Restorative justice and dialogue: Impact, opportunities, and challenges in the global community
July 30, 2012
Regardless of the position taken, the vision of restorative justice is grounded in values that are resonating with an increasingly broad range of individuals and communities throughout the world, presenting many opportunities for new and widened impact. A number of these opportunities are...
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New home for juveniles recruited to drug trade
July 30, 2012
Or he could be dead. Instead, Freddie will be free in December after finishing a year of court-ordered juvenile probation in his drug smuggling case. And he owes his good fortune to Bruce Ballou, the chief juvenile probation officer for Maverick, Zavala and Dimmit Counties. Mr. Ballou, who has...
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Memorial plaque to victims of IRA bombing in Warrington is back on Bridge Street
July 30, 2012
As reported previously in the Warrington Guardian, the two men responsible the damage and theft were dealt with through the police’s restorative justice scheme. ….“Those responsible for taking the plaque have been through the restorative justice process, have been held to...
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At last, truth and reconciliation for Maine’s Indian Adoption Project legacies
July 11, 2012
It was a sad day because “we have to be in the first place,” LePage said. On June 29, the government of Maine joined chiefs from the state’s five tribes to sign an agreement creating the Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The commission...
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Journalists should ‘meet people affected by their inaccurate stories’
July 11, 2012
“One of the difficulties I have experienced is the sense that you never meet face to face the people who are writing the horrible stuff,” Leather said in an interview to be published in the Guardian’s Society section on Wednesday. “Other people can say to you: ‘A...
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Denver woman feels the power of restorative justice after son murdered
July 11, 2012
While Evans was inside, three teens drove by and sprayed more than a dozen shots at the house and car. One struck Casson in the head. It was later determined that Johnson fired the fatal shot. Beyond a sheer willingness to participate in restorative justice, the offender has to meet a...
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House passes revamped Juvenile Court Law
July 9, 2012
Another key provision is that charges that carry a maximum sentence of less than seven years do not have to brought to trial and can instead be resolved outside the court. The law also sets strict limits on the length of time that a juvenile offender may be remanded in police custody, and...
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NY bus bully incident, Karen Klien and restorative justice
July 9, 2012
Restorative Justice is victim-centered, victim initiated, different from systems, who discipline, punish, sanction. Repairing the harm becomes the responsibility of systems and repairing the harm is the focus of Restorative Justice efforts. Systems that engage Restorative Justice...
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The United States Peace Index
July 9, 2012
USPI results are correlated against a large secondary dataset of economic, educational, health, demographic, and social capital factor, in order to determine the environments which are most closely associated with peace in the U.S. The 2012 USPI is the second annual edition of the index and...
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The future place of restorative justice in the criminal justice system
July 5, 2012
The Government is therefore committed to making use of restorative justice in more areas, and in more circumstances across the criminal justice system. Crucially, increased use of restorative justice needs to be rooted in local needs and responsive to local crime and re-offending. It...
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East Lancs probation officer shortlisted for national award
July 2, 2012
….Mr Rogers said; “I cannot say much about my meeting with Billy Upton because I have signed a confidentiality agreement but I can say it was a positive experience for both parties. “From my point of view, I wanted to show Billy the full impact of his actions that night....
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Bullying not just a school issue
June 29, 2012
“In that process … there can be counseling, community service, anger management, things can be put in place that the child is required to do,” Gallaher said. “The end result is relationships are restored,†Gallaher said. “It affects the whole...
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Ted Wachtel on Nils Christie’s plenary at European Forum
June 25, 2012
He was very good. He talked about the shootings of children that occurred last summer on an island in Norway at a labor party camp and the bombing in Oslo. And he talked about how Norway seems to have become increasingly restorative. The response of the public, instead of for vengeance was one...
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