Services of PACS

Circles of Support and Accountability

Circles of Support and Accountability (COSA) is a prisoner reentry program that works with high risk sex offenders.

Discipline that Restores

PACS is a leader in developing and implementing restorative justice principles. School discipline is one area that can benefit greatly by using RJ principles. We offer curriculum, training and consultation in the process, as well as graduate education leading to the MA degree or graduate certificate.

Restorative Justice Project

RJP has a three-fold mission:

1. Through PACS RJP to assist churches and other groups in their ministry of beginning new Victim Offender Reconciliation Programs.
2. Through Restorative Justice Project.org to assist government and non-profit agencies in implementing restorative justice principles in their programs.
3. Through Restorative Justice International.org to assist in reconciliation at the societal, national and international levels.

Papers on Restorative Justice are available at the PACS Documents site.

RJP holds an annual conference.

Mediation Associates^sm

Providing neutrals for all types of disputes. Services include mediation, facilitation, arbitration, early neutral evaluation, and various mixtures of these alternative dispute resolution processes.

Mediation Services

Providing court-annexed mediation services under contract through the Dispute Resolution Program Act

Refugee Conflict Management Project

Under a grant from the Department of Housing and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement, PACS created conflict management systems for refugees and refugee resettlement workers at twelve U.S. sites. Reports on this project which began October 1, 1996 and ended September 30 1999 are available from this link.

PowerPoint presentation describing the project as given at the ORR national conference and California Refugee Information Exchange Conference in 1997. Viewable in your browser.

Designing dispute resolution systems for organizations

The faculty of PACS is available to consult with other organizations on a contract basis. Helping to create organizations with solid dispute resolution programs is a specialty.

Evaluation and Process Consultation Services

Organizational evaluation, grant performance evaluation and process consultation are provided by the faculty of PACS, drawing upon the resources of the University as necessary to create multi-disciplinary teams appropriate to the situation.

Continuing Legal Education

MCLE credit available for attorneys taking courses offered by PACS.

PACS Bookshop

PACS faculty books and other publications for sale.

E-mail PACS at pacs@fresno.edu or call 800-909-8677