Restorative justice in Seychelles: Convicts come face to face with the victims of their crimes
June 24, 2014
Twenty-Three year old Michel Oredy was murdered in August 1993 by a younger man, only eighteen years old, outside a (former) discotheque at Pointe Larue, eastern district of the main Seychelles island of Mahé. On that fateful night, the killer, whom Lagrenade labels as “Mr X†so...
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As city prepares to rethink school discipline, a look at restorative justice programs in action
June 24, 2014
Validus, a small high school opened during the Bloomberg administration, is one of a number of city schools using restorative justice practices like student justice panels that are meant to provide useful alternatives to punitive discipline. For the past few years, the Department of Education...
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Restorative justice in cases of sexual violence: Power, accountability and corrective justice (and, maybe, democracy)
June 23, 2014
The study has interviewed a total of 144 respondents, of whom 29 are Victim-Survivors and 23 are Offenders. Other major players and stakeholders in our system of justice, such as judges, GardaÃ, lawyers, senior politicians and advocacy groups, also form part of the study’s subject...
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Wheaton College: Victims of violent crime speak in support of restorative justice
June 19, 2014
I have learned over the years that you never know nor can you predict where a victim’s life will head after experiencing violent crime. You also do not know what will happen to victims of violent crime after they have chosen to participate in restorative justice. You think the story is...
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Elementary school employs restorative practices to engage students in academics and respond to harm
June 19, 2014
Selvenis has committed Holtzman Elementary, which serves grades three to five and is located on the outskirts of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, to school-wide restorative practices implementation. “From what I have seen,†he said, “the strongest implication is for the...
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Restorative justice helps teach students
June 18, 2014
On one front, two kids have the ability to mend divisions. This is especially important in areas such as Chicago or Detroit where gang affiliation starts early in a child’s life and often limits their future. Realistically, schoolyard problems can become the kind of heated and intensely...
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Restorative practices improve outcomes and relationships in criminal justice and education settings across Latin America
June 16, 2014
In Lima, the capital of Peru, Schmitz trained a team of 30 professionals who work with adult and youth offenders in non-punitive alternative justice programs, such as those that assign community service work. Prior to the training, said Schmitz, the professionals were interested in only one...
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Let the victims speak: A voice from Peru on the Commissions on Truth and Disappearances
June 12, 2014
Some government leaders have defended the bill and urged the public to move on to other elements of the national agenda, like negotiating the new constitution. They can’t deny that the commission may recommend amnesties, but they say such a step would only happen with the...
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Compensating victims of crime
June 11, 2014
Victim compensation funds are funded by criminal fines and taxpayer dollars and offer monetary assistance to victims and survivors of violent crime. Though similar in concept to restitution, they differ in eligibility requirements, funding sources, and distribution. Currently, victim...
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Restorative Justice Project receives $60,000 grant from Lerner Foundation
June 11, 2014
“We are confident that this opportunity to develop our volunteer program in conjunction with community outreach will expand the power of restorative relationships and dialogue to benefit the many whose lives are touched by conflict and wrong-doing—from victims, to offenders, to...
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Close to Home: Success of restorative program shows in numbers
June 9, 2014
The problem was easy to see. Santa Rosa schools were suspending and expelling students at a much higher rate than most schools in the state. In fact, in the 2011-12 year, Santa Rosa schools had the fourth highest rate of suspensions per capita in the state. Eager to find a different approach...
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‘Restorative justice is not a soft touch’, claims senior Humberside Police officer
June 9, 2014
Speaking at an East Riding Council scrutiny meeting, Chief Inspector James Glansfield gave the recent example of a 13-year-old who completed a fund-raising walk between Hull and Beverley after stealing a charity box from a shop in Anlaby. Ch Insp Glansfield said publicity surrounding the case...
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Restorative justice: The transformative power of an alternative
June 6, 2014
This experience, with all the questions, needs, and uncertainties, is unfortunately too common. Most often the criminal justice system is activated after such a criminal act and law enforcement, lawyers, and judges become involved. Through the court process, people who have been victimized by...
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Practicing restorative justice at Oakland’s Skyline High
June 5, 2014
It’s a huge shift from the traditional way discipline has worked at Skyline: you cut class, you go to detention; you get into a fight, you get suspended. But now cutting class might not lead to detention. Now they’re trying to understand why you’d cut class in the first...
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