RJC’s response to the Victim’s Code consultation paper
June 8, 2015
3. RJC also welcomes the duty on the police to offer restorative justice to victims where such a service is provided by the police. Where the restorative service is provided by a partner agency the police should inform victims about the service and refer them, but not be required to make the...
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RJC’s response to the Victim’s Code consultation paper
June 8, 2015
3. RJC also welcomes the duty on the police to offer restorative justice to victims where such a service is provided by the police. Where the restorative service is provided by a partner agency the police should inform victims about the service and refer them, but not be required to make the...
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How does healing happen?
June 8, 2015
Forgiveness means forgetting the offense. (Forgiveness fully acknowledges the offense, and secures future safety.) Forgiveness means excusing the offense. (The offense was wrong. Forgiveness never pretends otherwise.) Forgiveness means anger is inappropriate. (Anger is an alarm that...
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Ministering to sex offenders
June 8, 2015
….GONZALEZ: There are more than 700,000 registered sex offenders in the United States, with more than 100,000 of them living in California. In California, like other states, paroled offenders are required to wear GPS ankle bracelets. Offenders must also follow strict residency...
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Bullying: School, texting & cyber harassment is emotional assault
June 8, 2015
….It was then that I took more serious action. Removed her from the school and enrolled her in another without notice Printed all the threats out and approached her old school, police and parents of bullies with proof of their threats, horrible name calling, sexual comments, and plans to...
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New Items in the RJ Online Database
June 8, 2015
Bibas, Stephanos (2009). Restoration but also more justice. Scholarship at Penn Law. Paper 262. Burke-White, William W and Bibas, Stephanos (2009). International idealism meets domestic-criminal-procedure realism. Scholarship at Penn Law. Paper 272. Buti, Antonio (2008). Reparations, justice...
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The Jirga in modern day Afghanistan
June 8, 2015
The main difference between the Jirga system and the criminal justice system is that where the criminal justice system punishes, leaving the enmities as they were, the Jirga resolves the enmity at its roots and adopts certain rules for prevention. Some people argue that the Jirga is an...
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New Items in the RJ Online Database
June 8, 2015
Amnesty International (2010). Commissioning justice: Truth commissions and criminal justice. London: Amnesty International Publications Androff, Jr., David Kime (2008). Reconciliation and welfare: Victims’ Perspectives on the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission. A dissertation...
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Does restorative justice mean forgiveness?
June 8, 2015
It is very important that all crime victims feel they can explore restorative justice and find the value it provides them if they choose to participate. Experiencing restorative justice can mean participating in a victim offender dialogue but it can mean other things as well. Restitution...
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North Wales Police chief to step up restorative justice
June 8, 2015
Mr Polin said officers would exercise “personal discretion” when dealing with offences suitable for the treatment. He said that in the past officers felt obliged to offer fixed penalties when another approach might have been better in deterring further offences. “We need to...
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RJ Online Library
June 8, 2015
Braithwaite, Valerie and Braithwaite, John (2006). Democratic sentiment and cyclical markets in vice. British Journal of Criminology. 46:1110–1127. Fleming, Pamela S. (2009). An evaluation of the Inafa’ Maolek’s mediation program and potential impact in resolution of...
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Making justice systems more restorative: A view from the bench
June 8, 2015
Of course this isn’t all going to happen overnight. Working out the practicalities of implementation are live issues that also have to be considered, indeed the Restorative Justice Council (RJC) has been preoccupied with them for some time now, and professor Joanna Shapland’s...
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June 8, 2015
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New Items in the RJ Online Database
June 8, 2015
Albrecht, Berit (2010). Multicultural Challenges for Restorative Justice: Mediators’ Experiences from Norway and Finland . Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention. 11(1):3-24. Armstrong, Marg (2009). Restorative justice: An International Perspective....
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Human-centred
June 8, 2015
At some level it amazes me that the idea of involving people in the design for products, services, or programme to address the problems in their lives is considered a new or innovative idea. At another level, this is a reminder of how easy it is to assume a position of authority or superiority...
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