (76) 49% 138) /0 0
12 1 learned somcthin from the research that I did.
0% (1) 1% (3) 43% (121) 36% (102) 20% (56) 0% (0)
12 M observation of AA meetin s was a ositive ex erience.
0% 0) 1 % 4) 1 1 % (32) 11 % (30) 77% 217 U% (U)
Yf'hen asked iahe[her the v considered themseh~es a student, residen! or hnth:
Boulder
13 CU Student Resident Both Uther
35% (98) 4% (10) 59% (167) 2% 8)
Comments:
"'I~hank you CURJ!" Female, 19, Third Degree Assault
"Thank you for opportunity to Icarn from my mistakes, it was very hclpfirl." Malc, 24, Brawling
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"This program is a lot more productive; learning experience compared to being slapped with a fine and some
community service with no discussion of why what you did was wrong. Also, the damages are better repaired this way.
Thank you." Male, 22, Third Degree Assault
"It is a fair program considering the other punishment, thanks." Male, 21, Nuisance Party
"I really think this is a great way for the university to have some intimate connection with the student. 1 like the idea of
helping the student stop drinking if it has become a dangerous problem from them." Malc, 22, Procuring Alcohol to
Minors
"This program is a great thing to keep alive. Tt helps everyone in a positive way courts, students, neighbors,
community...etc. thanks!" male, 21, Unreasonable Noise
"This program helped me cope with an experience that could have caused me a great deal of stressing. I was able to
earn a 4.0 the semester of these allegations. Thank you for your help and understanding." Male, 20, Obstructing a Peace
Officer and MIP
"I thought this program was good. The meeting with the: other people was not that helpful. Two of the people did not
offer any thing or say anything and I felt kind of lectured. But that's okay, I probably deserve it." Male, 22, Making a
False Report
"Thank you for again. Unlike every other court appointed experience, this was a good one." Male, 22, Brawling
"I really enjoyed the CUKJ experience and 1 want to further my community service by volunteering." Male, 21, Third
Degree Assault and Obstructing a Peace Officer
"Thanks for all the support" Male, 23, Brawling and Obstruction of Peace Officer
"i feel my case was handled very well by CURJ. My only gripe was that I received an MIP along side my nuisance
party ticket and had to deal with two different courts and deferral programs. If 1 had only had a nuisance party, the
CURJ program seemed to be a fair justice measure but combined with my other 24 hours community service and level
II alcohol class, I feel that I was overly punished. In addition, the whole ordeal cost me about 1,000 dollars of my own
money." Male, 19, nuisance party
"Thank you for giving me a change to be involved in the program and repair what happened." Male, 21,
MIP/brawling/obstructing a peace officer
"I enjoyed the program" Male, 20, Nuisance party
"Really good program" Male, 20, fake ID
"1 really appreciate the experience 1 had through CURD. Everyone I had contact with was very respectable and made me
feel very comfortable throughout the whole process. Thank you for the opportunity and CURD is truly a great program!"
Female, 20, Nuisance Party
"Thank you for providing this opportunity. It has been a great support system and a fantastic alternative to what I would
have to do otherwise. I have learned a lot from this experience, and am very happy that this program exists." Female,
19, Nuisance party ticket
"[Community Rep's] participation in this process seemed excessive." Male, 19, Nuisance ticket
"1 enjoyed the program." Male, 20, Nuisance Party
"Great Program!!" Male, 18, MIP and False ID
"Thank for your guys time, I really appreciate what you guys do for kids." Mate, 2U, Physical Harassment
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"The Restorative .iustice is a very unique and helpful outlet to allow students to accept responsibility for their actions
and prevent further incidents. It allows for college mistakes to be understood and lets the student not have these
mistakes follow them forever. T'hanks." Female, age 21, Third Degree Assault.
"1 enjoyed the program and feel the program was more beneficial than monetary punishment or "normal" community
service practices." Female, 22, noise violation.
"Thanks for the opportunity!" Female, 22, noise violation.
"'T'hank you, 1 learned a lot form this experience." Male, 21, obstruction a police officer.
"CURD was fair and respectable. ITowever the board members were significantly older than me during my conference,
so the peer side of the conference was a little lost to me." Male, 20, Minor in Possession
"Overall great experience." Male, 20, noise ordinance.
"I was pleased with the CURJ program. It is an excellent potion in comparison to dealing with the courts. Thank you,
keep up the good work." Male, 22, Brawling and obstruction a police officer.
"1 thought the program was very helpful compared to other punitive measures that could have been used. Thanks for
everything Gina." Male, 22, Nuisance Party
"I think this is a great program that really lets people lca~-~r form their mistakes." Female, 20, Drawling.
"Positive Experience." Male, 22, Damage of Property.
"I just wanted to let everyone working the CURJ program know what a great thing it is that this type of community
accountability option is available. ]t is in all honesty a positive experience when approached with an open-mind. I
really appreciate the fact that all the coordinators in the program arc so non-judgmental and sincere when talking the
you about the damage that was done and the steps that can be taken to repair it. It can be overwhelming to be in a room
with that many people talking about you, but everyone made it an easy, comfortable experience. 'Thank you for al} your
help through this whole process." Male, 19, Drinking/Obnoxious behavior.
"Great Program." Female, 19, Fraud ID.
"I would of enjoyed the oppornmity to talk to the officer that charge me. There were a couple of questions 1 had for
him." Female, 22, Noise Violation
"T am very grateful that the CURJ program exists because it gave me a change to learn from my errors not just be
punished by them." Female, 20, Nuisance Party
"The CURJ process was a positive and respectful experience." Male, 21, Alcohol to Minors
"Thanks for the opportunity to heal this up!" Male, 18, Noise Ordinance
"T feel like CURJ was a really good thing. It helped me out a lot. Thank you for everything!" Female, 18, MIP, Fraud
ID, Littering
"The overall involvement with CURJ program was very positive experience, yet the University of Colorado's Judicial
Affairs seemed to me to be very flawed and extremely unorganized." Malc, 19, MIP, Nuisance party
"This program is an amazing one. 1t did have a positive effect on my view of policemen. 1 felt like the program wanted
to help me. Thank you." Female, 20, Obstntction of a Peace Officer.
"1 felt that this program is a very good way to deal with students who receive tickets. I truly believe in the program and
would like to participate in it as a community member in the future." Male, ]9, Fraud ID
"'fhc punishment did not fit the crime." Male, 20, MIP, Fireworks
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"7 hank you so much far being so understanding with my case, it was such a relief being able to deal with you guys
instead of the state judicial system, keep it up, this is a good idea." Malc, l9, Nuisance Party
"This experience helped me become aware of the neighborhood and my involvement in it." Female, 20, Fireworks
"1 had a very positive experience with this. I felt like I was explaining my situation to a variety of people in the Boulder
Community and it was useful to receive responses from both older and younger community members." Female, 20,
Fraud ID
"I am very thankful for this program, and think it's a great idea so that students, such as myself, can realize the
seriousness of our actions and are allowed a chance to remedy our actions and learn from them." Female, 19, Nuisance
Party
"I think that the CURJ program does a great job working with students to make something positive out of their
situation. Rather than go to court and be punished for what you did, CURJ gives you the opportunity to learn and grow
from your experience. This is a very beneficial process in my eyes." Male, 23, Brawling/Obstructing a Peace Officer
"I think that this program is a great opportunity for students to make up for their wrongdoings. 1 learned so much
through my experiences in this program and am appreciative that there is a program such as CURJ to help me through
this. 1 highly recommend this program." Female, 22, Use of fighting words
"While I agree with the purpose of the CURJ program for more serious offenses, 1 do not believe it was suitable for my
case. I ended doing much more work and having more stress than if I would have pleaded guilty in court." Male, 20,
Unreasonable Noise
"Thanks for all the help with dealing with my violation." Male, 20, Nuisance Party
"A very positive experience." Male, 21, Trespass
"CURJ was a great experience." Female, 20, Fraud ID
"Thank you far your time." Male, 22, Resisting Arrest, Obstruction of Peace Officer
"CURJ was a far superior experience than those I have had with the office of Judicial Affairs. Judicial Affairs treats
sh~dents entirely unfairly and little if any respect is shown for students by those working at OJA." Male, 19, Fraud ID,
MIP
"I felt this opportunity is a great alternative than just a strict penalty or fine which does not offer any education. My
volunteer work has brought me closer to the community and I feel I'm providing a positive influence in these children's
lives." Male, 22, Nuisance Party
"I appreciate the CURJ system as a productive alternative to the justice system." Male, 25, Public Urination,
Obstruction, Resisting Arrest.
"Thank you for the opportunity to participate in CURJ. I found the experience to be very positive and appreciated the
effort and personal attention all of the organization put towards my case. T would highly recommend CURJ to anyone
who has the opportunity to use it." Male, 19, MIP
"I really enjoyed the program. I think you are doing a great jobl" Female, 20, Fraud ID
"I thought that this was a very positive experience for me, therefore i recommend this program for other students to go
through. I felt this program was a positive reinforcement rather then a punishment which is very meaningful to me.
Thank you for this opportunity." Malc, 19, Nuisance Party.
"CURJ was an excellent learning experience. I appreciate the opportunity to have been able to participate." Male, 22,
Resisting Arrest
"Thanks for everything." Male, 19, Obstructing a Peace Officer
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"I had an incredible experience meeting with my neighbors and getting to know them. I only wish I would have taken
the time to get to know them sooner." Female, 20, Unreasonable noise
"Thank you" Male, 2l, Obstructing a Piece Officer
"CURD was definitely an effective way to handle cases like mine. However, in my conference: I felt as though I was
being judged, attacked and overwhelmed. But 1 did learn... so maybe that is the most effective way to encourage
change in a violator." Malc, 20, Nuisance Party
"I think my conference went well and was an overall positive experience. 1 feel that CURJ has a strong focus on how
one's actions affect the community. 1 feel that the harms a group like `boulder business owners' were very indirect.
Also, I don't feel a strong sense of community. How can I harm the community if I don't feel that T live in a
community? I feel a stronger sense of convnunity within the CtJ than between CU and Boulder at large. 1 am grateful
that the CURJ program exists and treated me with respect. I think it's a progressive and has more of an impact on me
than if I had been just punished to a certain punishment that didn't make me think about things as much. I resent that
judicial affairs had anything to do with me. I'm trying to better my life through education. Why should judicial affairs
snake this harder for me? My of('ense didn't occur on campus and my feeling is that judicial affairs should have nothing
to do with it. Al! in all, I'rn just ready to put this all behind me." Male, 24, Obstructing a peace officer and Kesisting
Arrest
"I feel that CURJ was a really positive opportunity to right wrongs, and to learn and grow from my mistakes" Female,
21, Trespassing, Obstructing a Yicce Officer, physical harassment, Use of fighting words.
"I felt that being a community member in other peoples intake meetings was a really a good experience." Male, 19,
Trespassing, Resisting Arresi.
"Nope everything went very well. Thanks" Male, 20, Fraudulent 1.D.
"Safetyfest was a great experience and learning exercise for me and others who joined" Male, 19, Residence Hall
Violation.
"Great progratn, I enjoyed my experience." Male, 22, Obstructing a Peace Officer.
"This has been a positive learning experience and I have gathered a lot of useful information to better my future
decisions." 20, Fraud ID, Mil'
"CURJ is a wonderful opportunity for students! Once again, THANK YOU!" Female, 19, Fraud ID
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Appendix B:
Community Representative Conference Evaluation Results
2007-2008 Academic Year
(529 evaluations returned)
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1. How satisfied were ou with the wa CU restorative Justice Pro ram handled this case?
Ve Satisfied 95 38 20 28 182 10 2 375 71
Satisfied 34 22 3 16 52 3 1 131 25%
Dissatisfied 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 12 2%
Ve dissatislied 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 1
No answer 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 1%
TOTAL 142 62 24 45 240 13 3 529 100%
2. Were ou iven ade uate o ortunit to ex ress our o inion?
Yes 142 62 24 45 239 12 3 527 100%
No 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%
No answer 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0%
TOTAL 142 62 24 45 240 13 3 529 100%
3. Do ou believe the offenders were held accountable for their violation?
Yes 130 58 24 45 229 13 3 502 95%
No 8 2 0 0 7 0 0 17 3%
Not sure 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 9 2%
No answer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
TOTAL 142 62 24 45 240 13 3 529 100%
4. Do ou believe that the student learned somethin from the conference?
Yes 128 56 21 43 221 13 1 483 91%
No 5 4 3 0 16 0 0 28 5%
Not sure 9 2 0 2 3 0 0 16 3%
No answer 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 <1%
TOTAL 142 62 24 45 240 13 3 529 100%
5. Do you believe that Agreements will help to repair the harms caused by the
violations? _
Yes 132 57 21 42 231 12 3 498 94%
No 3 2 3 0 7 0 0 15 3%
Not Sure 5 2 0 2 1 1 0 11 2%
No answer 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 1%
TOTAL 142 62 24 45 240 13 3 529 100%
6. Comments
Nei hbors:
This oun man was real. He's the erfect RJ candidate
Good mix of communit members in both meetin s.
This student is oin back to court. He obvious) didn't " et it"...cull of excuses and reasons
This student came in very much in charge, very articulate, very cocky. He did offer numerous suggestions, some quite
com licated. He real) of enthusiastic about his re arations.
Good...
Would love to know what ha ens to EACH oun man.
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Would love to know what ha ens to EACH oun man.
I don't think it is hel ~ful to have two students for the same incident to ether.
The facilitator handled this case exceptionally well. Never the less, I do not think CURJ time should have been taken
u with this case. This should have beer, handled throu h resident life.
(Student] has so much anger and so fittle...remorse that it remains to be seen if this process sets him on ground of
different behavior patterns
Participant was exceptionally open and amenable facilitators seemed to have some difficulty with participants
a reeabilit to eve thin. .
This offender did not seem to take his offense very seriously. He'll be "careful" next time- not to get caught. I'm hoping
the a reement will have a health effect.
Clearly ttie offender was the most harmed. Alcohol was not involved. The fraudulent I.D. was confiscated, I don't think
she will offend a ain.
Seemed to work articular) well with two communit re resentatives.
The second conference with Student was articular) ood. He had an excellent attitude.
This student did not show- I su est that his fee for reschedule be $65 so $135+$65=200
Student seemed a olo etic
He was sincere and I wish him luck.
Offender showed considerable remorse and embarrassment and will not re-offend.
• If Carrie doubt there should be a positive outcome
Not related to the conduct of CURJ, I have to register an objection to the conduct of Judicial Affairs in their case. As
understand it, this student and his friend were involved in the same incident and received the same tickets yet the
friend was not sus ended, despite the fact that his trans ression I believe was reater.
. [Student) didn't seem to take the conference seriously, but I believe she began to realize there were harms connected
to it.
Ve entitled- he seemed- to think it's oka to la records at all hours.
Feels un ustl treated b the officers. Became a little less anno ed and was acce tin b the end.
Came throu has ositive, but hesitant, about the actions su ested
Ma be. Seems that she was in a rou h net hbor situation. Ho ewe ave her some roactive ideas.
The offense of fake ID is an integrity issue. I believe the student did not actually "own" her offense. I want her to face
up to her peers with the reality of the offense, personally, That would have more impact on them than a poster, I
believe.
I believe the student began to realize for the first time the seriousness of the offense and that her procuring goof fakes
for other was a ve serious offense.
She appeared cool to fhe point of indifference or quite above it all. I'm sorry we didn't send her back to court. She said
it is hard to take res onsibilit when ou don't remember doin it.
Unless there is a compelling reason why this student missed the conference for the second time, I think he should be
returned to the courts stem.
I am fascinated by the way student becomes comfortable during the conference process- they seem to be more open
BASED on ttre conference environment
Tou h to think on our feet!
1 was initially concerned that student might see the opportunity as a PASS, but 1 don't have that concern anymore- I'd
be interested to know info about decision
A ain, for the 3rd time- when a su estion was made the "offender" refused.
Do not let Student volunteer at the Farmer's Market!
Didn't seem to take it ver serious) .
It is a violation of community member's eighty amendment rights to be keep in this hot interrogation chamber. Think
about movin to career services.
These meetin s should be held in career services
Seriousness of the offense seemed to be down to ed
Seemed the officers re ort was sus ect in both instances.
The harm was fleeting, but the offender did not seem to accept the responsibility fully, saying everybody does this. His
parents a arentl ive permission b acce tin the undera e drinkin .
This is a very privileged young man who feels he was mishandled, and that he would not have been punished back.
His arents were not disturbed b his behavior.
I have a haunting feeling that these sessions sometimes leave the student with the impressions that this is a meeting
of people sympathetic to the violation- "everybody does it." therefore not very seriously The girl clearly knew what to
sa .
I found Taylor to be very responsible to the...comments and seemed to have really internalized the impact he the fake
ID had had on the communit
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Ve smooth talker--will it than e him?
Excellent facilitation from both Lindsa and Mandee. Ve com assionate.
Good work. Ma be 'ust tr and kee thin son track a little more but ood work!
Gu seemed a little distant. Some follow u is recommended.
Nice Chan a in attitude as conference ro ressed
Didn't show- ersonall , I don't think he should be allowed to reschedule,
His offense was minor and he was a good person wish no prior offense. I thought we came up with some good
communit services that he like and could het either eo le or national forest land.
[Student) was a no-show. I am upset because of his little regard of the severity of his offense. He should be put back
into the courts stem.
I think a mediation is an excellent idea. I real) hop this has a positive im act.
[Student) was not as receptive to taking accountability for the event, there way s a lot of focus on neighbors and other
factors.
I feel the conversation ideas and Ian will make a ositive im act on both offenders.
Eno ed seein student Chan a his ers ective!
Business Owner/landlord:
. This rocess is/should be extreme) valuable to the arties involved, now and in the future.
This rocess should be introduced to all overnment ne otiators.
Except the strike s stem! The landlord is still unished
I think this offender of a rett severe unishment for her ticket. I think she has learned a lot.
The student was clearly defensive and not forthcoming with his response to the moderators. Multiple efforts were
made to steer the conversation along the agreed format, and the dialogue was not progressing. The CAB would have
referred to handle the case, but the onl ro ress would be made referrin hire back to the court.
!f there is enuine effort made on the re arations, I think the are ve a ro riate
Made a ood decision to 0 out to the olice. Part escalated faster and nicker than an other et.
Wasn't drinking- very proactive- smart kid- willingly to take unusual suggestions. Recognized that he put his father in
'eo and ,because his father owned the house. Facilitator did unusual) well.
In the first case- phony ID and MIP I would have liked to have seen her send the boy who "got away" a reprimanding
letter.
Botha reements had a ersonal connection and the students were ve involved
It is disturbin. how li htly he dismissed his fraudulent use of someone else ID
Unbelievably na'~ve girl with regard to frat boys intentions. The session was an eye opener for her. She realized how
dan Brous usin a fake ID would/could be.
Andrew was ve forthcomin and took res onsibilit earl for his situation.
Happening at the beginning of the semester, it vas are expensive lesson but it seems to impact her and changed her
behaviors of the better.
Overt kind atient and su ortive
Excellent moderators- there is more damage to the neighborhood than he realized. Probably one of the best panels
I've been on. Excellent artici ants. Student shows a lot of si ns of an alcoholic.
Very good session. Student was one of the most sincere and most responsive I have seen. This is one session Ileft-
not feelin com letel exhausted.
Was ositive about bein accountable and I think his re air a reement was well tailored.
At the end of the conference [Student] was, in my opinion, still hung up on himself being a victim and not being
accountable for his actions. The repair agreement was triggered by his personal "enjoyment" and I don't' think will
have a full effect on chap in his 'ud ment.
Student was ve forthcomin and real about acce tin res onsibilit
ft was a very though dynamic having the current landlord and tenant in the same conference. I would not recommend
it further-
Facilitator had different style that prevent questions as they come up. 1 should have taken nose while client was
s eakin to remember all uestions that come u .Difficult ease I think he was not iven a fair share.
It was like havin two se crate incidents at the same address, we real) stressed the im act of his noise.
Initially I was apprehensive about the CAB and his responsibility for the party, but by the end of the session he was
understandin grid I think there was some ro ress made.
I found that the offender was unnecessaril , ne alive) bad eg red given his medical histo
Both offenders acce led res onsibilit for their actions and both aid attenfion and a reed with the results.
This ism second artici ation in this rocess. I feel it is ve successful.
As much as he said that he "learned his lesson," I don't know that his reparative hours well induce any new education,
and while he mi ht not et another fake ID, I have a feelin we haven't addressed him makin bad decisions re ardin
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alcohol.
The three girls had a first time offense and I think it was an eye opener for them all. #1 was quite annoy and
disappointed with [Name] as a community member tonight. His focus was trite at best, he did not offer any insight, and
set an unaccountable resence for the CAB.
Given the nature of the offenders offense, we didn't have adequate time to make an agreement, but he seemed to me
to be reluctant to a ree to an hin than would direct) re air the harms that he had accused.
The student mentioned that he wished he had been able to have more face-to-face contact for another offense that did
not othrou h CURJ.
A classic case of a bully who is bright enough to disguise his contempt for authority- sons of lawyers often suffer from
this malad .Unable to come to a conclusion for his contract
Chi on shoulder needs to be removed.
It was a small rou ,which made it eas io have time to s eak. Cristine was a real facilitator.
Both stated the wouldn't re eat their offense.
Ho efull ,Student will find a wa to tie this into his interests and take the CAB to heart.
Student certain) seemed more a t to take res onsibifit and I think it showed in his conference.
Good creative ideas that ertained distinctly to the situation
Excellent eo le and results
Covered eve an le.- for both eo le
Police Officers:
Student needed to prepared for the meeting. It was discussed that sometimes student gets a different treatment from
others who are met with on the Tuesday
This student fit the pro ram. And it was clear) seen that a facilitator met with him rior.
Def. seerrted to take ideas at face value but not really plan to follow up in depth. Seems that he is just going through
the motions which he has to do.
Def, seerned ve concerned and I feel will follow throu h with ideas stated.
Productive rocess with an interested artici ant.
I was glad to see that the offender had come prepared. He had clearly thought about what happened and who was
affected rior to this session. I was ve ha to see that offender take res onsibifit for his actions.
Offender came prepared and thought about what happened prior to coming tonight. Again, I was very happy to see the
offender take res onsibifit for his actions.
Seemed to be a good program for [Student], especially given the nature of this case. She seemed to respond
ositivel to this ro ram.
[Student] was very aloof, and did not contribute to the program. She did very little to accept any level of responsibility
for her actions in this case. I feel this case was a ood learnin ex erience for all of us involved.
I believe it is counter roductive to have two eo le in the room at the same time!
don't think the defendant is motivated et to make the needed than es in her life.
I think he has a will roblem, not a skill roblem. And a drinkin roblem he ma or ma not be read to deal with.
A eared to be a fair rocess
A eared fair and effective as a rocess
CU Staff:
I felt case was somewhat minor, and the solutions we came up with gave more insight to the context and brevity of the
situation.
The situation was rather straight forvvard, and I think our meeting aided in giving him the larger context and
0 ortunities to see the harms student inflict in our cam us communit
The student seemed very remorseful and reflective about the situation. I think there was a good teachable moment for
him, and that he was ve rateful for his chance.
believe that in both instances the process worked. In the first one, identifying that RJ was probably not appropriate in
m mind worked and in the second, the student took res onsibifit and had real) ood insi ht.
I feel like the student was able to adequately process the BIGGER picture of his violation, and this can help him
develo better cornrnunit develo ment skills.
The CAB provided the opportunity for the student to get perspectives from other member of the community and the
impact his violation has. Also, a ood opporiunit to (earn more about the d namics of Boulder.
The meetin went well and I think that he has a real idea of who he hurt and what he can do about it.
He was ve honest and I know what he had done was wron and is sor to the famil he ke t awake.
Glad to see resolution amon student involved.
The student ained more accountabilit for their actions throw hout the meetin .
First time I have been satisfied- all due to good facilitator (Kobi). In past, there was lack of accountability that facilitator
did not ex lain.
Fortunate) facilitator real) robed to allow us all to final) "hear" ownershi and causirt harm in second case.
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Process allows communit members to ex ress their thou hts and ers ective.
Students have opportunity to hear/learn information and view points frorn community members and facilitators- gives
student food for thou ht
Students more like) to be en a ed in this rocess since the have a voice throu hout the rocess.
I en'o ed participatin in the rocess- the facilitators were teat
I felt this was a develo mental alternative, and that it will be meanin ful to the offender.
I think we ushed him/challen ed him enou h to involve thou ht and reflection
I believe it will make him think, and ive him the medium to be a better model for other students.
Only suggestion is to make sure you don't let them "off the hook" with the amount of time they need to complete a
letter or asst nment.
I think they are relieved after hearing their agreements- I think the agreements are probably more beneficial than the
actual conference.
I think the program is excellent and I have heard 99% positive comments. My fear for the program is that the buzz
around cam us ma become Must sa such and such and the 'll ive ou eas !short a reements"
Student saw issue as very small. He understood officers had to issue summons but he showed no empathy for
neighbors- assumed if they didn't complain, they weren't affected. He did say he'd find a different place to set off
fireworks in the future. But his undera a drinkin was not u for evaluation or uestion. "eve bod does it."
Could've called down cab or walk home- or used different strategies in talking to hotel rnanager and police. I'm not
convinced he'll do an hin different...it if ha ens a ain.
Student will learn more as he corn letes his hours
The student was rece five- es eclat! in reco nizin harm done.
He seemed a reciative of the o ortunit to o throu h RJ rocess
CU Student:
He didn't take res onsibilit , was a ressive and rude.
A little shady of [aj ticket but did take responsibility. If fulfills agreement he will really show concern and that he cares
about what he did.
The first conference was tough. The defendant was very aggressive and rude. Did not accept responsibility, changed
story tom to make us_ ha
Although this was the same incident, the second defendant reacted much differently to us. He accepted full blame.
This conference ran ve smooth! .
Do not allow roommates to come in to ether and sit next to one another
I feel that the agreements that we made with the offender will help him make beater choices in the future. Ex. The
a er and communit meetin
I think it is ve im ortant that the students interact with their net hbors
I think both CAB meetin s went ve well
ood meetin
don't think he'll have any more interactions with the olice for a nuisance art
Think that the police officers need to become more involved with their community. They don't understand the people
the serve. More and better links need to be established between the two.
This irl was a vet shad case. I felt bad for the irl because she is facia sus ension and eviction.
I think this meetin went ve well and I feel as if'ustice will be restored.
This irl was ve nice and I know she will restore her ustice in the communit .
The student's violation didn't really seem appropriate for the restorative justice program. I think that his actions did not
re uire disci line, and that there were no harms to re air.
This boy should not have been approved into the CURD program. He should have been sent to the residence hall
direction instead.
He seemed very angry_..and wanted to get out. He may do the community service but I think will only be a report
Nuisance art with future encounters with his net hbors.
He was vet nice, and total) realized that severit of his offense. He will benefit from his ex erience.
I thou ht this case was ve effective for a fire violation
He had a bad attitude about the process, he verbally said he held himself accountable, but he seemed more upset that
he wasn't able to throw arties an more.
Writing a letter to state representatives was a very good suggestion, it actually promotes positive change that could
ha pened and educatin state re s. About issues the oun er eneration faces.
I think both students acce fed res onsibl and are ood students to o throu h the CURJ.
Great facilitation- ood incor oration of other eo le's o anions
Ever one of a chan e to share their thou hts a lot teat
I thought that the permanent residenUvolunteertyas overly judgmental and accusatory, as well as not attuned to
toda 's outh culture.
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I thou ht that this ro ram was not entire) a ro rate for her articular incident
It's a shame he couldn't find harms in his behavior. Which, form the offcer's perspective, was incredibly flagrant.
Hopeful) he learns too en u in the future.
She was well-mannered and definitely seemed to take responsibility and take some wisdom and nuggets of
knowled e from this conference.
An interested individual offered to write to the con ressman in re ards to the drinkin a e- chat's efficient ste
A more informed individual; more interested in reachin a ositive soultion.
I believe that this ro ram is ve ood in restorin 'ustice and teachin student ri ht from wron .
The student was confused about the program at first but I think he learned a lot from the meetin
The student had some problems with accepting responsibility in the beginning of the conference, but the process
seemed to help him understand the ro ram better.
He's writing and editorial to the Colorado Daily to express the relationship between the Boulder Police and CU
students. I think if ublished will benefit the communit to et the word out about ne ative relationshi s.
Her violation was somewhat mild, I think her unishment was acce table. We had a ood conference.
Was ve well handled.
This was my first time serving as a community representative and 1 was very impressed with the program, [Student]
seemed like she'd real) s ant a lot of time thinkin about her offense and had real! internalized it.
Student ve active) en a ed in the rocess- I think he robabl learned a lot.
' Uni ue case. Handled well.
The offender seemed relieved to have a chan a to make u for his actions.
[Student) seemed to understand how his actions affected the community. He genuinely wants to learn from his
ex erience.
[Student] definitely listened to everyone's comments, but I'm not sure how much he took them into account. He acted
as though he just wanted to get this and his other requirements out of the way. His answers were almost pre-thought
out, like he was 'ust tellin us what we want to hear.
Believe the student understood the copse uences of his actions and learned from his mistake.
She seemed real) sorr . I think it would real) hel if she ets her friends involved.
He seemed sor . I think workin with the man who call him in the first lace will real) hel the communit
I believe that this offender will learn many new aspects about his past violation. I believe he will benefit from this
ro ram
I believe that his offender didn't learn anything because he will unwilling to participant in the program-- returned to
court.
Offender cooperated with his violation of fraudulent identification and believe that he learned his lesson while taking
res onsibilit
Disrespectful offender, not cooperating, did not take responsibility, therefore being dismissed hw will learn his lesson
throu h court.
Ve res onsible, ea er to re air harms and thou ht it would be no roblem.
He seemed to be ve willin to do what we thou ht he could to repair harms. took res onsibilit
I think this meetin went ve well and that the irl will take a lot awa from it.
Went ve well
She was ve eas to work with.
I really enjoyed being a CAB member for this and would really like to possibly volunteer for being a CAB member as
well. I think he learned his lesson and resented himself well.
She seemed ve mature and learned her lesson. She would be a ood arson to sit in as a communit member.
Great to work with roommates in addition to ticketed offender
More challen in that student was in wron lace and wron time.
The student seemed to take accountabilit and res onsibilit for what ha aped and who was affected.
Student took res onsibilit and will learn from research a er.
Kid was 'ust worried about ettin hours done vs, usin them to re air harms.
Land lord resent hel ed resolve move issue
The offender vas ver coo erative and I was ha to see that he took com late res onsibilit .
The offender was hesitant to acce is that his actions caused harm.
He owned u to ever hip and I believe he'll be a ositive influence from now on.
At first he was resistant, but 1 feel he has real) ...a positive ex erience from this conference.
If the offender takes the a reement seriausl , he can learn from this.
He was very coo erative and friend) .
Student seemed to take the conference a little more li htl than I would have liked. He was ve ea er to leave and
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took responsibility in such a way that insisted he hadn't really don't anything wrong.
[Student] really seemed to have internalized that impact ashes had on the community, I think the agreement was really
meanin ful to him.
He seemed enuinel concerned with re airin the harms from the situation and makin evervthin ri h1.
He felt good about the requirements for repairs. He also contributed in being honest about what he was comfortable
about doin .
I felt ver ood about the conference. In fact, I felt we all had established a bond with one another!
Kee brin in officers to meetin s, it hel s a lot
Ve sincere and aware of his actions
The student seemed overwhelmed by what was going on but left feeling less stressed. I believe this process will help
to allow them to better understand the copse uences of his actions.
I am realt im ressed with the ro ram
I think this will real) hel her iri her situation and with the future as well.
Ve nice erson. Owned u to violations
Ve accountable nice irl
AWESOME! Took all res onsibilit
One of the students was not ver remorseful at first, but he raduall o ened u . It was a reat learnin ex erience!
I feel both learned something from this conference, the first for learning what has happened in the past and the second
fro what could've ha ened.
The offender was asked to do an adequate amount of hours to help him learn amessage- it wasn't over or under
done.
I believe that student cared and learned hew things about the law that he didn't know...things he could use to keep
himself and other out of trouble in the future.
He was ve mature and a olo etic
He was ve coo erative with ever hip and took res onsibilit for his actions
She seemed a little u set to be here but acce ted the tact that she had to do it
I thou ht it went ve well and that she learned a valuable lesson about net hbors and the communit
More than ode uate time was iven for me to ex ress m o inion.
The contracts develo ed were ve creative and a ro rate, and the two offenders were treated with react res ect.
Eve one. includin the two offender, had am le time to artici ate.
Eve one was iven their share of time to voice their ideas
I believe the learned to look at their nuisance tickets in different ers ective.
A olo ies to arents and net hbors will hel mend the im act
The other communit member seemed a bit harsh and rum
I like the wa I was ex lained what m role was.
Offenders of suitable unishment
Ma be too accountable to communit ,member ma be ush too hard
don't believe the student should have received a trespassing ticket. He could have given the officer his information
and been cooperative but I understand his frustration at that point. I believe 9 hours in jail for a violation he did not
commit is punishment enough but 1 do believe him speaking with an officer will help to restore some frustration he had
and uestions as to wh he was arrested. The student seemed to be a res onsible u .
Was a ers ective I couldn't have otten on m own.
I would have liked to have found a solution to hel the entleman out, I think we ma have too sli htl side tracked.
I thinks endin a ni ht in 'ail tau ht her the most, however, unishment hel s the learnin rocess as well.
Most of the harm was done to herself, but the a olo ies will hel re air the harms.
Ever one of a chance to s eak.
I think he was ve coo erate and learned form his mistakes.
Went well, I think b the end of the conference e e understood copse uences more than from the be innin .
When knew what was u -took res onsibilit and Garin .
Hard because 'udicial affairs is still involved and we didn't have enou h information to write u a solid a reement
I think Michael grew to appreciate the process and is really grappling with his relationship with alcohol and how that
affects the communit .
Show a bit more re air of harms, we know he will have arties in the future.
Ve coo erative, when awa with ver mature attitude.
Had a ve ood idea with his film
I ho a he does a little better with bein on robation. I ho a our resources will het him in the future.
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Great 'ob for both facilitators. Student "for ot" about the conference, I don't think reschedulin is in order.
Four communit members seems like too much
The conference went ve smooth! and I thou ht eve one did a real 'ob of makin Student feel comfortable.
Even at the end of the conference he seemed to 'ust shru it all off.
Not an appropriate case for CURD. He took almost no responsibility. Basically denied the accounts give by police and
bouncers.
I don't think it was an a ro riate case of CURJ.
I real! liked the ni ht hike idea.
I think it was ver unfortunate for TY to have to deal with this, but eve one made the 2 of them feel comfortable.
Ho e that he finds some hel !education about his alcohol use and that it will not continue to affect his education
Both meetings went very well and there were a lot of great suggestions. He seemed to go away with a great
understandin of the harms.
She seemed to understand more at the end of the meeting that beginning. She was very mature and understood her
harms. We came u with real solutions to the harms.
Ve ood 'ob with the entire rou .Good feedback and understandin .
I could tell it was a situation of miscommunication and the restorative hours were a ro riate
Other:
There were no direct victims but the solutions were ood.
Thnrou h rocess. Great facilitators--real) hel ed the student feel at ease.
I think the oun man has an alcohol roblem. Perha s oun adults should have an assessment done.
Good attitude on oun offender. Good contract.
[Facilitator] seems a little nervous and unsure when to move on the next step of questing. Overall did ood 'ob.
I real) like dhow Cristine facilitated she was ve comfortable with. Great facilitator.
I thou ht the consultation were ve heartfelt and efficient
Not S ecified:
Felt olice treated student harsh!
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Appendix C:
The College Inn Pilot Project Evaluation Results
2007-2008 Academic Year
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The College lnn Conference Evaluation Form -Community Reps
(Received as of 5..30.08)
Date of Community Accountability Board sessions: 9/6/07 through 4/2/08
Total # Evaluations: 33 evaluations returned
Total # Conferences Attended: 72 conferences attended
Gender: 23 males, 10 females Age: 18 - 56
College Inn Residents: 7 College Inn RAs: 10 Family/Staff/Faculty Housing Residents: 2
Off-Campus Students: 9 Boulder Residents/CU Alums: 2
Police/Security: 1 Fire Department Official: 2
TOTAL: 33 Community Members
1) How satisfied were you with the way the Restorative Justice Program handled this case?
58 very satisfied la satisfied 0 dissatisfied 0 very dissatisfied
2) Were you given an adequate opportunity to express your opinion? 71 Yes, 1 No
3) Do you believe the offender(s) were held accountable for their violation'? 72 Ycs, 0 No
4) Do you believe that the student learned something from the conference? 67 Ycs, 2 No, 3 Maybe
5) Do you believe Agreements will help repair harms caused by the violations? 69 Yes, 0 No, 3 Maybe
6) Comments:
¦ "Don't kick out [student name]."
• "[Student name] was perfect for this."
• "Very creative and appropriate consequences."
¦ "The consequences were very fair and the bulletin postings balanced the letters on conference 1."
• "Good luck [student name]!"
• "[Student name] seemed disinterested, but mostly satisfying"
• "[Student name) was well prepared - he had thought about the situation and was ready to commit to
any agreement. I hope he didn't feel overwhelmed with the 4:1 ratio."
• "Went really well...good reparative agreement"
• "VERY POSITIVI? EXPERIENCES."
• "Perhaps you should clear up ideas like `the law needs to change' and `I was a victim' beforehand."
• "l landled justice promptly after."
¦ "Good luck, [shdent name]!"
• "He was very honest with us and the meeting went well."
¦ "[Student] maybe did not understand as much."
• "She knew what she had done was wrong and is willing to take full responsibility for it."
¦ "He seemed very respectful and was fessing up and fixing what he did."
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• "The repair to the harm done was very good and will really help."
¦ "Student was very attentive."
¦ "l think the Agreements were very well suited to the violation and both students seemed to fully
understand and regret their actions and the associated ramifications."
¦ "Not only diet I learn from the situation, but I believe the student did as well."
¦ "Student was very receptive."
¦ "Erin is amazing! Give her a raise."
¦ "The resident did not seem to be too emotionally involved, but seemed very excited about helping
paint."'
¦ "I enjoyed helping out."
¦ "Great program. Keep up the good work!"
¦ "Handled situation well."
¦ "Great kid!"
¦ "[Student name] was excited about her sanctions. She even came up to me to figure out how soon
she could help me with the board."
¦ "Very good system."
• "I really love the process of RJ. I think that people who go through it learn to appreciate making the
smcu•t decision and how much better RJ is than Judicial /1ff'airs. RJ is /1WrSOMI?!!
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The College Inn Program Evaluation Form -Student-Offender
Referrals to RJ as a Diversion
(Received us of 5.30.08)
Total cases: 1 S
Gcndcr: 11 Malc, 4 Female Aga 1-17 v/o, 8-18 v/o, 5-19 y/o, 1-20 v/o
Violations: S Smoking on the balcony, G Noise, 1 Vandalism, 1 In the Presence of Alcohol, 1 Throwine objects off
balcony, 1 Violating Lucst policy
Date of'conference (for identification of the facilitators): 9/7107 - 4/2/08
Below are the results of evaluations completed by 5/30/08:
1. The option to participate in the Restorative Justice program was clearly explained to me.
O,rtrongly disagree 0 disugree 3 agree 12 strong/y agree 0 nvt applicable
2. It was my choice to participate in the Restorative Justice program.
0 strongly disugree 0 disugree 2 agree 13 strongly agree 0 not applicable
3. 1 am satisfied by the way the Restorative Justice program handled my case.
O,ru•ong(y disagree 1 disugree 3 agree 11 sA•ong(y ugree 0 not applicable
4. I did what was required but didn't really learn anything.
9 su•ungly disagree 7 disagree 4 agree 0 strongly agree 0 not applicable
5. I feel that through the Restorative Justice program 1 was held accountable for my offense.
D .rtrong(y disagree 0 disagree 7 agree 8 strongly agree 0 not upplicuhle
6. The Restorative Justice program helped me understand my role in The College Inn community.
0 .strongly dt:sag>ree 1 disugree agree .5 strongly agree 1 nod upplicuhle
[NOTE: Student who marked "disagree" is not a College Inn resident, but was written up with a College Inn
resident for a noise violation and so offered RJ Diversion]
7. The Restorative Justice program helped me understand the effects of alcohol/drugs on my behavior.
0 .strongly disagree 0 disagree 2 ugree 0 strongly agree 13 not applicable
8. Through the program, I learned things that will help me to make better choices fur myself in the future.
0 .strongly disagree /disugree 8 ugree S strongly ugree 1 not upplicahlc
9. 'fhe Restorative Justice program is an effective means of dealing with student violations on campus.
0 sVrongly disagree 0 disagree S agree 10 strong!}~ agree 0 not applicable
10. During the Restorative Justice Conference:
a. I was given an opportunity to tell my side of the story.
0 strongly disugree 0 disugree 4 agree 1 ! sn•ongly agree 0 not upplicuhle
b. I listened to other people's perspectives on the same situation.
0 strongly disagree U disugree 5 ugree 10 strongly agree 0 nol applicable
c. I' was helped to understand the Housing Policy, the Student Conduct Code, and/or the Boulder
Municipal Code that I was accused of violating.
0 strongly disagree 0 disagree 8 ugree 7 strongly agree U not applicable
d. I was helped to understand that I am responsible 1'or what happens in my room/home.
0 sn•ongly disagree 0 disagree 4 ugree 9 strongly agree 2 not applicable
e. I was helped to understand the role that atcohot/drugs played in my violation.
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0 strongly disagree 0 disagree 3 agree 0 strongly agree 12 not applicable
f. 1 was helped to understand how my actions impacted the following people:
i. My roommate
0 strongly disagree 0 disagree /agree 3 strongly agree 6 not applicable
[NOTE: "total does not equal total # of cases because this item was added later in the semester.]
ii. My neighbors
0 strongly disagree 0 disagree 8 agree h strongly agree 1 not applicable
iii. 1'he College Inn staff members (such as RAs or housekeeping staff)
O strongly disagree 0 disagree 7 agree S strongly agree 3 not applicable
iv. The police officers or security personnel who responded
0 strongly disagree 0 disagree 4 agree 0 strongly agree 11 not applicable
v. My family
0 strongly disagree 0 disagree 2 agree 1 strongly agree 12 not applicable
g. I was given an opportunity to have input into how to repair these harms.
0 strongly disagree 0 disagree 8 agree 7 strongly agree 0 not applicable
h. 1 felt respected.
(1 strongly disagree 0 disagree 6 agree 9 strongly agree 0 no! applicable
i. I was lectured.
S strongly disagree 9 disagree 1 ugree 0 strongly agree 0 not applicable
I I. Regarding my Reparative Agreement:
a. My community service experience was positive. Organization(s):
0 strongly disugree 1 disagree h ugree 3 strongly agree Snot applicable
[NOTE: The student who disagreed completed his community service hours by picking up cigarette butts
around the College Inn]
b. My interaction with a police officer through interview or apology was positive. Officer:
0 strongly disagree 0 disagree 0 agree 0 strongly agree 1 S not applicable
c. My interaction with my neighbor(s) was positive.
0 strongly disagree 1 disagree 3 agree 6 strongly agree 5 not applicable
d. My interaction with my roommate was positive.
0 strongly disagree 0 disagree 1 agree 3 strongly agree 7 not applicable
[NOTE: Total does not equal total li of cases because this item was added later in the semester]
e. My roommates and I will follow the Roommate Plan we created.
0 strongly disagree 0 disagree 1 agree 4 strongly ugree 10 not applicable
f. I learned something from the research that I did.
0 strongly disagree 0 disagree 4 agree 2 strongly agree 4 no! applicable
g. My observation of AA meetings was a positive experience.
0 strongly disagree 0 disugree 0 agree 0 strongly ugree 1 S not applicable
12. I consider myself a:
4 CU Student 0 Boulder Resident 11 Both 0 Other:
Anything else you want to share:
• "t quit smoking cigarettes. That was coal I think some of the stuff 1 did with the program inspired that."
• "'t'hanks for your help."
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• "'T'hanks fvr all the help getting through this."
• "I think it was difficult to find something for me to do to "learn" how a noise violation affects the
community. It is one of those things that cannot really be undone. Doing the actual community service
didn't really help me see how my actions affect other people, but watching the pevple at the shelter interact
did [NO"I'L: student requested to volunteer at 13ouldcr Homeless Shelter for reparative agreement after noise
violation which occurred on the quad]. I'm not sure what other things could be done to help students see how
their actions directly affect many other people, but 1 found that the community service did not necessarily
bring light to my situation."
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The College Inn Program Evaluation Form -Student-Offender
Keferrals to RJ as a Sanction
(Received as of 5.30.08
Total cases: 1G
Gender: 12 Male, 4 Female Age: 1-17 y/o, 13-1H v/o, 2-19 y/o
Violations: 9 Alcohol, 5 Marijuana, 1 Providing P'alse Info, 1 Weapons Violation
Date of conference: 9/7/(17 - 4/Z/08
Below arc the results ofevaluations completed by S/3U/U8:
13. The option to participate in the Restorative Justice program was clearly explained to me.
3 strung>ly disagree 3 disagree 4 agree 6 sn•ongly agree 0 nat applicable
[NOTE: For most of the semester, students were not given the "option" to participate in RJ when they had
received a sanction. instead, they were sanctioned to RJ along with their other sanctions. Later in the semester,
only those students who took responsibility and chose to participate in RJ were given an RJ sanction.]
14. It was my choice to participate in the Restorative Justice program.
3 strongly disugree 1 disagree fi agree 6 strongly agree 0 not applicable
[NOTE,: Sec Question # l Note.j
]5. 1 am satisfied by the way the Restorative Justice program handled my case.
0 strongly disagree 1 disagree fi agree 9 .strvngly agree 0 nut applicahle
16. I did what was required but didn't really learn anything.
l strvngly disagree !0 disagrec> S agree 0 strongly agree 0 not applicable
17. 1 feel that through the Restorative Justice program I was held accountable fur my offense.
1 strong/y disagree 1 disugree 8 agree 5 strongly ugree 1 not applicable
18. 1'he Restorative Justice program helped me understand my role in The College Tnn community.
0 strongly disagree 9 disagree 3 agree 9 strongly ugree 0 nv1 applicable
19. T'he Restarative Justice program helped me understand the effects of alcohol/drugs on my behavior.
1 slrorlgly disagree 3 disugree 4 agree 3 strongly agree 4 not applicable
20. Through the program, 1 learned things that will help me to make better choices for myself in the future.
0 su•ongly disagree 2 disagree 10 ugree 4 stralgly agree 0 not applicable
21. The Restorative Justice program is an effective means of dealing with student violations on campus.
0 strongly disagree 1 disugree 7 agree 8 strongly agree 0 not applicable
22. During the Restorative Justice Conference:
a. I was given an opportunity to tell my side: of the story.
0 strongly disagree 0 disagree 4 agree 12 strongly agree 0 nut upplicable
b. 1 listened to other people's perspectives on the same situation.
(J strvngly disagree 1 disugree 7 agree 7 strongly crgrec 1 not applicable
c. 1 was helped to understand the Housing Policy, the Student Conduct Code, and/or the Boulder
Municipal Code that 1 was accused of violating.
0 strvngly disagree 1 disagree 8 agree 7 strongly agree 0 not applicable
d. 1 was helped to understand that 1 am responsible for what happens in my room home.
0 sn•or:gly disagree 1 disagree 9 agree 6 strvngly agree 0 not applicable
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e. I was helped to understand the role that alcohol/drugs played in my violation.
0 su•ongly disagree 3 disagree 4 agree 7 strvngly agree Z nvt uppdicnble
1'. I was helped to understand how my actions impacted the following people:
i. My roommate
0 strargly disagree Z disagree S agree 3 strvngly agree 1 not applicable
[NOTIr: Total does not equal total 1l of cases because this item was added later in the semester.]
ii. My neighbors
U strvngly disagree 1 disagree 8 agree S strongly agree Z not applicable
iii. The College Inn staff members (such as RAs or housekeeping staff)
0 strvngly disagree 1 disagree 9 agree 4 strongly agree Z not applicable
iv. The police officers or security personnel who responded
0 strongly disagree 2 disagree G agree S strongly agree 3 rro! applicable
v. My family
0 strongly disagree 4 disagree 3 agree 7 strongly agree 2 not applicable
g. I was given an opportunity to have input into how to repair these harms.
0 strvngly disagree I disagree 9 agree 6 strongly agree 0 not applicable
h. I felt respected.
0 strongly disagree I disagree 7 agree 8 strongly agree 0 not applicable
i. I was lectured.
1 strongly disagree 9 disagree 4 agree I strongly agree 0 not applicable
23. Regarding my Reparative Agreement:
h. My community service experience was positive. Organization(s):
0 strvngly disagree 0 disagree 4 agree 6 sn-vngly agree 6 not applicable
i. My interaction with a police officer through interview or apology was positive. Officer:
0 strongly disagree 1 disagree 2 agree 1 strongly agree 1 Z not applicable
j. My interaction with my neighbors was positive.
O strongly disagree 0 disagree 6 agree 3 strongly agree 7 not applicable
k. My interaction with my roommate was positive.
0 strongly disagree 0 disagree 3 agree Z strongly agree 2 not applicable
[NOTE: Total does not equal total 11 of cases because this item was added later in the semester,]
I. My roommates and 1 will follow the Roommate Plan we created.
0 strvngly disagree 0 disagree 5 agree S strongly agree 6 not applicable
m. 1 learned something from the research that 1 did.
0 strvngly disagree 4 disagree 7 agree 2 strongly agree 3 not applicable
n. My observation of AA meetings was a positive experience.
0 strongly disagree 0 disagree I agree 0 strongly agree 1 S nv! applicable
24. I cansidcr myself a:
4 CU Student 0 Boulder Resident I Z Both 0 Other:
Anything else you want to share:
• "I feel that it is very unfair that I am the only one out of a group of 5 that got in any trouble, and [wasn't
even smoking. AU of the kids "in the; presence" were given warnings, I believe rightfully so, but not me. I
am a student in Engineering and already have plenty of other homework and assignments to do on top of this
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assignment, and I believe having the talk was all that was really necessary, as I wasn't even smoking and it
wasn't even my room."
• "Honestly, I didn't really learn much for why my actions affected anyone but myself. However, 1 appreciated
the chance to suggest ideas for my own sanctions rather than the standard community service hours."
• "Thanks Iirin!"
• "1 would like to say thank you for giving me the opportunity to repair my violation through participating in
the Restorative Justice program."
¦ ``Phis program is a great way for kids, like me, to learn from the mistakes they have made and to help repair
the damage done to the people around them. I would definitely recommend this program to other students
that get in trouble."
"Erin is an excellent counselor and her help and contributions cannot he rivaled."
¦ "I'm not sure this is included, but the FAC classes at Wardenburg Ilealth Center were a great way to learn
more about the harms of alcohol and drugs. They provided an interesting and college-age appealing look into
the facts and legalities of alcohol and its effects. I did base some of my answers off the fact that I thought the
FAC classes were included in the restorative justice program, but even if I was wrong in this assumption I
still feel like this program was very effective and helpful."
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Appendix D:
Recidivism Report
2007-2008 Academic Year
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Cases Processed b CUR.f iri 2005-2006 atal Caseload = 209
CURJ
Completion Subsequent Year Year
Original Violation Date Subsequent Ticket Ticket Date 1 2
Assault (3rd), MIP 01/31106 ~ Dama in Pro ert of Another ~ 11/17/07 1
Brawlin 03/01/06 Urinatin in Public 08/28/07 1
Dama in Pro e of Another 03/07/06 Nuisance Pa 03!17/07 1
Disturbin Quiet Eno ment of the Home 05;02/06 MIP 08!08!07 1
Frauduient I.D. 12!01/05 MIP 02/25!06 1
Fraudulent I.D. 02!24/06 MIP 08131/07 1
Fraudulent I.D. 02/24/06 Assault 3rd 04/21/06 1
MIP 03/04/06 ~ DUI 04/15/06 1
MIP 06/23/06 (Possession/Consum tion Alcohol in Public 03/17/07 1
Nuisance Pa 11/14/05 I Assault 3rd 10/06!06 1
Nuisance Pa 11/16105 Disturbin Quiet En'o ment of the Home 03/17!07 1
Nuisance Part 11/17/05 MIP 03/19/07 1
Nuisance Pa 11/22/05 MIP 09/16/06 1
Nuisance Pa 12/01/05 MIP 09/26/06 1
Nuisance Pa 02/15!06 Dama in Pro a of Another 09/17!06 1
Nuisance Pa 03/03/06 Fraudulent I.D. 04/19/06 1
Nuisance Pa 03/04/06 MIP 03/05/06 1
Nuisance Part 03/10/06 Urinatin in Public 06/17!07 1
Nuisance a 04/14/06 Providin Alcohol to Minors 10/19/07 1
Nuisance Pa 04/21/06 MIP 02/25/07 1
Nuisance Part 04!21/06 Use of Fi htin Words 08/27/06 1
Nuisance Part 04/25!06 Nuisance Pa 06/16/06 1
Nuisance Part 05/26/06 Brawlin 02/16/08 1
Obstructin a Peace Officer 12/15/05 Obstructin Gov O erations 09!20/06 1
Obstructin a Peace Officer 03/10/U6 MIP 08/24/06 1
Obstructin a Peace Officer 06/30/06 Possession/Consum tion Alcohol in Public, Litterin 06116/07 1
Obstructin a Peace Officer. MIP 05/15!06 DUI 09/11/06 1
Obstructin a Peace Officer, Public Urination 05/17/06 Assault 3rd 03!17/07 1
Obstructin a Peace Officer, Unreasonable Noise after 1 i PM 02!24/06 Assault (2nd) 10/22/06 1
Providin Alcohol to Minors 02/10/06 Urinatin in Public 04/29/06 1
Providin Alcohol to Minors 05/23/06 Urinatin in Public 08/15/06 1
Resist Arrest 04/14/06 Possession/Consum tion Alcohol in Public 09/01/07 1
Unreasonable Noise after 11PM 11/18/05 MIP 06/28!06 1
Use of Fi htin Words 01/23/06 Obstructin a Peace Officer, Urinatin in Public 01/11/07 1
TOTAL I 23 11
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Restorative Justice Program
Cases Processed b CUR.! in 2006-2007 Total Caseload = 355
CURJ
Completion Subsequent Year Year
Original Violation Date Subsequent Ticket Ticket Date 1 2
Assault 3rd 03!09/07 Urinatin in Public 06!09/07 1
Brawlin 12/19!06 ~ MIP 08!11/07 1
Dama in Pro ert of Another 09/07/06 ~ Nuisance Part 08/30/07 1
Disturbin Quiet En'o ment of the Home 03/13/07 Hit and Run 02!23/08 1
Disturbin Quiet Eno rnent of the Home 01!17/07 DUI 02/21/08
Disturbin Quiet Eno ment of the Home 01116!07 Brawlin 05/12/07 1
False Re ort 01/15/07 Possession of Dru Para hemalia 03/16/07 1
Fireworks and Litterin 11/13/06 Theft 12!24!07
Fraudulent I.D. 02/20/07 MIP 01/27!08 1
Fraudulent I.Q. 03!16/07 MIP 01!10/08 1
Fraudulentl.D. 09!19/06 DUI 02!03!07 1
Fraudulent I.p. 01!17/07 Possession of Mari'uana 04!06107 1
Nuisance Part 01!17/07 MlP 08/19/07 1
Nuisance Par 11!16/06 MIP 10/31/07 1
Nuisance Pa 12!11!06 Criminal Mischief 05/31/07 1
Nuisance Pa 12/05/06 PossessionlConsum lion Alcohol in Public 05/08/07 1
Nuisance Pa 11/22!06 Possession/Consum lion Alcohol in Public 09!22/07 1
Nuisance Pa 01/10/07 DUI 03/03/07 1
Nuisance Pa 01/22!07 MIP 08/31!07 1
Nuisance Part 12/12/06 ~ MIP. Fraudulent I.D. 06!26!07 1
Nuisance Part 02/06/07 Brawlin , Obstructin a Peace Officer 10/14/07 1
Nuisance Part 12!22/06 MIP 08/31!07 1
Nuisance Pa 02!05!07 Dama in Pro ert of Another 04/29/07 1
Nuisance Pa UZ/05/07 Urinatin in Public 05122!07 1
Nuisance Part 10/02!06 Fireworks 07/01!07 1
Nuisance art 11/22!06 DUI 04/10/07 1
Nuisance Pa 10/17/06 ~ Fraudulent I.D., Nuisance Pa 12!17/06 1
Nuisance Part 01/17/07 MIP 08/19/07 1
Nuisance Pa 01/24/07 DUI 09!14!07 1
Nuisance Pa 01/17!07 Assault 3rd 12!21/07 1
Nuisance Part 11!22(06 ~ Possession/Consum lion Alcohol in Public 02103/07 1
Nuisance Part 03/09/07 Possession/Consum lion Alcohol in Public 04/20!07 1
Nuisance Part 11/13/06 Unreasonable Noise after 11 PM 08!30107 1
Nuisance Pa 11/13/06 MIP 12/12/06 1
Nuisance Pa 12/05/06 Urinatin in Public 08/23!07 1
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University of Colorado at Boulder
Restorative Justice Program
Cases Processed b CURD in 2006-2007 otal Caseload = 355 continued...
Nuisance Pa ~ 12/05!06 Sub'ectin Animals to Unnecessa Sufferin 09!21/07 1
Nuisance Pa 10/17/06 Urinatin in Public 09/24/07 1
Nuisance Pa 01/17/07 j Fi htin Words 02/29/08
Nuisance Pa 12!07/06 MIP 11!01/07 1
Nuisance Pa 11114/06 MIP 08/04/07 1
Obstructin a Peace Officer, Fraudulent I.D., MIP 01/22/07 ~ DUI 02/16/07 1
Obstructing a Peace Officer, PossessioNConsumption of Alcohol
in Public 12/22/06 DUI 01110/07 1
Providin Alcohol to Minors. Dama a to Prc ert 10/04/06 Possession of Dru Para hemaiia 05/03/07 1
Providin Alcohol to Minors, Dama a to Pro ert 09/18/06 Urinatin in Public 09/27/06 1
Resisting Arrest, Obstructing a Peace Officer, Damage to Property, Obstructing a Peace Officer, Possession /Consumption
False Re ort, Fraudulent I.D. 10/06/06 of Alcohol in Public, Litterin 10/27/07
Threatenin Bodil In'u 02/20/07 Brawlin 10/20/07 i
Unreasonable Noise after 11 PM ~ 03/09/07 Possession/Consum tion of Alcohol in Public 08/22/07 1
Unreasonable Noise after 11 PM 10/02!06 Disturbin Quiet Eno ment of the Home 03!11/07 1
Unreasonable Noise after 11 PM 10/19/06 Fi htin Words 08/19/07 1
TOTAL 45
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WEST PEARL NEIGHBORHOOD PERMIT PARKING TONE
Legal..De.~cription„-„Front,desk version.
PEARL - 441 TO 741 PEARL STREET (NORTH SIDE), 406 '1~0 646 PEARL (SOUTI~I)
SPRUCE - 327 to 429
4th - 2000 block (east and west)
5th - 2000 block (east and west)
~'rx 1900 BLOCK NORTI I HALF FROM ALLEY TO Pearl Street (east and west)
3 hour limit cone 5:00 am to 6:00 pm
All NPP Regulations shall apply with the following exceptions: all properties designated by the City of
Boulder as condominiums or properties designated as containing higher than four (4) units shall be
limited to one (l) resident permit and one (1) visitor permit per unit. These properties include but are not
limited to:
2000 and 2020 5`" Street; 375, 410, 412, 414, 416, 420, 426, 428, 430, 432, 438, 508, 608, 620, 625, 645,
700, 70l , 702, 753, and 755 Pearl Street; and 1945 6`~' Street.
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