This book is focused on the praxis of Restorative Justice according to the tripod Conflict, Connection, and Violence. A lot of it is entirely new, and other parts are the revision and updates of some of the text from the author's Ph.D. thesis. This way, It tries to unite the accessibility of content with the wealth of primary data collected through years of empirical research. This "work is completed in the other". It makes more sense now that it has come to you. - - - - - - - - - - - - - About the author: Mayara Carvalho has earned her Ph.D. in Law from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil), with research in Community Restorative Justice. She is also a postdoctoral researcher in Restorative Justice at the Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro's Postgraduate Program in Law (Brazil). She is one of co-founders of the Instituto Pazes. She's a teacher and former coordinator of the PUC Minas Restorative Justice specialization, and a teacher at the Universidade Estácio de Sá's Postgraduate Program (Brazil). She is a teacher, researcher, and facilitator of restorative and nonviolent communication practices. She also is an evaluator in several legal and human sciences journals.