Art as Healing and the Justice Classroom

• In Event: Connecting Arts, Media, and Criminology

Abstract

Justice education has as its charge and challenge the preparation of people to enter a potentially turbulent, often traumatizing workplace. Assuming the mantle of justice service professional places one in a position to do great harm - or great healing. This work presents a review of literature related to art and its capacity to help justice students understand and transform their own trauma so as to be more able agents of justice.

Author

• Rachel Johnnie DiMonda, Bridgewater State University