A Nova Scotia story.
by Gorham, Pat
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Reflexions past, present and future. Restorative Justice Week 2010. Correctional Services of Canada. As we celebrate Restorative Justice Week 2010 and the theme of reflection, I am drawn back to 1998, when work on the Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Program (NSRJP) began with a...
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An inmate’s story.
by Anonymous, Susan L.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Reflexions past, present and future. Restorative Justice Week 2010. Correctional Services of Canada. Part of this healing process, for me, was a seminar in which Wilma Derksen was the guest speaker. At this seminar, I was moved to tears by the strength and tenderness with which...
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Reactions on two unconnected murders in my family.
by Anonymous
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Reflexions past, present and future. Restorative Justice Week 2010. Correctional Services of Canada. Use of this kind of conflict resolution has wide application and is, I think, the way forward to true healing and restorative justice. I am learning how to be much more empathic...
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Families — the “original” Circle of Support and Accountability.
by Withers, Lloyd
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Reflexions past, present and future. Restorative Justice Week 2010. Correctional Services of Canada. With the support of the Correctional Service Canada, the CFCN developed Family Group Decision-Making for Reintegration (FGDMR), a specialized application of family group...
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My perspective of restorative justice within Correctional Services Canada.
by Grenier, Carol-Anne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Reflexions past, present and future. Restorative Justice Week 2010. Correctional Services of Canada. Building on the groundwork previously completed by the Chaplaincy and the Aboriginal Affairs Divisions, Jane worked on a vision of integrating Restorative Justice in the CSC....
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The role of the 1987-88 Justice Committee of the House of Commons played in encouraging the use fo restorative justice in Canada.
by Daubney, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Reflexions past, present and future. Restorative Justice Week 2010. Correctional Services of Canada. I suspect that relatively few Canadians, even those who are restorative justice (RJ) advocates, are familiar with the catalytic role of the House of Commons Standing Committee on...
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An offender’s perspective on victim-offender mediation.
by Toop, Kelly
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Reflexions past, present and future. Restorative Justice Week 2010. Correctional Services of Canada. People are going to hurt each other. It has happened since before we could speak and I highly doubt that it will change anytime soon. Healing has to happen for society to get...
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For a clear vision on restorative justice.
by Vallée, Johanne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Reflexions past, present and future. Restorative Justice Week 2010. Correctional Services of Canada. The theme for Restorative Justice Week this year is very appropriate in this time of change in the justice field and at the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)....
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Churches and restorative justice: Pushing the Edge.
by Berzins, Lorraine
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Reflexions past, present and future. Restorative Justice Week 2010. Correctional Services of Canada. Since 1974, the Church Council on Justice and Corrections (CCJC) has been the Churches’ voice of criminal justice experience and research in Canada. It was established by...
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Moving forward.
by Dupuis, Bernadette
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Reflexions past, present and future. Restorative Justice Week 2010. Correctional Services of Canada. When I applied for assistance from the Restorative Justice Program it was for victim necessities, funding to attend court. I was not expecting the much needed guidance that was...
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A comparison of three concepts of justice.
by Cloutier, Bertrand
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Reflexions past, present and future. Restorative Justice Week 2010. Correctional Services of Canada. We begin by setting out the three most widely recognized concepts of justice, at least in Western societies: preventive justice, retributive justice and restorative justice (RJ)....
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The Elmira case…and beyond!
by Kelly, Russell
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Reflexions past, present and future. Restorative Justice Week 2010. Correctional Services of Canada. Who could have imagined that a vandalism spree involving 2 drunken teenagers in 1974 would lead to the restorative processes of today? The effects are widespread indeed; from...
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Canada’s contribution to the restorative justice movement.
by Van Ness, Daniel W
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Reflexions past, present and future. Restorative Justice Week 2010. Correctional Services of Canada. It is impossible to speak about RJ without including many of Canada’s extraordinary contributions. Although the principals did not know it at the time, the modern...
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Response, responsibility, and renewal: Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Journey.
by Younging, Gregory
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Ottowa: Aboriginal Healing Foundation. This is the second installment in a two-volume set produced by the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. This volume contains personal reflections on the opportunities and challenges posed by the truth and reconciliation process, which was...
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Restorative justice.
by Morell, Peter
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Justice Reflections. 25(JR177). Restorative justice, then, has to be distinguished from retributive justice. The latter, put crudely, is the infliction upon the convicted criminal of punishment that goes some way to satisfying the perceived or imagined deisre of the wider...
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