Victims of sexual crime may confront their attacker
December 1, 2014
But the new study, which interviewed victims, offenders and their families – as well as judges – has called for a new agency and pilot project to be established as a “matter of urgency” to facilitate meetings between victims and offenders. The victim-centred pilot...
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Addressing the harm done in a crime
November 21, 2014
Back in 2004, the family was living in Inarajan. Dave returned home after work one day to find his house ransacked. Most disturbing to him, his wife and children, the bedrooms had received the brunt of the damage. Like me, the family was filled with outrage and anger. They felt violated and...
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Crime victims meet offenders in new restorative justice programme
November 21, 2014
She said: “I wrote a list of all the things that he had taken from us and when it was my turn to have my say, I just read through the list. “I did not dare stop and then when I looked up at him I could see he was shaken by it. “Once he...
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Cherokee Talking Circle
November 21, 2014
The CTC program integrates Keetoowah–Cherokee values into the intervention and is based on the Cherokee concept of self-reliance. The Keetoowah–Cherokee use self-reliance as part of an overall worldview that all things come together to form a whole…. The...
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Memory for change
November 21, 2014
Memory is the remembrance of lived or transmitted experiences. It is socially framed and allows us to understand what categories people, groups and cultures employ to make sense of their lives, their social, cultural and political attachments and their ideals. Memory is thus central to...
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‘Premier League villains’ go straight after meeting victims
November 18, 2014
Sitting between Clark and Morton at a press conference at police headquarters, Mr Barton said they were among his force’s top ten criminals and called them “Premier League villains†but praised them for “turning their lives aroundâ€. And the police chief revealed...
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Restorative justice: Inspiring the future of a just society for all
November 18, 2014
The film was produced by the European Forum for Restorative Justice, created by the Foresee Research Group in Hungary and funded by the Criminal Justice Programm of the European Union. It features key thought leaders and practitioners such as Joanna Shapland, Ivo Aertsen, Shadd Maruna,...
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Restorative Justice Week 2014
November 17, 2014
RJ is the process of bringing together victims of crime and their offenders to discuss the impact of the crime, repair the harm and find a positive way forward. It offers victims the chance to be heard, get answers to questions and provide a sense of closure. It also forces offenders to face...
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Restorative encounters in terrorist victimization in Spain: Theoretical reflections and practical insights from social work
November 10, 2014
Following the recommendations of the aforementioned author, and focussing our restorative practice on terrorist victimization, we now develop eight practical implications which have been taken into account in our encounters. Continuous action centred on the facilitator, clearing the mind...
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Laurier students put city focus on restorative justice
November 10, 2014
Student Mike Mazurek said Rose suggested anyone game could write a proposal to the city and collect signatures to support it, noting it was a good time with the municipal election coming up. “He said Laurier has a voice, we have pull in this situation, but did anyone want to lead a...
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Video Review: Being with the energy of forgiveness: Lessons from former enemies in restorative dialogue
November 10, 2014
The documentary begins by introducing restorative dialogue as an opportunity for those most affected by a crime to come face-to-face – after preparation – to develop ways to deal with the crime. It then tells four stories of conflict, the people and communities who were involved...
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Restorative Justice Conference between R and Mr Q
November 10, 2014
The emotions in the room had already been very high during the exchanges between Mr Q and R, but after the challenge, it became even more so. I explained to R, who looked a little overwhelmed, that he could certainly take his time to think about the offer and it was agreed that contact between...
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Prison for teen who lit “agender” youth’s skirt on fire thwarts healing
October 23, 2014
Significantly, Richard felt terrible about what had happened. Almost immediately, he publicly expressed remorse and wrote a letter of apology to Sasha. It was also clear that Sasha and Sasha’s family were open to creating a healing process and a public dialogue about what had...
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Peace room trumps suspensions at Lincoln Park High School
October 22, 2014
“We transferred a lot of kids out to other schools. We were punitive. We gave long suspensions. Even if kids had a shouting match in the hall, they might get a five-day out-of-school suspension,” Boraz said. “That’s how I learned how to do it.” Four weeks into...
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