Carolyn Boyes-Watson, Professor

Carolyn Boyes-Watson, PhD
Professor
Department of Sociology
Director, Center for Restorative Justice at Suffolk University

On Sabbatical Fall 2012/Spring 2013

Phone: 617.573.8085
Fax: 617.994.4278
Email: cwatson@suffolk.edu
Office: 73 Tremont St., Rm. 7018

Education

• PhD, Harvard University
• MA, Harvard University
• BA, University of Pennsylvania

Office Hours Spring 2013

On sabbatical. 

Research Interests

• Restorative Justice
• Criminal Justice
• Organizational Change and Development
• Youth and Adult Development
• Education Reform

Employment

Associate Professor, Suffolk University, 1993-present

Lecturer, Social Studies, Harvard University, 1991-1993

Selected Publications

Boyes-Watson C. 2008 Peacemaking Circles and Urban Youth: Bringing Justice Home. MN: Living Justice Press

Boyes-Watson C. 2003.  Crime and Justice.  Boston: Allyn and Bacon

Boyes-Watson. C. 2005. “Community is Not a Place But a Relationship: Lessons for Organizational Development” Public Organization Review: A Global Journal Vol. 5, Issue No. 4

Boyes-Watson C. 2005  “Seeds of Change: Peacemaking Circles as Tool to Build a Village for Every Child”  Child Welfare, 84(2): 191-208. 

Boyes-Watson C. 2004 “The Value of Citizen Participation in Restorative/Community Justice: Lessons from Vermont” Criminology and Public Policy.  3 (4): 687-692.

Boyes-Watson C. 2004. “What are the Implications of the Growing State Involvement in Restorative Justice?” in Howard Zehr and Barb Towes, eds. Critical Issues in Restorative Justice.  New York: Criminal Justice Press. Monsey, New York and Cullompton, Devon, UK: Criminal Justice Press and Willan Publishing. p. 215-225.

Boyes-Watson C. 2001 “Healing the Wounds of Street Violence.”  Community and Youth Development Journal Volume 2, No.3, Fall

Boyes-Watson C. and Mary Waters. 2001  “The Promise of Diversity”. In Lani Guiner and Susan Sturm eds.    Whos Qualified   Beacon Press: Boston

Boyes-Watson C. 2000.  “Reflections on the Purist and Maximalist Models of Restorative Justice”.  Contemporary Justice Review Vol.3 (4) pp.441-450. 

Boyes-Watson C. 1999  “In the Belly of the Beast? Exploring Dilemmas of State-sponsored Restorative Justice”.  Contemporary Justice Review   2(3): 261-281 2002

Boyes-Watson C.  1997 “Corporations as Drug Warriors: The Symbolic Significance of Drug Testing”  In Austin Sarat and Susan Silbey (eds.)  Studies in Law, Politics and Society.  Greenwich Ct: JAI Press, 1997.

Boyes-Watson C.   “Recordkeeping as a Technology of Power”.  Berkeley Journal of Sociology.  Vol. 39:1-27; 1995

Professional Activities

Founding Director, Center for Restorative Justice. The Center for Restorative Justice at Suffolk University is a community-engaged academic center committed to the promotion of restorative justice practices, principles, and values in New England.

Current Grant Support

Executive Office of Public Safety, Charles E. Shannon, Community-Safety Partnership,
Gardiner Howard Shaw Foundation

Massachusetts Department of Social Services and Department of Public Health

Courses Taught

Restorative Justice: Principles and Practices
Introduction to the Criminal Justice System
Juvenile Justice and the Law
Crimes Against Humanity
Drugs and Society