Review: Crime, Punishment, and Restorative Justice: From the Margins to the Mainstream.
February 25, 2013
He challenges the restorative justice (RJ) purist to consider just how punishment (something many cannot tolerate as a possibility with RJ) can fit with a new or reformed restorative version of justice. London adds a new and vital ‘trust’ variable in the discussions of RJ. What he...
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Restorative justice for making plea bargains
February 25, 2013
Restorative justice is used for serious crimes including murder (it is especially effective for this level of serious felonies), but usually it’s only used after a person has pleaded guilt. Last year the Oprah Winfrey Network did documentaries of 4 cases concerning homicides that were...
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Limiting the role of police in our schools
February 25, 2013
We know firsthand that armed guards in schools do not necessarily catch early indicators of mental health needs, identify underlying causes of violence, or use the resources of law enforcement in an effective way. In Denver, we saw school resource officers being used to write tickets for minor...
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Restorative justice and the quickening pace of change
February 25, 2013
“Where the logic of restorative systems is not yet self evident it takes conscious thought and investment or appropriation of resources to set them up. Setting up a social system against the grain of presumed thinking is swimming against the current.†He goes on to say that 80...
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Sudan: UNAMID supports the promotion of juvenile restorative justice in Zalingei
February 18, 2013
Restorative justice refers to a process for resolving crime by focusing on redressing the harm done to the victims, holding offenders accountable for their actions and, often, engaging the community in the resolution of that conflict. The participation of the parties is an essential part of...
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After a death, a time for restorative justice?
February 18, 2013
Restorative justice consists of a series of meetings between both parties, victim and offender. The goal is for the two parties to come up with a solution that hold offenders accountable to victims. Baliga says the practice can precede the court system, or even replace it altogether. Much of...
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Developing restorative justice circle intuition
February 18, 2013
A few knowledge pieces: 1. It is good to know, the four stages of Circle. How to move between the four, and what the philosophical rational is behind each stage…. A bit about passion: 1. Being passionate, is bringing your special relationship to Circle/Restorative Justice....
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Durham’s chief constable wants restorative justice
February 18, 2013
“Instead of simply handcuffing them and locking them up, we want to get inside their heads, we want to make them become aware of the consequences of their actions.†Mr Barton pledged to give victims of crime “more of a voice†and said he would instruct his staff to make...
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Restorative justice & violence against women
February 18, 2013
1. Books – Search the BCSTH Library Catalogue We have 4 hard copy books in the library that BCSTH members may borrow, both general and specific to violence against women. One of them is Restorative Justice for Domestic Violence Victims: An Integrated Approach to their Hunger for Healing,...
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Healing memory, ontological intimacy, and U.S. imprisonment: Toward a Christian politics of “good punishment” in civil society
February 11, 2013
Central to Christian theological perspectives on criminal punishment is the requirement of discerning the difference Jesus Christ makes for Christian understanding and possible participation in society’s meting out of punishment. I advance here a thesis significantly indebted to...
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“I felt healed”: Mum met burglar who stole precious memories of her dead daughter
February 11, 2013
….The laptop and camera held priceless photos, and a necklace that was taken had been given to Jess for her 18th birthday. But Jessica, a budding singer-songwriter, felt Âdifferently about Ashworth. “She felt sorry for him. She said we didn’t know his background so we...
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Restorative justice circles: The real deal can be done at all health levels
February 11, 2013
There are other Circles – great stuff from the West Coast, Christina Baldwin, PeerSpirit Circles. That style returns the talking piece to the Center, and includes a monitor that would ring a chime or bell to keep on topic. Those two elements are different than a Restorative Justice...
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Restorative justice, globalisation and the logic of empire
February 11, 2013
The spread of crime control strategies like restorative justice can be understood as a part of the globalized exchange of criminal justice knowledge and practice. Over the past decade, there has been considerable discussion about how ideas of crime control and specific policies and practices...
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Restorative justice for schools
February 11, 2013
When this occurred, I was conducting a restorative justice pilot project. Restorative justice focuses on healing, compared to the criminal justice system’s main focus on retribution. In our project, more than 100 youths arrested for assaults and other offenses were diverted into...
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Restoration is a metaphor
February 3, 2013
Sometimes in restorative justice we use the metaphor of “healing.†One critique of the healing metaphor is that it may promise too much. Another is that it is a medical metaphor, and medical metaphors for crime during an earlier rehabilitation era led to some unfortunate...
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