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Circle Sentencing and Family Group Conferencing.

Editor, Michael
June 4, 2015

Source: (1995) Update: The Church Council on Justice and Corrections. (Fall): 4-6. Ottawa, Canada.

The following passage describes what happens in a sentencing circle in the Kwanlin Dun First Nation in the Yukon.
The Mission of Kwanlin Dun Community Justice is “to empower the community to assume grater responsability for justice issues” (excerpt)

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