Conservative criminal justice policy and restorative justice
June 8, 2015
So the idea that on its own „prison works‟ is unsophisticated and simplistic. Which is why, if we are in Government come May, my priority is to launch a rehabilitation revolution inside prisons, and outside them. And in straightforward normal language, what this means is...
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Restorative justice
June 8, 2015
Conversation led to understanding and eventually to compassion. When the young man appeared in court members of the congregation made it a point to attend the hearing and speak about the impact on the congregation of meeting him eye to eye. They asked the court to extend mercy. Recently the...
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Rethinking the politics of crime
June 8, 2015
This is a problem that Aubrey Fox and I examine in our new book Trial and Error in Criminal Justice Reform: Learning from Failure (2010: Urban Institute Press). The central argument of the book is that criminal justice officials should adopt a lesson from the field of science, embracing...
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Conference Draft
June 8, 2015
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New Items in the RJ Online Database
June 8, 2015
Bingham, Lisa Blomgren (2008). Designing justice: Legal institutions and other systems for managing conflict. Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution. 24(1):1-51. Field, Stewart (2006). Practice cultures and the ‘new’ youth justice in (England and) Wales. British Journal of...
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Golding says restorative justice centre opening in west Kingston
June 8, 2015
He said that, since the policy was approved by cabinet in 2013, the programme has been implemented in 11 inner city communities —Tower Hill, Nannyville, Trench Town and August Town in Kingston and St Andrew; Granville in St James; Effortville and Canaan Heights in May Pen, Clarendon;...
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Conference Draft
June 8, 2015
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Conference Draft
June 8, 2015
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Center for Restorative Justice braces for changes to marijuana law
June 8, 2015
She said the CRJ has a program for underage drinking offense, called the Teen Alcohol Safety Program. First time offenders have to undergo an education curriculum and complete other requirements to avoid a fine. The decriminalization law would require there be a similar program for marijuana...
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Circles of Support and Accountability, sex offender program, has federal funding cut
June 8, 2015
Circles of Support and Accountability, a Canada-wide program for sex offenders released from prison, has been receiving $2.2 million in government money for two decades, but will see $560,000 of that stop flowing by March 31 and all of its money cut by September, according to the Edmonton...
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Shame never works
June 8, 2015
All I could think is, “No surprise there.†I see this all the time in the criminal justice system. Whether it is the negative labelling of “criminal†or the stigmatisation that follows offenders and their families or the harsh punishments used to deter crime, the...
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Using restorative justice at the pre-sentence stage of the criminal justice process
June 8, 2015
Many jurisdictions, including Australia, Nigeria, the USA, New Zealand and Canada, utilise restorative justice at the pre-sentence stage. For those of us in England and Wales, however, the Northern Irish youth justice process is probably the best known example of restorative justice being...
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Boy, those apologies are tough
June 8, 2015
As I listened and tried to process my own hurt and anger that grew from the speech, I remembered a story that I had heard on NPR about sociological research into why people don’t apologise. The researchers found that while the refusal to apologise does carry certain relational...
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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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