Positive Feedback
by Anonymous
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. December. Issue 13. Downloaded 11 June 2004. Victims who attend restorative justice conferences almost always have positive feedback about their experience, saying that they have “gained...
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Restorative Justice: A Lawyer’s Perspective
by Anonymous, Laura
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. October/November. Issue 12. Downloaded 11 June 2004. Pene Williams, a lawyer who has been involved in conferences, believes that restorative justice can be either positive or negative, depending on...
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High Skill Levels Shown by Facilitator Trainees
by Anonymous
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. October/November. Issue 12. Downloaded 11 June 2004. Training programs for the court-referred pilots in Auckland attracted a variety of professionals, community co-ordinators, lawyers, and a...
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Inspired by the New Zealand Experience.
by Anonymous
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. October/November. Issue 12. Downloaded 11 June 2004. Northern Ireland’s criminal justice review recently began to focus on restorative justice and hopes to pilot a program for two years,...
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Listening to the Victims
by Anonymous
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. October/November. Issue 12. Downloaded 11 June 2004. Howard Zehr, a leading international practitioner for restorative justice, emphasizes the need for restorative justice to focus on the needs of...
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Judges See Potential ‘Across the Board’
by Anonymous, Laura
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. August/September. Issue 11. Downloaded 11 June 2004. As restorative justice has gotten increasingly popular in the Aukland area, more and more judges are making referrals for offenders to attend...
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Personal Process Between Victim and Offender
by Anonymous
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. August/September. Issue 11. Downloaded 11 June 2004. In many court cases, the victim becomes detached from the sentencing process. Marie Rowan, a probation officer, believes that restorative justice...
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Chance to Laugh, Cry, and Be Angry
by Anonymous
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. August/September. Issue 11. Downloaded 11 June 2004. For several years, Michelle Tawhai Werekake-Apelu has worked for a restorative justice organization that brings the victim, offender, and...
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Emotions Run High
by Anonymous, Laura
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. August/September. Issue 11. Downloaded 11 June 2004. Jason Mackie, an Auckland District Court police prosecutor, was able to attend a restorative justice conference and compare the process to a...
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Overseas Interest
by Anonymous
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. May/June. Issue 10. Downloaded 10 June 2004. The United Kingdom has followed in New Zealand’s footsteps with their introduction of restorative justice conferences and training workshops. This...
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Safer Communities
by Anonymous, Laura
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. May/June. Issue 10. Downloaded 10 June 2004. Judge Thorburn of Aukland has found that restorative justice is a very effective alternative to the traditional criminal justice system. Thorburn has...
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Growing Experience for Facilitator
by Anonymous, Laura
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. May/June. Issue 10. Downloaded 10 June 2004. Sharon Barton, a conference facilitator of the Waipareira Restorative Justice Providers, strongly supports the use of conferences in providing...
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Interest Increases in Pilots
by Anonymous
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. May/June. Issue 10. Downloaded 10 June 2004. The new Sentencing Act of 2002 has intensified interest in restorative justice as of late. With this, up to 400 meeting referrals have been made in major...
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Family Group Conferencing World Wide: Part One in a Series
by Mirsky, Laura
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Restorative Practices E-Forum. February 20. Originally developed in New Zealand, family group conferencing (FGC) is a restorative approach that involves children, young persons, and adults in families in making their own decisions in problem-solving. As Laura Mirsky notes, FGC...
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Restorative Schools
by Riestenberg, Nancy
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) MCS Conciliation Quarterly. Spring. Pp. 6-7. Four Minnesota school districts have begun implementing restorative philosophies into their disciplinary programs. The use of “circles” helps promote problem solving with conflicts such as bullying, name-calling, truancy,...
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