Opening the door to forgiveness
December 3, 2010
Though she was given just a 2 percent chance of living, Millar survived, launching her on a journey of forgiveness and reconciliation. In the years since she was nearly killed, Millar has transformed a relationship with her two assailants to a level of love and acceptance that is rare in the...
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From international to the interpersonal: A restorative look at Human Rights conflict
December 3, 2010
In much of the developing world, the promotion of human rights is seen as an affront to common practices and traditions that are unique to particular cultures. From female circumcisions to forced marriages, strict observance of sharia law to severe methods of capital punishment,...
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Family members spared jail
December 2, 2010
Sentencing Kane Kena, 21, of Dargaville, on a number of charges including assault on a female, injuring with intent to injure and threatening grievous bodily harm, Judge Stan Thorburn said an “ugly incident” had been turned into a powerful healing process for those concerned....
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Genesee Justice gets a five-day reprieve
December 2, 2010
But the big unresolved question is will the county’s employee union, the Civil Service Employees Association, allow Genesee Justice staff to cut their own hours. If CSEA blocks the reduction in hours, Minardo’s entire plan to save Genesee Justice could collapse. …Minardo said...
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Specialists say bullies also need attention
November 30, 2010
Antibullying specialists said school officials have to put the safety of victims first, but they also need to focus more on the accused bullies. Banishing them from school, they said, is generally not the best way to deal with the problem. “Expulsion is not the way to go; it’s...
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Seeing the Human Being
November 29, 2010
I was reminded of one of the things I really enjoy about being a conferencing facilitator. More than once I’ve seen that recognition of the “other†as a human being. I thought about the victim of a property crime who, in preconference, referred to the offender as a...
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Liz Elliott receives Ron Wiebe Restorative Justice Award
November 28, 2010
Ms. Elliott has been a driving force behind the restorative justice movement in this country for many years, and in doing so, she has influenced countless students, volunteers, inmates, and people working inside and outside the criminal justice and school systems. She has committed her life,...
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Community, police turn to restorative justice
November 28, 2010
….Jay now helps train teachers, police and other workers at restorative justice sessions — he even spoke at the training session for the principal who expelled him. He has been welcomed back to the school and plans to finish up his last four credits next year and graduate. He...
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Hong Kong research demonstrates effectiveness of the restorative whole-school approach
November 28, 2010
Full implementation of the RWsA lasted for 15 months. Eventually, one school was assessed to have fully implemented RWsA, two schools had partially implemented RWsA, and one school did not implement it. From the 1480 participating students, 1176 were successfully matched for pre-test and...
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Jury convicts man in killing of Chandra Levy in 2001
November 28, 2010
Guandique was not convicted of Chandra Levy’s murder due to DNA evidence, nor was he convicted by eye witness account. DNA is now the most reliable way of confirming the guilt or innocence of a prepetrator. Eye witness accounts convict thousands of offenders in the...
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Naperville woman still dealing with long-ago assault
November 24, 2010
Beerntsen was overcome with remorse for Avery’s incarceration and for Allen’s continued crimes. “I was devastated,†she said. “I knew Steven Avery wasn’t a Boy Scout, but nobody should serve time for a crime they didn’t commit. … I just...
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Restorative justice will work in the Philippines: DOJ chief
November 21, 2010
She said restorative justice will work as long as people “will work with the coordinated effort.†“With a focus and with the passion of the workers in these agencies which are directly involved in the criminal justice system, I don’t see any reason for the restorative...
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Bully
November 21, 2010
This book is divided into five sections, which end with “Reflect Now†lessons or practices: (a) listening, (b) empathy, (c) talking story, (d) talking circles, and (e) restorative justice. These lessons are “designed to teach community building skills,†specifically by...
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International restorative justice week: miracles and certainty
November 21, 2010
I despair that the system is so stacked against rehabilitation that even someone like her found post-release treacherously difficult. Back when we first started throwing around the idea of communal justice, we did a spider map of the issue – trying to work out what the trigger points...
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To teach empathy, you simply teach listening
November 21, 2010
Listening without judgement is really hard. We make split second judgements about what we agree and disagree with about the person speaking. Our brains index information and to file it, it needs labeled. Judging is a natural and normal response so we can file away details,...
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