Discipline with dignity: Oakland classrooms try healing instead of punishment
February 28, 2014
“I don’t care if I’m suspended. I don’t care about anything,†Tommy defiantly responded. Butler asked the principal to allow him to try a restorative approach with Tommy instead of suspending him. Butler immediately began to try to reach Tommy’s mother....
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Restorative Justice Storytelling for those harmed, hoping to heal, 3 goals and a story.
February 27, 2014
1) Relationship to speakers. Learn to hold people close and offer them guidelines for effective storytelling. People who have stories of traffic fatalities, homicide, drug overdose, suicide or war have experienced LIFE changing events. The trauma restructures and reorganizes...
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Can Mandela’s model for restorative justice work in healthcare?
February 25, 2014
Restorative justice now has a significant role in the criminal justice system in England and Wales. According to the Ministry of Justice’s evaluation of its early pilot projects, restorative justice was associated with an estimated 14 per cent reduction in the frequency of reoffending...
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Second International Restorative Justice Symposium: Race and Power
February 22, 2014
What: Conference When: 22-27 June 2014 Where: Skopelos, Greece Contact: see the event website. The Symposium methodology will allow the exchange of ideas and experiences that will help bridge a gap in restorative justice and race equality issues including xenophobia and hate crimes, in...
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Golding says restorative justice centre opening in west Kingston
February 22, 2014
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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Restorative justice lessons from Libya
February 21, 2014
Though no one has put their hand up to contest our claim until now, a good methodological prescription is to keep searching for the deviant case so that its theoretical implications can be fathomed. John Braithwaite’s experience with what we now call restorative justice conferences...
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Restorative justice in the Australian criminal justice system
February 20, 2014
he final report comprises four sections: section one provides a brief discussion relating to definitions and key concepts underpinning restorative justice; section two presents an overview of restorative justice programs currently operating across Australia; section three provides a summary of...
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Gunman at my door: How one sentence saved my life
February 19, 2014
Terror on my doorstep ‘It happened at 11pm one August evening in 2010. My front door bell rang and half asleep I pushed myself out of my chair, turned the door knob and saw two hooded men. I put my foot at the bottom of the door and tried to push the door shut with...
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Guilt vs. shame
February 16, 2014
To understand the difference, I looked up the two terms using Dictionary.com. ‘Guilt’ included “a feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense†as a part of the definition. For ‘shame’ it included “the painful feeling arising from the...
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Canadian School of Peacebuilding
February 15, 2014
What: TrainingWhen: June 2014Where: Canadian Mennonite Univeristy, Winnipeg,Manitoba, CanadaContact: csop@cmu.ca The CSOP is an institute of CMU, a Christian university that is rooted in the historic Anabaptist tradition of peace, justice and service. Drawing on our 480 year faith-based...
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International study finds crime levels cut after offenders meet victims
February 15, 2014
The ANU’s John Braithwaite helped introduce restorative justice conferences to ACT courts during the 1990s. The sessions involve victims and their criminals agreeing to meet with family or friends present, along with police or other trained moderators to discuss the impact of the crime....
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RJC CPD: Working with young victims throughout the restorative justice process
February 15, 2014
What: TrainingWhen: 13 March 2014Where: Room 436, Greater Manchester Police HQ, Northampton Road, Manchester, UKContact: Restorative Justice Council By the end of this CPD event participants will be able to: Develop confidence when first approaching young victims Gain key tools that can...
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RJC CPD: The psychology of conflict within the restorative process
February 15, 2014
What: TrainingWhen: 18 March 2014Where: Cardiff and Vale College, Unit 1-2, Cooper’s Yard, Curran Road, UKContact: Restorative Justice Council Learning outcomes By the end of the event participants will be able to: Have a greater understanding of psychological patterns that underlie...
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Central makes restorative justice part of the day
February 14, 2014
“The goal is to create as much safety as we can in the classroom setting,” said district counsellor Bernard Klop. “This is a place for kids to discuss all the social issues they experience at school. There is no vehicle for them otherwise to talk about these things.”...
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