Update now reports on a number of initiatives throughout Canada that reflect a restorative approach to justice.
by Editor, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Update: The Church Council on Justice and Corrections. (Fall): 8-11. Ottawa, Canada. This brief article provides the story of one young man whose two best friends were killed through his own drinking and driving instead of prison he received community service audiences about the...
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Family Group Conferencing – a continuum of respect and support for all parties.
by Editor, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Update: The Church Council on Justice and Corrections. (Fall): 6-8. Ottawa, Canada. Family group conferencing is a promising justice process that is rooted in Maori tradition and has evolved in New Zealand and Australia largely from people’s frustration in not experiencing...
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Circle Sentencing and Family Group Conferencing.
by 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...
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The Adversarial Approach to Justice – More Harm than Good.
by Editor, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Update: The Church Council on Justice and Corrections. (Fall): 3-4. Ottawa, Canada. There is a deeply entrenched assumption in our society that justice is accomplished by means of punishment. Indeed, the churches have to take responsibility for having contributed to this...
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Restorative Justice in the Nineties: Healing Communities.
by Editor, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Update: The Church Council on Justice and Corrections. (Fall): 1-2. Ottawa, Canada. The Church Council Justice and Corrections is convinced that there are better ways to do the justice. None are so promising as a broad range of initiative, including circle sentencing and family...
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Restorative Justice – Caveat Emptor!
by Editor, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Update: The Church Council on Justice and Corrections. (Fall): 9-10. Ottawa, Canada. It is an irony not lost on the church Council! For many years we have advocated for restorative justice. Now, as interest and support grows for this new way of understanding and responding to...
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Released Sex offenders: Circles of support or a drive out of town?
by Editor, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Update: The Church Council on Justice and Corrections. (Fall): 6. Ottawa, Canada. Near the top of any list of concerns for citizens is the return to the community of sex offenders whose warrants of committal have expired and who can no longer be legally held in prison. Many have...
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Snapshots of Community Justice.
by Editor, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Update: The Church Council on Justice and Corrections. (Fall): 5-6. Ottawa, Canada. Community justice is beginning to find a foothold in our country. Here are few snapshots to consider: -Newfoundland -Teslin, Yukon Territory -Cornwall, Ontario -Regina, Saskatchewan -Whitehorse,...
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Russell Heights CJC: Moving Justice Back to the Community.
by Editor, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Update: The Church Council on Justice and Corrections. (Fall): 1, 7-8. Ottawa, Canada. The journey from courthouse to community justice can be long, challenging and, for the most part, worthwhile, as the Church Council is discovering in this Ottawa initiative which we have...
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Healing circle follows frightening stabbing: Transforming our Communities – The “Job” of Justice.
by Editor, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Update: The Church Council on Justice and Corrections. (Fall): 1-4. Ottawa, Canada. This article tells the story of a circle process held in response to an attempted slabbing....
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Justice Echoes from the Edges.
by Maher, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) Update: The Church Council on Justice and Corrections. (Winter): 21. Ottawa, Canada. We must be a little like that. We know the time has come for change. Yet, we struggle and can’t let go of a system that we know is no longer working. In our case illustration, we saw...
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Healing Justice in our Communities.
by Editor, Mary
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Update: The Church Council on Justice and Corrections. (Winter): 1-10, 12-20. Ottawa, Canada. For two intense days last September, at the invitation of our national church coalition, 86 people met in the Moncton City Hall chambers, exploring the criminal justice systems and was...
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Justice for the Soul.
by Church Council on Justice and Corrections, Mary
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) Restorative Justice Reflection Sheet #2. Ottawa, Canada: Church Council on Justice and Corrections. For people of faith, the subject of crime brings up other related, and quite profund , matters. Crime, and our responses to crime , can get us thinking about suffering, sin,...
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Fire in the Rose: Churches Exploring Abuse and Healing. Resource kit.
by Church Council on Justice and Corrections, Mary
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) Ottawa, Canada: Church Council on Justice and Corrections. This program will assist your congregation to begin a journey of discovery and growth. Through Fire in the Rose, you will explore the nature and consequences of abuse; you will examine your own attitudes, feelings and...
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Skills for Support & Prevention.
by Church Council on Justice and Corrections, Mary
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) Booklet in the resource kit, Fire in the Rose: Churches Exploring Abuse and Healing. Ottawa: Church Council on Justice and Corrections. Resource materials to help explore options and strengthen skills in the area of peer support, conflict resolution and parenting as a part of...
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