Editorial: Losing tolerance over zero-tolerance policies
January 23, 2012
And we get that. Keeping children safe is the very least we should expect of our schools. It has become apparent, however, that too many children are being suspended and expelled for mundane matters, and the system needs to recalibrate. We are glad to see such an effort embodied in Senate Bill...
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Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission adopts a restorative justice approach to human rights disputes
January 23, 2012
A hallmark of the NS HRC’s new procedure is that most disputes will now be dealt with throughâ€Resolution Conferencesâ€. In an overview of the new changes, the Commission summarizes four main features of these conferences: The conferences will bring parties together when a...
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Stalking accused trying to abuse system
January 23, 2012
Glenn Green, 41, who has 15 aliases including Glenn Goldberg, Carlionne, Colcord, Holden and Versace, is alleged to have stalked two young women beginning almost immediately after his release from jail last year. ….Police said the research he had done on the girl showed he had...
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Controversies around restorative justice
January 23, 2012
But the rub is, punishment is nowhere seen in this process—unless, when you have harmed someone, you consider listening to them express their pain to be punishment, rather than a chance to develop empathy for them, see yourself in a different light, and learn and change in whatever way...
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Twenty years of restorative justice in New Zealand
January 18, 2012
A real attempt was made to divert offenders away from the court system altogether. This was achieved by making diversionary conferences the default option — i.e., charges could not be laid in court unless certain criteria were met…. There are no gatekeepers deciding which...
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Learning from Rwanda
January 18, 2012
Racially divided countries such as the United States can learn great lessons from Rwanda — lessons on how to heal the deeply rooted racial segregation present in everyday interpersonal relationships, institutions, communities, and ecologies of separation (inner cities, suburbs, exurbs,...
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The fight room
January 18, 2012
One such “epidemiological†re-examination comes from my (Dominic Barter’s) work in Brazil, which has led me to posit that violence increases as we attempt to suppress painful conflict. Rather than being dangerous, conflict holds within it vital messages regarding unmet needs...
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Mass incarceration
January 18, 2012
POTTER: Behind bars, the racial disparity is striking. Black men are six times more likely to be imprisoned than whites, especially for drug offenses, even though the rate of drug use is only slightly higher for blacks. Law professor Michelle Alexander, author of the book, “The New Jim...
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A restorative circle in the wake of a police shooting
January 16, 2012
To focus the Restorative Circle, I worked with Rick Williams to explore what was said or done that he wanted to bring to it. In advance, everyone recognized and agreed that the subject and details of the shooting would be off limits: investigation of the use of force was underway, an inquest...
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This is restorative justice. And it works.
January 9, 2012
And he’s right to highlight Strathclyde. By attacking the structures that encourage, abett and necessitate gang membership the context a gang member lives in is hopefully changing. Hauling up to 60 known gang members before a ‘call in’ held in the courts showing firstly...
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Restorative justice approach to schoolboy assault
January 9, 2012
The teenager was given first aid by a caretaker, and spent several days in Glenfield Hospital, Leicestershire, where he was subsequently diagnosed with a potentially life threatening medical condition, which could have caused him to collapse at any time. A full investigation was carried...
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Restorative justice helps us face death
January 9, 2012
Overwhelming feelings of shame and guilt often result from our bad and harmful behavior. Sadly, and very ironically, these feelings can also result when bad things happen to us. When I was almost murdered years ago, after my surgery and taking 4 months for my facial wounds to heal, I suffered...
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Online Certificate in Restorative Justice course offered at Simon Fraser University
January 5, 2012
The next program begins January 30, 2012. Applications are still being accepted. Apply now to join the January 2012 cohort of learners to increase your knowledge, enhance your skills and expand your network. Participants include people from non-profit and community groups,...
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Everychild gives $1 million to Juvenile Justice Center
January 4, 2012
….The new juvenile justice center will be named the Everychild Restorative Justice Center (ECRJC) and will operate under the principals of restorative justice, a framework that engages victims, offenders, families and the community in repairing the harm caused by crime. This framework...
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Restorative justice and coercion
January 4, 2012
As I thought more about the conversation, I began to wonder if the issue could be related to the way restorative justice is understood. Dan Van Ness says there are three ways for understanding restorative justice: reparation (addressing the harm), encounter (meeting between victim and...
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