Former Norwich police chief to lead Bangladeshi delegation in lessons on restorative justice
August 13, 2012
In Norfolk, which has been singled out as a force that promotes restorative justice by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, more than 17,000 people have been through the process since November 2007, with a total of...
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Offenders’ work is praised
August 13, 2012
“The power of learning from a reformed person is considerable and students have come to value the relationship with Hewell. “The raised flower bed completed in the worst weather imaginable has been a triumph. Our students have been very motivated by the enthusiasm and commitment of...
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Undue influence: The power of police and prison guards’ unions
August 13, 2012
….During its rise to power, the California Correctional and Peace Officers Association, CCPOA, has become a magnet for controversy. The union has gotten a lot of bad press during the past decade. It’s been called ruthless, intimidating, aggressive, and powerful, by its...
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BC gang activity wilting under police heat
August 8, 2012
“They are non-stop in their face,†Plecas said, about how police forces are using “sophisticated analytics†and intelligence software to keep tabs on offenders and to discourage them from a life of crime. ….That’s where Chilliwack’s restorative...
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Transitional justice in the shadow of the Arab Spring
August 7, 2012
During the latter half of the twentieth century, there were 251 internal and international conflicts, which left 70 – 170 million causalities behind. In response, a number of justice mechanisms were developed to help post-conflict societies deal transition to peace and democracy....
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Mediating criminal matters in the Ethiopian criminal justice system: The prospect of restorative justice
August 7, 2012
However, despite the potential applicability of these institutions as an Alternative Criminal Dispute Resolution process in the local community, it has not yet attained any significant position of usage and acceptance in the formal criminal justice system. In other words, despite its wide...
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Review: Emotions, Crime and Justice
August 6, 2012
Perhaps its greatest strength lies in the range of emotional experience it reveals and explores, including the emotions that accompany violence and that animate attitudes toward crime, the emotional experience of obeying or resisting the law, the implicit rules governing the display or feeling...
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How to reconcile stoning a parrot
August 6, 2012
….In the case of the perished kea, many grew alarmed. After all there are only about 5000 of them left and they are a cherished, if not pesky creature with their curiousity and propensity to rifle through tourist belongings and maim cars. The boy apologized but this will not bring the...
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Colorado Victim chooses restorative justice and meets with offender
August 3, 2012
The reporter points out that Lee’s intention is to open wide the doors to allow the usage of restorative justice not only with juvenile offenders but with adults as well. Restorative justice is being used around the globe with all types of offenders, adult and juvenile, but also...
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Restorative justice for veterans: The San Francisco Sheriff ‘s Department’s Community of Veterans Engaged in Restoration (COVER)
August 2, 2012
The National Service on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) reports from both 2004 and 2005 note that veterans have higher rates of cooccurring serious mental illness and substance abuse disorders than non-veterans. A 2000 Bureau of Justice Statistics report found that 81 percent of all...
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Restorative justice and its effects on (racially disparate) punitive school discipline
August 2, 2012
Once again, the results are positive. Without matching schools across a number of potential control variables, the 13 RJ schools that were part of this subsample reduced their black suspension percentage disparity by about 4.5 percentage points, while non-RJ schools actually increased their...
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Review: The Collapse of American Criminal Justice
August 2, 2012
They continue: “Prosecutors now decide whom to punish and how severely. Almost no one accused of a crime will ever face a jury. Inconsistent policing, rampant plea bargaining, overcrowded courtrooms, and ever more draconian sentencing have produced a gigantic prison population, with...
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Letter: This group and what it does made me feel whole again
August 2, 2012
When approached about participating in the Restorative Justice circle, I was apprehensive, wondering how I could share my most intimate thoughts and feelings and no one could know what I am going through. On the first night we talked about the circle and why we were there. As we started to...
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Gacaca: A successful experiment in restorative justice?
August 2, 2012
For example, whilst ‘truth-telling’ is believed to be cathartic for victims, evidence of ‘traumatization’ through their testimonies did in many cases incite ‘fear, anxiety and sadness’. Although this may be unavoidable for crimes of such extreme...
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Restorative justice for juvenile offenders
July 31, 2012
….People of faith ought to bring the principles outlined in the amicus brief to the whole of our civic life, particularly to how we deal with juvenile offense. First, while noting that juveniles “are still developing and maturing,” Christians ought to examine whether our...
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