I end the first section of the book with the main contribution: conceptualized peace. This theoretical framework is rooted in social and developmental psychology, and so I begin defining it by reviewing some key ideas within these fields. Specifically, I detail the importance of meaning making and how it has been connected to violence and peace, as well as ecological approaches to these topics. I then argue that there is still a need to go further and define a structure for understanding how young people’s cognition is linked to their identity-based outcomes. To articulate what conceptualized peace entails, I then introduce SRT and PVEST as two ideas within the fields of social and developmental psychology on which my theoretical framework builds. My definition of conceptualized peace also incorporates an argument for its value, which then leads into separate sections addressing its particular utility for peace education and restorative justice.