User-Specific Navigation
The new look will include tabs across the top for most of the key users of RJOnline. Each tab will open a “landing page” devoted to the interests of those users.
For example, the Policymaker tab will information, news and
resources needed by legislators, policy analysts, and others who are
interested in incorporating restorative justice into public policy. The
content on this page will describe the policy arguments for restorative
justice as well as the issues it raises. It will provide on overview of
outcome research as that relates to considerations about where and how
to incorporate it into the criminal justice system. There will be links
to inter-governmental policy documents on the use of restorative
justice and to examples of legislation incorporating it into the
justice system. And so forth.
The Press tab, on the other hand, will provide information about the
history of restorative justice, the different forms it takes, what we
know about its effectiveness, and stories of people who have
participated in restorative processes. It will offer talking points on
restorative justice and notable quotes on the topic. And so
forth.
Visitors used to the existing navigation bar will still be able to open
the site as they have in the past, although the new design means that
the navigation will be done differently. The RJLibrary with its
searchable database of 9000 publications will continue to be available
from the home page as well as the landing pages.
February 2009
