Totem pole carved by prisoners in honour of restorative justice advocate to be raised today
December 5, 2011
“The concept of the parable is having something you may feel is small or insignificant can lead to change. The story of the hummingbird is there was a fire going on and drop by drop the hummingbird was working to put out the fire. All the other animals of the forest asked what the...
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Reflections from a semester abroad in Belgium
December 5, 2011
….The development of restorative justice applications in Belgium is amazing. The federal government funds much of this work in a variety of criminal justice settings. Since 1994, federal regulations have governed what is called “penal mediationâ€, which is facilitated through...
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Case study: Theft
December 5, 2011
Conference lasted 90 minutes and took 2 weeks to set up. Set up included meetings with the pastoral manager to look at background, as well as several long phone calls to all the affected parties. Agreement: Wrongdoer to carry out community service to repair harm caused to school. For one...
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Restorative hub-school model
December 5, 2011
The goals of the RCHM will be: To identify lead schools in restorative approaches. To provide schools with the opportunity to learn from other schools. To promote partnership working at a local level around restorative approaches. For each hub school to support the development of 4 other...
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Choosing to change: Transitioning to the transformative model in a community mediation center
December 5, 2011
It became clear that we were studying different theories of conflict, and we were being trained in a specific theory, the transformative theory. It was not the same as other theories and the mediation practices they engendered. This new understanding of conflict authentically explained my own...
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Barron County Restorative Justice Programs: A partnership model for balancing community and government resources for juvenile justice services
December 5, 2011
….A symbiotic relationship between county agencies, schools, and BCRJP has evolved to the extent that if BCRJP ceased to exist, the referral agencies would experience some degree of loss due to the pressures of handling extra casework. Additional partnerships for BCRJP include Goodwill...
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Community mediation in economic crisis (Ineffective and effective sustainability measures)
December 5, 2011
Increased marketing. This internal method seemed to lack efficacy primarily because community mediation centers reported the expenditure ofresources for marketing outpaced their benefit. As one participant commented, “the marketing project we undertook is dragging on and taking time and...
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School-based Restorative Justice Circles: Handouts and example demonstration
November 30, 2011
I had 4 students that volunteered to do a brief reading on each of the 4 values. That handout is 4 Circle Values. Once we were seated minimal adjustment was needed. We used a powerful opening, Restorative Justice Circle in Schools (2nd page). The first page features information about using...
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Good and bad victims?
November 30, 2011
An attitude of forgiveness is a lovely thing, and a restorative encounter that results in some measure of forgiveness or reconciliation is wonderful. However, I would suggest that this is not a goal of restorative justice and is not a measure of whether an approach qualifies as restorative...
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A review of the Youth Justice System in Northern Ireland
November 29, 2011
Restorative justice challenges some of our assumptions about criminal justice. It allows offenders to play an active rather than a passive role and gives victims a voice. It concerns itself not just with violations of the law but also with repairing the harm that has been caused. And in a...
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Apology letters
November 29, 2011
From the article, it appears that the letter was a part of an “Intensive Supervision and Surveillance†order given to the young offender. Thankfully, the letter wasn’t sent to the victim. However, it did show one of the paradoxes of apology letters. On the surface, asking an...
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Justicia Juvenil Restaurativa in Peru
November 28, 2011
One former gang leader talks about how his gang involvement led him to kill his own brother. However, through the restorative justice programme he came to realise that he needed to work to restore the community. Terre des hommes A victim describes her hesitancy in meeting with her...
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Don’t send that email. Pick up the phone!
November 23, 2011
1. It is hard to get the EQ (emotional intelligence) right in email. The biggest drawback and danger with email is that the tone and context are easy to misread. In a live conversation, how one says something, with modulations and intonations, is as important as what they are saying. With...
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Different types of restorative justice circles and a practitioner perspective
November 23, 2011
Community Building – Boyes-Watson, authored an article titled “Community is not a place but a relationship: lessons for organizational developmentâ€. She explains community not being defined by a place but the perception of personal connectedness. Boyes-Watson...
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