A view from behind bars: School of Theology and Ministry exhibition showcases artwork by American prisoners
March 1, 2012
….“The Prison Ministry Initiative is a response to Jesus´ call to see the women and men behind bars as who they really are: God´s beloved children,†said the initiative’s chairman, STM student Chema Segura, SJ. The exhibition title, he added, is “a...
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Restorative Justice in the Greater Manchester Police
March 1, 2012
The move to RJ was fully endorsed by Peter Fahy, GMP’s Chief Constable. Under his leadership, the key challenge for GMP was to implement awell-proven but radically different method that would need a major cultural shift to be successful following a decade of performance targets. He was...
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Review: The forgiving life: A pathway to overcoming resentment and creating a legacy of love
February 27, 2012
A new book, The Forgiving Life, by Robert Enright (Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison), offers readers the opportunity to practice forgiveness in both of these forms, the giving and the receiving. The pathway to forgiving outlined in the book has strong...
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RJC briefing on Ministry of Justice consultation: Getting it right for victims and witnesses
February 27, 2012
The Restorative Justice Council welcomes the Government’s proposals on restorative justice. We have produced a four-page briefing for RJC Members highlighting the sections of Getting it right for victims and witnesses that refer to restorative justice. The Restorative Justice Council...
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Applying a restorative justice approach to student conduct
February 27, 2012
Here is their advice. Criteria for Taking an RJ Approach Emerson notes three core criteria for referring a student conduct case to restorative justice: Some harm has been done to other parties The offender expresses sincere remorse for the harm done The victimized parties express a willingness...
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So, what’s the punishment?
February 27, 2012
The brutal reality of many prisons around the world came into sharp focus with the prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras on 14 February. More than 350 people died in the severely overcrowded facility where 800 people were held in a space built for 500. This crowding, common throughout the...
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The danger of compromise
February 27, 2012
….As with many stand-offs, large and small, the clock in our home this morning was ticking, and our son seemed deeply entrenched in his position — giving things a simultaneous sense of semi-urgency and semi-hopelessness. Thus, my husband, with the intention of showing kindness and...
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Review: Restorative justice in practice: Evaluating what works for victims and offenders.
February 27, 2012
In a nutshell, this is a thought provoking book that has few significant weak points. This is not a primer on Restorative Justice. It assumes that readers are at least moderately informed about RJ. It belongs in the hands of North American justice administrators. While not designed as a...
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More action needed to bolster good behavior
February 27, 2012
I took rather personally the debacle at the church, where the funeral of a teenage murder victim attracted a large crowd of youths and a ruckus among them brought police rushing to the scene. I live nearby. My synagogue is about 50 yards from the church. My neighbors and my family don’t...
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More on the meme, restorative justice and social media
February 27, 2012
….As soon as I saw some of these different meme’s going around, I wanted to make one for Restorative Justice. If a picture is worth a thousand words, than six photos is 6,000 words at once. Like Restorative Justice, the UthinkIdo Meme, views things from different...
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Priest’s slaying in Birmingham to be remembered in church service
February 21, 2012
The Rev. James Coyle, who had been pastor of St. Paul’s Cathedral since 1904, was shot to death on the porch of the wood-frame rectory, the priest’s house next to the cathedral, on Aug. 11, 1921. The murder trial was hisÂtoric, partly because of the role played by future U.S....
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Why can’t I tell my brutal attacker that I forgive?
February 14, 2012
He was told he wouldn’t be allowed out until he had convinced a parole board he was no longer a danger to the public. Mr Ali, who needed four metal plates inserted into his face to support his shattered eye sockets, said it was a “life-changing” incident. Yet the former...
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Leicestershire Pc Sandie to give US cops policing lesson
February 14, 2012
….Pc Hastings said: “I’m thrilled to be invited back but quite nervous as I have to try to get their officers to embrace something that is not in their psyche at all. “They patrol some very tough streets and I know some of them will be very jumpy about being asked to...
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Less prison, better prevention of crime
February 14, 2012
The benefits of restorative justice for the victim are even greater. These include reduced post traumatic stress symptoms and diminished fear, anger, hurt and vengefulness. The victims also report heightened satisfaction that they have experienced a meaningful form of justice. This is not to...
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Restorative Justice: Differences between the US and UK
February 14, 2012
Second: Education The public need to be educated more what a full life sentence means and who this will affect. They need to know all the different issues including joint enterprise sentencing, automatic life without taking into account the different circumstances for the crime. And what if...
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