Source: (1995) Justice as Healing (Winter).
This is an excerpt from a report by the Hollow Water First Nations Community Holistic Circle Healing. It describes their community practices and procedures, based on traditional teachings and practices, for addressing crime in their midst. Using a traditional circle healing process (involving victim, victimizer, families, and community members), Hollow Water First Nations advocates applying this process more explicitly and integrally to a sentencing circle in the criminal justice system in their community.
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