Your grace with sorrow informs your restorative justice approach
February 3, 2013
At a meeting of severe crime and violence victim-offender dialogue facilitator, after staffing a facilitator briefly reflected “it is like holding two spirits in your handsâ€. I later affirmed her approach, and respect the deep grace she does her work. Severe crime cases...
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Restorative justice reflections
February 3, 2013
Well at that time I never really knew how either one worked, but I knew court was probably the worst choice in the end. Eventually I chose the Restorative Justice. The officer didn’t really know what it was either so I never really understood what I was going up against. For...
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Restorative justice is not forgiveness
February 3, 2013
Both the Times and the Today stories do their audience a disservice by dwelling on forgiveness as the apparent reason for restorative justice. Forgiveness is neither an expectation nor a goal of restorative justice. Forgiveness may be a by-product, but the notion that a crime victim should...
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Restorative justice: the evolution of an issue
February 3, 2013
Later — in 2011 — when I began working with Laura Mirsky of the International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP) on an article about restorative practices it finally became very clear. I finally understood how the many different approaches which are all considered...
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Indigenous models of justice: Moving beyond tragedies
January 27, 2013
The Peacemaker leads the group in developing recommendations and agreements if possible however both men I interviewed agreed that there is sometimes no “solution†or “resolutionâ€. Sometimes everyone must take some time to smoke and pray. (Begaye interview,...
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Restorative approaches in local conflicts of Northern Ireland
January 27, 2013
The key ideas supporting community relations practice include (Morrow 2012): inclusion and dialogue, alternatives to violence, reconciliation, anti-sectarianism, integration and shared space. The programmes and practices reviewed in this paper have much in common with restorative justice. They...
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Three recommendations for Joe Biden’s Gun Task Force
January 27, 2013
However, the data show that there is no single cause of violence and, as a group, those with mental illness are no more prone to violence than those without such a diagnosis. Similarly, the empirical data have so far failed to establish a clear and consistent link between media...
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Sentencing circles for lawyers
January 27, 2013
In its recent ruling on the issue, the panel rejected that option in Robinson’s case. The reasons cited included the fact the suggestion of a sentencing circle came from the panel and not Robinson; there was no evidence he ever lived on the reserve; and uncertainty over whether the...
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The challenges of teaching in the third millennium
January 27, 2013
….5. Anger Managers: Most student anger is manifested in the hallway/school yard or in cyberspace. A teacher’s presence in the hallway means being pro-active in reducing “incidentsâ€. Students who write their own plays about anger and cyber-bullying...
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Retaking our streets: Restorative justice in the city of St. Francis
January 22, 2013
Often, the violence and the growth of this darkness are strongly related to poverty, to poor schools, to high school dropout rates of more than 50 percent. Parents, many undocumented and in a foreign environment, are working two or three jobs just to pay the rent and put food on the table and...
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Some sex offences are best dealt with out of the courts
January 22, 2013
The traditional court system is a slow-moving beast. It has improved markedly in recent years because of the leadership shown by magistrates and judges, but it remains very formal, intimidating and for accused persons found guilty it can have catastrophic consequences because of the...
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Merciful Jews forgive Nazi grave vandal
January 22, 2013
Moulden is a beneficiary, lives in a hostel in central Auckland, and says he has no family support. He has gone through a restorative justice programme with members of the Jewish community, has been taught about the Holocaust and has even gone to one member’s house for a Friday night...
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“The public wants to be involved”: A roundtable conversation about community and restorative justice
January 15, 2013
2. Improving public safety ….Community defenders seek to address public safety by helping link their clients to services and other resources. By improving access to things like drug treatment and job training, defenders provide their clients with the tools they need to avoid offending,...
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Review: Art in Action: Expressive Arts Therapy and Social Change
January 14, 2013
This may explain why there is no reference to other similar works on the subject, such as my book Arts Approaches to Conflict (1996) and Art Therapy and Social Action (Kaplan 2007), although they do include the editors of Art Therapy and Political Violence (Kalmanowitz and Lloyd (2005)....
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Coverage in NY Times and NBC sparks EMU webinar on restorative justice
January 13, 2013
….Baliga, who directs the Restorative Justice Project at the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, and Zehr are joining forces on Jan, 30, 4:30-6 p.m. in U.S. Eastern Standard Time, to hold a webinar about this case with restorative justice practitioners around the world. The...
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