Arc of Justice
June 25, 2013
…In Nagaland’s customary law justice deliverance has had a different route. The offender would have been brought face to face with the family he harmed. Both parties the offender and the offended would be brought to parley for a re-conciliation process. The offender could...
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School hopes talking it out keeps kids from dropping out
June 22, 2013
…Peer mediation is used as a prevention tactic to stop conflicts before they get too serious. But if a fight is about to break out or already has, that’s when Margaret Rohr, who runs the conflict resolution room, uses “restorative justice.” “Restorative practices...
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Restorative Justice Circles promotes one voice, as speakers share one at a time.
June 22, 2013
When explaining the talking piece I talk about equal opportunity, because it will be going around the entire Circle. I speak to sharing, explaining I am looking for a word or phrase. I also move deeper and explain the second stage, looking for a paragraph or two. A skilled...
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Sex victims ‘should get court choice’
June 20, 2013
”We need to offer non-adversarial options, not as a supposedly soft alternative or diversion but as part of the core business of justice,” Mr Hulls said at the international Broadening Restorative Perspective conference at the MCG on Tuesday. ”Most importantly, we can no...
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It’s all about relationships
June 17, 2013
While I’m looking forward to reading how the authors flesh out the theme, much of what they are saying echoes with what I understand about restorative justice. This includes a discussion about how one’s explanation of poverty will define the approach that person takes to poverty...
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Review: Restorative Justice-Theories and Practices of Moral Imagination
June 13, 2013
The journey starts with a 32 page introduction which proclaims that criminal justice is in a state of dysfunction or crisis. No one disputes that our nation incarcerates too many and often mindlessly follows sentencing guidelines more than common sense. The Rockefeller era like sentencing...
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Gwent police officer tackles crime by bringing criminals face-to-face with their victims
June 13, 2013
One victim was so determined to have his voice heard that he requested a conference while the offender was in prison for assaulting him during a brawl, fuelled by alcohol. Even though the victim appreciated that he had not been a target, he needed to explain to his attacker how the entire...
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Using restorative justice at the pre-sentence stage of the criminal justice process
June 13, 2013
While it has long been possible, therefore, to undertake restorative justice as part of a deferred sentence, it has not been used at the pre-sentence stage in England and Wales since trials sponsored by the Home Office were completed in 2004, according to the Prison Reform Trust. It seems...
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Restorative justice: A primer and exploration of practice across two North American cities
June 11, 2013
…This section provides examples of how restorative justice processes are implemented in two very different metropolitan areas. The Institute on Public Safety and Social Justice (IPSSJ), in collaboration with Illinois Balanced and Restorative Justice Project (IBARJP) conducted a pilot...
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Review: International perspectives on restorative justice in education
June 11, 2013
The first five chapters reflect Canadian authorship. The sixth chapter examines the culture of care in one New Zealand school setting. Perhaps the best chapter is a compact review of R.J. history and application, which lays a foundation for understanding R.J. Chapter 8, Introduction to...
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Boy, those apologies are tough
June 11, 2013
As I listened and tried to process my own hurt and anger that grew from the speech, I remembered a story that I had heard on NPR about sociological research into why people don’t apologise. The researchers found that while the refusal to apologise does carry certain relational...
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Nicaraguan Women May Have to Negotiate with their Abusers
June 6, 2013
The Supreme Court (CSJ) decided on May 23 to ask the single chamber legislature reform Law 779, which has been in force since June 2012. The vice president of the CSJ, Rafael SolÃÂs, said the Supreme Court believes it is essential to modify Article 46, which prohibits mediation between women...
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Limits of school-based restorative justice in reducing school suspension
June 3, 2013
But students seriously threatening others, or contributing to an environment where students are afraid to participate or to study, may be another. This distinction strikes me as being similar to the concerns of non-school-based restorative justice practices: that restorative...
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Restorative justice more effective for serious crime
May 30, 2013
“A 2007 UK Ministry of Justice research concluded that there was a 27% drop in reoffending by those who experienced restorative justice across a wide range of offences from less serious juvenile crime through to adult robbery and serious assault, compared with those who took part in the...
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