What to do when you’ve made someone angry
May 6, 2013
In other words, I was focused on my intention while Eleanor was focused on the consequences. We were having two different conversations. In the end, we both felt unacknowledged, misunderstood, and angry…. So how do you get out of this downward spiral? It’s stunningly simple,...
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Restorative Justice ‘can be justified’ in serious cases
May 6, 2013
His comments come after the Labour Party published statistics showing RJ was used on 33,763 occasions for offences involving violence in 2012, 10,160 of which involved serious violence and injury. The party claimed its use for violent offences had doubled since 2009 and Shadow Home Secretary...
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Restorative interventions needed for 97% cases where defendants plead guilt
May 6, 2013
While the book does not mention restorative justice, it provides rationale for restorative interventions at the sentencing stage of cases, and for corrections. The book stunningly points out the fact that 97% of all convicted people pled guilt. The authors point out that: “only 3 percent...
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Restorative justice does work, says career burglar who has turned life around on Teesside
May 6, 2013
Mr Woolf thinks the restorative justice scheme, run in Middlesbrough, which is used as an alternative to the court system in a bid to stop re-offending, was the jolt he needed. “When you hear the harm you have caused, you have to be a bitter and twisted person not to be affected,â€...
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RJC’s response to the Victim’s Code consultation paper
April 30, 2013
3. RJC also welcomes the duty on the police to offer restorative justice to victims where such a service is provided by the police. Where the restorative service is provided by a partner agency the police should inform victims about the service and refer them, but not be required to make the...
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Defusing conflict in schools
April 25, 2013
The approach taking root in 21 Oakland schools, and in Chicago, Denver and Portland, Ore., tries to nip problems and violence in the bud by forging closer, franker relationships among students, teachers and administrators. It encourages young people to come up with meaningful reparations for...
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Restorative justice: Re-storying what happened in Boston
April 25, 2013
However, restorative practices also help us deal with trauma, as these practices call us to sit in circle to process and connect with each other through the common thread of our experiences. This is an invitation, then, for principals, managers, and parents to find a talking piece — any...
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Detroit students restore peace by talking it out
April 22, 2013
It’s called a “restorative circle,” and it happens a lot at Plymouth Educational Center’s 9th Grade Academy near Midtown. At this and other Detroit schools, these circles, part of a systematic program called restorative practices, are becoming a popular way to resolve...
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Restorative justice scheme for young offenders proving to be a success for Cleveland Police
April 22, 2013
The scheme ensures that anyone, aged between ten and 18, caught causing trouble or breaking the law will be given the chance to apologise, explain their behaviour to the victim as well as carrying out some restorative work. ….“The crimes are still recorded by the police, so if we...
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Youth United: We have a solution – restorative justice
April 22, 2013
For example, there was someone at my school who was suspended recently for getting in a fight with another student. Suspending the student for fighting did not solve anything. One student got to stay home, sleep, play video games, and get a vacation from school. The other student got more and...
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Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Marsha Ternus talks restorative justice
April 22, 2013
What is the one thing you most hope your students took away from the course? I hope my students will think more critically about how our society deals with wrongdoing and the impact our choices have on the victim, the offender and our communities and that my students will actively work toward...
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Criminal justice reform: A revolution on the American right
April 15, 2013
Facilitate victim–offender dialogue Being self-centred, most offenders don’t think about the harm they have caused to their victims. If the victim is willing, offenders should be encouraged to participate in victim–offender dialogues, meeting face-to-face along with a...
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