Promising victim related practices in probation and parole
August 5, 2013
Probation and parole agencies are in a unique position to provide services to victims. First, probation and parole agencies have access to both general and offender-specific information that could address victims’ need for information and concerns. A victim would profit from...
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Meeting needs of victims and offenders
August 2, 2013
According to a study published in the Western Criminology Review, victims were unanimous in their view that the most important expectation they had of court professionals was to be treated with respect. His expectation was manifested especially in the voiced desire to be trusted with...
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Saying sorry is big success for fighting crime in Tameside
August 2, 2013
Victims are asked what outcome they would like to see, options include an apology, compensation or an offer of free work to right the wrongs of offenders. The scheme, which cuts officers’ workload, launched in the district nine months ago and there are a further 16 in the pipeline. So...
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LAPD to try voluntary mediation in racial profiling cases
July 31, 2013
The three-year pilot program, unanimously approved by the Police Commission, will give an officer accused of racial profiling and his accuser the option in some cases of meeting to discuss the encounter where the alleged profiling occurred. Participation in the meetings will be voluntary for...
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What If We Choose To Do It With Love?
July 29, 2013
Emotional love is wonderful – I recommend it highly – but it seems a bit out of place in racial justice work where we seem much more at home with outrage and righteous anger about the injustice in the world, as well as the sadness and grief of our own pain. Racial justice work...
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Restorative conference intervention to avoid school exclusion: Practice report
July 29, 2013
Discussion took place at the meeting with the governors regarding the explanation of Restorative Practice conferencing and how this could be used in this instance in order to avoid the permanent exclusion of a vulnerable young woman. Governors liked the idea and therefore overturned the...
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Shame never works
July 29, 2013
All I could think is, “No surprise there.†I see this all the time in the criminal justice system. Whether it is the negative labelling of “criminal†or the stigmatisation that follows offenders and their families or the harsh punishments used to deter crime, the...
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Youth offending service wins national award
July 26, 2013
Darlington YOS, the third smallest in the country, beat off competition from much larger organisations to be awarded the first National Restorative Justice Award by the Howard League for Penal Reform. Praising the Darlington scheme, the chairman of the Howard League panel said: “By using...
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Restorative justice is on the rise
July 24, 2013
…Representative Lee has championed Restorative Justice in Colorado in his two terms. Most recently he had great success in the passage of HB 13-1254. The new law includes Restorative Justice Pilot Projects in 4 Colorado judicial districts. Passed last spring and implementing in just a...
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Ruth Krug: Courtroom can’t be the only place to find justice
July 24, 2013
One hopeful voice that has been bringing attention to the question for the world is Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban on her way to school. She advocates for justice through the power of her pen and the strength of her voice, and she does not depend on a jury...
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Restorative justice behind prison walls
July 22, 2013
Our retreat began with the cadence of Native American drums, thus paying respect to the centuries-old practices of restorative justice that would give framework to the entire weekend. To the beat of these powerful sounds, more than 30 community members — from mothers affected by homicide...
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Review: Restorative justice today: Practical applications.
July 22, 2013
Katherine S. van Wormer and Lorenn Walker, editors, 2013, Sage Publications , ISBN 978-1-4522-1991-2, Paperback, 255 pages In the preface the editors offer a sensitive statement that they would be sharing a look at this paradigm shift (R.J.) through powerful stories of ‘seeking the good...
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Survey on restorative justice for sexual violence
July 20, 2013
The research objectives are to Determine whether or not the restorative justice concept can be acceptable to women as a feasible alternative criminal justice response to sexual violence Collect empirical evidence to substantiate the positive claims of proponents and the negative concerns of...
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A Philadelphia School’s Big Bet on Nonviolence
July 19, 2013
The school says it wasn’t just the humanizing physical makeover of the facility that helped. Memphis Street Academy also credits the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP), a noncoercive, nonviolent conflict resolution regimen originally used in prison settings that was later adapted to...
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