The neuroscience of restorative justice | Dan Reisel
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- čas přidán 17. 03. 2014
- Dan Reisel studies the biology of change, including our ability to rewire our own brains. And he asks a big question: Instead of warehousing these criminals, shouldn't we be using what we know about the brain to help them rehabilitate? Put another way: If the brain can grow new neural pathways after an injury ... could we help the brain re-grow morality?
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Trauma changes the brain. Change the environment to change the brain. Loving, safe, trusting relationships with others and community is so important. Meeting unmet psychological needs and feeling: loved, valued, heard, worthy and having a sense of belonging - will change the brain.
My unlawful arrest because of bias and POSSIBLY prejudice, DEFINITELY bias, changed my thinking 🤨 💭🤔 and it’s FAAAAAAR from.............
I often lose faith in our society’s ability to provide these things for us. But suffering builds character (perhaps short of trauma) and there is also post traumatic growth.
@@izdotcarter Only if our internal assessment of suffering is prosocial and empathetic does suffering actually build character. If that is not the assessment made, then suffering yields only greater suffering.
Hence why extending empathy and creating conditions it thrives in is so vital.
Increased stress leads to decreased brain development. This is insightful. As an educator, I believe I have a responsibility to teach skills. Now, educators must also realize that we have a responsibility to grow the brains of our students. We can do this by structuring lessons and activities that are highly collaborative and social.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Stress is an important factor in healthy growth too...
bring ART back into the schools. it is infinitely stimulating.
Also with as little stress as possible.
@@anyfriendofkevinbaconisafr177 Eustress, not distress.
Have been involved in restorative justice for 20 years (former prosecutor) and it is amazing how this approach has much to offer
Appreciate the vote from someone in the field.
As a long time prosecutor, it's interesting to me to think about what changes have occurred in your amygdala! More power to you!
This sensible policy should really have been the foundation of incarceration from the beginning, yet even years later it is still not the norm for our prison system, let alone universal in each jurisdiction.
Wow this video did not age well. Restorative justice has been proved over and over and over again in many contemporary studied to be basically nonsense (with the very limited exception of truly low level non-violent offenses).
@@MikeKabaWike any source i could read?
I like that he broke his discussion down into three parts. The beginning covered the history of a person (their childhood and how they came to perceive the world in their everyday environment- which is very important); In the middle he provided an example of one of the inmates he did research on (a psychopath names Joe) examining how exactly his brain works and why he is considered a psychopath; in the end, Reisel was able to find the answer to his question (that being that adults can change) but it is all just a matter of perspective and environment.
It was easy for me to compare this Ted Talk to the other two because all 3 involved an inmate who went to or was currently in prison, and in order to understand the concept of adaptation to the outside world and rehabilitation, each had to go through a thought process that challenged them to alter the way that they think about themselves and past decisions they’ve made. Although environment and childhood play a key role in molding the brain of an individual, it’s not to say that this is something that is permanent or cannot be improved. Reise mentions that “The early years are crucial; You will find that the mind of a four year old is not naive in the slightest.” It should also be noted that all the prisoners that Reis studied “were not just the victims of a troubled childhood…. People like Joe have a deficit in a brain area called the amygdala (the key to the experience of empathy).” This shows us how important the upbringing of a person is, and the environment they live in. For example, Shaka Senghor lived in a dangerous neighborhood where he got shot 3 times. He was sent to the hospital, patched up, and sent back to that exact same neighborhood where he ended up in a situation where he shot someone else, killing them and going to prison for 20 years. If Senghor had the opportunity to change his environment, there’s a big possibility that his life wouldn’t have had the outcome that it did. But just like Resise suggested in his TED Talk, Senghor was able to find a way to rehabilitate his mind while in prison, and this influenced the person he was when he got out. In order for adults to change, “their mindset of the subject matter needs to innovate; they need to improve their environment which will result in healthy, sociable behavior; and lastly, outside members in our society need to see the subject as redeemable” for them to see themselves as such so a transformation can begin to take place. Reisel’s view on the influence of restorative justice on inmates is a rational one that should definitely be put into practice so that our prison systems can finally show some type of reform instead of the same environment that has continued to produce the same outcome in recidivism for years to come.
“Break the frozen sea within.” That is really powerful for me.
Empathy and and morality. If you can increase empathy it makes sense that this would increase both ones moral behavior and enrich one's experiences in our social life.
Yes but are these attempts at talk circles building empathy or is it giving voice to the bully playing victim? Take away the music and the script and in reality what do you have? Look at the school districts who use this and then got rid of it. That’s a fair question to ask because now the teacher Hass to play psychologist counselor priest and parent and be responsible for test scores and do the job of two administrators plus their own and lead to high burnout and less affective Ness for both teacher and student. Has anyone dare to ask that question or are we allowed to because it’s not politically savvy to do so????Take away the music and the script and in reality what do you have? Look at the school districts who use this and then got rid of it. That’s a fair question to ask because now the teacher Hass to play psychologist counselor priest and parent and be responsible for test scores and do the job of two administrators plus their own and lead to high burnout and less effectiveness for both teacher and student. Has anyone dared to ask that question or are we allowed to because it’s not politically savvy to do so
@@scotashton766 None of your concerns have a foundation in reality. They are popular, if not the dominant perception. But that does not make them true.
What you suggest is that we make no attempt to reform “bullies” and leave them to continue on without having undergone a reckoning in a needlessly inhumane system only serving to ensure as many bullies as possible stay bullies so that they can be punished again.
The lack of empathy in your comment goes to show Dr. King was right about us needing a realignment of moral values. What your morals dictate is that we leave millions deprived of the means and ability to improve in a humane system, effectively dooming them to reoffend and others to being their new victims.
I read stories of juveniles sentenced to life and even death - such an unimaginable hopelessness! I often wonder what the value of such a sentence is - and death sentences I don't believe are tools for human beings. Very interesting talk.
Thank you for this. Our prisons need to be therapeutic trauma recovery centres!
interesting, this is somewhat the concept of the charles dickens book called the ghost of xmas past. by scrooge seeing the emotional impact he had on those around him created a change in him, allowing his character to become more empathetic and help those in society, such as giving a pay rise to his worker, giving back to his community through charity or gifts and spending time with the only family he had left - his nephew.
Interesting!!!
The most important talk in the field of justice in human history. Damning evidence of our own "amygdalas shrinking" a bit at the thought of allowing criminals to have anything better than a painful time of punishment. Biblical "forgiveness" and "thou shalt not judge" come close.
I wish that Dr. Reisel would have spoken more about early and chronic trauma and how that affects the brain. A large percentage of violent offenders in US prisons were themselves victims of horrific violent behavior, some even in infancy. Those exposed to continuous, multigenerational trauma normalize violence as a natural element of life. If we invested in health & healing and nonviolence/peace education for all children, we could perhaps, change the tide of violent behavior in society. These discourses are critical to restorative justice work and many academic and training programs include trauma as a key element in effective RJ practice.
This is a mind-blowing perspective on psychopathy and the influence of restorative justice on these individuals. I very much enjoyed watching it.
A very interesting talk. Last year I took part in a Restorative Justice meeting with the perpetrator who raped me 15 years ago - in prison. I am a firm believer in Restorative Justice - it rehabilitates. I agree with this speaker - there are other ways than pure incarceration - brain training is one of them.
Rosalyn Hollidge hi I don’t know if you’ll see this but hopefully you do
Do you mind me asking what your overall experience was?
Did it go well
Bravo. You are strong and compassionate. What a gift to give the world.
Wow, you are amazing. It takes a highly intelligent, mature, and forgiving person to be able to do that. You are a gift to the world. 🙂
I hope you experienced healing through these years 💙 You are an inspiration to me.
You're fucking strong for that mate. Respect.
Excelente explanação sobre o assunto. A ressocialização e a crença na mudança humana precisa evoluir na prática, a fim de que toda a sociedade seja beneficiada.
Que belo trabalho deste cientista, parabéns
Beautiful. Thank you.
It (usually) leads to a lot more closure to the actual parties involved instead of just merely leaving it up to the State alone. It allows for more humanity and reduced recidivism. The caveat being that this isn’t going to apply if there is no remorse or changed behavior etc. It can not be halfhearted. It’s worth evaluating cases and probably finding out The Who, What, When, Where and Why’s first.
This is INCREDIBLE!!! 😍😍😍
This is AWESOME!!!! It's going in my restorative justice paper very, very soon!!!!
nyk666 satan Could you please share that paper once you're done? I would really really love to read it! This might be a stretch but I truly think restorative justice might be the key to world peace
Flowers osdfv Sure Flowers, I just now read your message. Sorry for the long delay...But I was just now going through my old youtube comments and noticed yours...Yep, restorative justice does present a more progressive way of dealing with crime...I think you may be on the off-chance quite right!!! Give me your email address and I will send it to you. Or if you are uncomfortable with that, then here is my email, nyk666@gmail.com
@@rabia1180 I agree, I am watching this too for a restorative justice paper. I think RJ can and should disrupt our current criminal justice system which is grounded in having adversarial relationships. RJ can produce win-win situations.
@@jschuler53 ayyyyyy, i am ALSO watching this for a restorative justice paper lmao
Goosebumps... Awesome talk. :)
Interesting talk
The similarity of this to Flowers for Algernon is frightening.
Brilliantly frightening.
This is a great talk
Interesting idea. My first instinct shrieked NO, but it's a reactive, reflexive one.
your first instinct is RIGHT.....don't you understand that you're questioning your first instinct BECAUSE you have empathy?! The psychopath has NONE. You'll extend them this enriched environment, and they won't learn to care because of good treatment!!!!!!!! You're an object; you could give them a million bucks or all the love in the world and if they decide to they'll still rape, torture, or kill you! Stick with your fist instinct! Don't extend empathy to a person who can't feel ANYTHING and has NO BOUNDARIES!
carfreelori You know I hear you. I've read books about Psychopaths and understand what you're saying. Although the TED talk was excellent I think where he failed was in letting the audience know whether scientist's have seen whether reform is even possible with Psychopaths assuming they stimulate their amygdala enough.
@@carfreelori you clearly missed the point of the video and RJPs.
I was thinking, wow a TED Talk that's not bullshit ideology! Then I saw the date. Good job Mr. Reisel.
Makes perfect sense.
Sensacional 👏👏👏👏
Does anyone have a link to the research publications Dr. Reisel has been involved in that support this talk? I am interested in reading it further.
Seconded
This dude is just explaining the Truth and Reconciliation trials in South Africa when the Rwanda Genocide happened. Compare it to the Nuremberg trials and you'll see which was more effective. (Hint: it was the Truth and Reconciliation trials)
no, you have to distinguish between the actual psychopath vs the person, with feelings, who has been brainwashed through a corrupt system like Nazi Germany to commit atrocities! What you don't get is not all humans, who have committed atrocities, are literally psychopaths......Patty Hearst...kidnapped, tortured, brainwashed, and then she killed and committed evil crimes...she wasn't a psychopath. The true psychopath will never develop real empathy; they are very charismatic because they know how to fool you; they can EMULATE all feelings and ALL appropriate behaviors, but internally it is not the way the operate. You only care about them because YOU have empathy; they don't care about you AT ALL! They could knife you without a seconds thought as if you are a bug to be stomped on, and they don't need a motive!
carfreelori I was talking about the difference between two styles of prosecution of criminals. I have no clue what your statement is refuting about mine.
@@carfreelori Exactly, this is why psychopaths have so much power over neurotypicals. NT's simply cannot accept the fact that psychos have different brains and will never have empathy.
GodDammit7711 (nice name) Excellent point. Thanks for bringing up the TRC.
How to develop more mirror neurons?
Dan mentions the advantage to the mice of being in a nice cage with other mice and toys v a mouse in a lonely isolated cage. What about when we take six or seven well socialised mice and then about six or seven aggressive and anti social mice and put them all in the pleasant cage. Do the aggressive mice become more social or do the social mice become more aggressive? Does anyone know if a study like this has been done?
so cute, him sitting in that little box.
This guy is on to something.
this guy is on a total fool's errand and he'll empathy one of his psychopaths and they'll stab him in the back. fool.
what is the speakers concession statement? I've read the transcript and watched the video multiple times and still don't get it. Anyone else have to watch this for a class?
The closest thing I got was that the studies proving new brain cell growth have only been around since the 1990s. All of this is very new. Some would even say it's experimental
Yeah
thats cool
@justgivemethetruth I agree a 110%! First we have to recognice the structural violence of our current economic System, which put's people in situations of high pressure and little love. Many of them didn't even have a chance to develope a healthy amygdala... Locking them off, or getting rid of them won't solve the structural problems that got em into this Situation!!
Great suggestion identifying one of the many roots that needs special attention when looking for a place to start! It seems like when we look at many offenders to try to figure out “what went wrong,” the majority of problems often start during the childhood. They are born into low economic societies to families that have little to no concept of having or displaying ethics and morals. Family values such as happiness, equality, loyalty, and dignity aren’t encouraged among adolescents which can help potentially stimulate a healthy amygdala. As someone who got the chance to be apart of an internship program that conducted intake interviews of inmates I experience this first hand. Yes, the inmates were at a huge disadvantage, but kindness and respect that you show to them will change your whole encounter with them. The loving, supportive and nurturing environment was not apart of daily life and experiences, why would they show someone, even a complete stranger any different outcomes than what they’ve experienced first hand. Somehow we can justify intentionally inflict harm and evil on other humans and punish criminal and create justifications for different types of punishments but often times that only creates a worse offender, they only grow colder, more dampened, and in survival mode which most people have never had to fight or live through.
I often have heard of retribution among offenders and victims and would be curious to do more research on how that effects both participants, especially the ones that are considered the worst of the worst antisocial personality types and psychopaths. Correcting a wrong, trying to restore ethics and morals in someone should be a priority in our criminal justice system, its should be a dogma. The very principles and ethics we seem to enforce in every other aspect of life don’t seem to exist for criminal’s we lock up, because they are inhumane and worst of the worst, even tho most are lower level offenders. The restorative justice movement is something I hope is discussed and implemented more until we see a drastic movement. At the end of the day, criminals are simply people too, our neighbors, loved ones and mentally ill people who need proper help.
Both are victims, the murderer and the dead. One is structured with impaired and the others either innocent or ignorent. Thank DR❤
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Inmates building their own prison, perhaps they can build their own cure aswel.
7:06 Please tell me there's a silver age batman villain with this backstory
Otra forma de entender la reintegración social que debe de impulsarse en los Reclusorios
There is hope for Wall Street!
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Summary: Maybe we could fix the crazies instead of throwing them out?
So in a world where teachers are told to redirect and some children can go in a classroom and just move things and tear up things because it’s part of their development process and eventually they’ll want to turn to the good and take away from the children who are in the middle and then the teacher who is absolutely stressed out about not knowing what to do.So in a world where teachers are told to redirect and some children can go in the classroom and just move things and tear up things because it’s part of their development process and eventually they’ll want to turn to the good and take away from the children who are in the middle and then the teacher who is absolutely stressed out about not knowing what to do.. address that... you can’t put more on the teachers that is already there. It’s time to speak up on behalf of the teachers who want their children to do well but plain huggy huggy in circles isn’t going to do it and we’re killing ourselves with this New Age jargon.
He has a striking resemblance to Jimmy Carr.
Who defines the morality?
there has to be some morality and ethics....we CAN NOT live by "do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law"....NO A THOUSAND TIMES, NO!
Natural law: don't physically harm others, don't steal from others, don't defraud others, don't damage others property
Natural law is self evident. Doesn't require anyone to define anything. No one likes being physically harmed, therefore don't physically harm others, no one likes getting their property stolen, therefore don't steal others property. Treat others as you would want to be treated.
What is the speaker’s main point ?
Deja, try Restorative Justice practices for rehabilitation and you can do it in prison.
Essentially that by training the brain in circumstances that are positive (letting it "play" with compassion makes it more prone to compassion etc), you can create much better results even in criminal justice circumstances, than sticking the brain into prison (mice in a box, etc) where it's taught negativity.
ne pas idéologiser ces possibilités; certains détenus ne prendront jamais conscience de leur psychopathie ou de leur sociopathie; cependant pour les détenus "conscients", c'est une réussite
hmmm. I wish the neuroscientist had flown over the preschool instead of the cuckoo's nest.
It's not where England's most dangerous prisoners are kept. That's Belmarsh.
Balsy...definitelly balsy.
so...the belief that psychopaths are born psychopaths isn’t true?
My 7 year old class is out of control because the principal has forced discipline out of the school to be replaced with restorative justice in class. Now the teacher has to have 5 min conversations with kids instead of teaching and helping kids understand the material. No more time outs, no more quiet times, no more 5 minutes of recess, no more wright a sentence 10 times and no more consequences. I love the concept for resolving relationships and dealing with medium to big offences it does not work for talking in class or not doing the work in class. Teachers are being strip of any ability to keep their classrooms in order. Shoreline schools in WA a district with 98% graduation rate (yep a broken system)
Skill issue
Hate to say this but the title is misleading. He doesn’t actually talk at all about how restorative justice specifically affects the brain. He doesn’t discuss the neuroscience of actual restorative justice. Very disappointing.
Sorry to go completely beyond the subject. He's a brit yet to me he has a scandinavian accent.
GMP police UK best
I just watched a video of a young man get stabbed while trying to rob a store.
I would bet every single asset I have that the insane idea of restoritive justice played a significant role.
This speaker may have good intent, but there's a path paved by good intentions.
Youre watching the real stochastic terroist.
Critical theory sympathetic teachers should be given one chance to repent, and if they dont, they should get ten years of hard labor.
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Branding people “criminals”, “psychopaths”, and “victims” strips them of their humanity. The lack of emotional intelligence on Daniel’s part to not use human-centered language hurt his presentation very much for me. Putting on my most critical lens, I quickly realized how dry his delivery is. From timing to time to pitch, this was not a very captivating TED Talk. The glimpses of humor made it tolerable in the most for me to sit through this whole video. I was hoping the punchline would be worth the time I already invested. All I came away from this with is how much further even the “most intelligent” people have to go to attain even just an ounce of emotional intelligence.
This
How do you "rehabilitate" and then release a murderer without endangering innocents? What morality supports the idea of dismissing the murderers victims or his previous crimes? My point here is that it's one thing to discuss these ideas in an academic sense but there is a "real world" out there. Play with "real evil" out there long enough and you will get burned.
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I am very impressed with all of your comments cbatgm
cbatgm, Your response suggests we should adopt a Nintendo mentality instead of learn from the past. Narcissistic sociopaths who commit murder don't deserve second chances. Once an individual commits the act of murder, they're ALWAYS a murderer! You don't just "hit the reset button" and become a different person who is worthy of being trusted. Murder is more than just "game over" for an innocent victim too.
The same way you re-elect George W Bush or Barack Obama?
***** I apologise for the very late reply. I appreciate the thought of rehabilitation for someone who is, say, an addict. But from the victim's perspective should not a murderer or a rapist deserve some kind of punishment?
Also, if the only punishment one would be given for committing horrible crimes is rehabilitation, would it not result in an increase in the number of crimes?
So maybe, if " Instead of warehousing these criminals, shouldn't we be using what we know about the brain to help them rehabilitate?" this idea has to work, I would venture to say that every individual should undergo something similar before he/she even commits a crime.
I am curious and would appreciate any reply :)
In a word, "naive". Teaching murderers empathy is a waste of time, energy and tax dollars. Turning proven predators into lab rats or allowing them additional opportunities to endanger even more innocents doesn't benefit society or research. And yes, the occasional and deserved execution does in fact deter some. (prodpinnc.blogspot.com/2013/03/of-course-death-penalty-deters.html)
Only prison systems that will work:
1- make prison so bad no-one will ever want to go or commit a crime, ie. medieval torture or worse
2- seperate minimum & maximum security into 2 different prisons (respectivly)
-Prison that is effectively its own town, ie. rehabilitation where prisoners live out a relatively normal life where they run shops etc. generally higher sentences of community service, education services available ie. online/TAFE courses w/supervision (minimum)
-Prison that is basically on lockdown permanently, prisoners relinquish their basic human rights because of the crimes they have commited, prisoners are locked up permanently with no possible way of getting out, possible death sentances (maximum)
3- walled off communities where 'prisoners' run rampant, requires little to no security or running costs
however this is all ignoring the reasons why someone would become a criminal, apart from the minimum scenario in no.2 where rehabilitation is the main focus and the prisoners are still treated like humans, I mean, if the government
-legalized, regulated & distributed drugs including heavy drugs, ie. make centers where people can go to get their 'fix' of their dependant drug & advocate programs to stop using (removes most if not all drug crime & actually deals with such problems)
-created 'fight clubs' similar to the movie of the same name (was a news story about this recently) where people can go and fight in an incredibly regulated and safe environment (removes most violent crime related to anger, just wanting to punch someone etc.)
-create enough jobs no-one has an excuse to be on welfare (obv barring disability), this is a bit of an iffy one as it requires gov's to pour a lot of money into expansion, new cities/towns, basically terra-forming areas for agriculture, dramatically improving infrastructure (creates a lot of labor jobs & general jobs, esp if govs really incentivise creation of businesses)
basically removed all drug related crimes, most violent crime(would cast violent crime into an even harsher light, less excuses) & crime caused by lack of money/resources. Also, all of these have already been proven to work in various countries around the world, apart from the last one, hasn't been tried or tested yet that I know of
Might be the dumbest argument of all time
why study psychopaths in prison when they'll pay to get into your ted talk!
Joe's getting released next year!!