Brady encourages Magdalene survivors in talks with church
June 28, 2010
….Prof James Smith, of JFM and Boston College, said he was pleased the bishops “seemed to take on board that time is of the essence in bringing restorative justice to this elderly and ageing population. We also underscored that the church’s archives hold the key to detailing...
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Is this the end of the war on crime?
June 28, 2010
Horan, 64, has a ruddy complexion and dresses casually. From his small office in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Lincoln Heights, a bleak industrial area of Los Angeles just north of downtown, he works to help delinquent teens, many of them gang members, establish more productive bonds...
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Just what does restorative justice restore?
June 28, 2010
Press officers in many police forces are busy extolling the virtues of the latest ploys to avoid the use of the courtroom for justice. The watchword is Restorative Justice?. Bedfordshire Police is one of many employing this procedure and a report can be read here. But two quotes from the...
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Restorative justice and the BP catastrophe
June 28, 2010
The focus of restorative justice is to heal relationships, and make the victim whole. In the case of the oil hemorrhage in the Gulf the list of victims (or future plaintiffs, if you will) is long. The Ocean herself, all the sea creatures, the residents of the Gulf, and future generations, have...
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The restorative justice talking piece: Tangible and physical, abstract and soulful.
June 27, 2010
The ‘talking piece’ is physical as Covey points out. There is also so much that is invisible about a talking piece. The talking piece signifies equality and respect. Everyone will get the opportunity to hold the piece. People are invited to share equally, what a person shares or...
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Mountain biking and restorative justice
June 27, 2010
As my focus shifted away from resentment and sorrow for my pain toward what I might do and where I might go, so did my life. Four months after almost being strangled to death and recovering physically, I was sitting in a college classes at Kauai’i Community College excitedly...
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Corrections
June 18, 2010
But hard economic times, combined with Vermont’s “Challenges for Change” initiative, have placed the policies of jailing low-level offenders under scrutiny. What’s clear is that keeping people in jail is very expensive. What’s also become evident is that Vermont...
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Maryport woman meets youths who made life hell
June 18, 2010
….She said: “A couple of the girls involved seemed to think the whole thing was funny, but when I explained what was happening to me some of them appeared genuinely sorry.†Mrs Messenger was full of praise for the police and for Allerdale council’s Adrian Braniff, who...
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You cannot compare apples to oranges: Ubushingantahe vs. criminal justice
June 18, 2010
The members of the council (Abashingantahe or singularly Umushungantage) are not just chosen at random; instead, there are multiple qualities one has to have to become a council member. The qualities include, but are not limited to: experience and wisdom, holds love and truth in high regard,...
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Making progress in restorative justice: A qualitative study
June 18, 2010
This study reveals how facilitators relied on a wide range of inter-personal characteristics, skills and techniques to secure and manage the participation of victims/offenders and their supporters in and throughout the RJ process. In particular, facilitators had to build rapport with the...
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Can you work for the victim and the offender?
June 18, 2010
I received a message recently letting me know that she was no longer employed. But also that things were tough for her. Really tough. She and her husband at one time owned a small business. And as I said, then tragedy hit. Her husband was murdered. This was many years ago but...
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Mexico and New Orleans Learn About Restorative Practices
June 15, 2010
Several immersion participants from Mexico offered comments about the experience and their hopes for the future, a few of which follow: Through a translator, Mario Alberto Dueñas Zentella, director of training for the Tabasco State Attorney General’s Office, said: Our system is not...
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Forgiving my daughter’s killer
June 14, 2010
….Ten years ago I found out that Gary was willing to meet me in a mediated dialogue through the sponsorship of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. I had never laid eyes on him and had, over the years, gradually come to ignore his existence. As the time approached for us to meet, I...
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Grey’s Anatomy star Kim Raver talks about film role based on Victoria mom
June 14, 2010
….What makes this film unique, she says, is getting to meet the person she’s playing. “It’s always great being able to do research, and Katy wrote this amazing book I read,” Raver, 41, says. “I’ve asked her so many questions. She’s unique, a...
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County team begins to tackle racial disparities in criminal justice
June 14, 2010
The task force has made more than 80 recommendations to reduce racial disparities, but has offered 10 priority recommendations including: finding additional funding for jail diversion programs; establishing a restorative justice program that would take some minor offenders out of the justice...
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