Teenage vandals pay for their damage and apologise
April 7, 2010
The teenagers admitted the offence and agreed to pay for the damage to be repaired. They also met children and staff at the nursery to offer a public apology for the damage they caused. ….Louise Maddocks, from the nursery said: “We are really pleased with this result. We were...
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Salinas gang prevention initiative loses funding, but not heart
April 7, 2010
….In September 2008, Restorative Justice Partners Inc., the Monterey County nonprofit group that runs restorative-justice programs here, announced the creation of Community Building Circles. The goal was to strengthen bonds of trust within east Salinas neighborhoods by holding bi-weekly...
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The time for alternatives
April 7, 2010
A UK study of restorative justice programs showed that such programs are generally successful. They reduced victim’s post traumatic stress symptoms, proved victims and offenders with more satisfaction with the criminal justice system, reduced crime victim’s desire for violent...
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Restorative justice: A community response when bad things happen
April 7, 2010
…Since 2003, Katy Hutchison has spoken to 350,000 young people in Canada and internationally, about her experiences. Her most recent engagement was last week, here in Victoria, when she spoke at the Victoria Restorative Justice Society’s 2010 AGM. I was there....
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Gang injunctions do not work
April 7, 2010
The problem is that gang injunctions create two conditions that do guarantee further crime and violence: isolation and detachment. When young people feel isolated and detached from their community, school, and the labor market, their chances of committing crime drastically...
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Peace Studies programmes
April 7, 2010
….That’s all the specifically Christian colleges or universities in the U.S. with Peace Studies programs that I have found. If I have missed some, please alert me and I’ll add to this list. In a later post, Iâ€ll add in programs at schools without a...
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Restorative justice offers a better way to cope with crime
April 7, 2010
….Although more commonly employed in some eras and cultures (forms of restorative justice never disappeared in many indigenous societies), reparation and informal settlement processes, as well as formal and informal restitution and other reparative sanctions (e.g., community service)...
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AI hopes for wide debate in Taiwan on death penalty
April 7, 2010
The AI spokeswoman added that “there are also many relatives or families of victims who oppose the death penalty and do not want judicial killings in their name.” Rife also observed that public opinion in most Asian countries have an expectation that the perpetrator of a murder or...
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A safe place to call home: Securing the right of Rwandan genocide survivors to resettlement outside Rwanda
April 7, 2010
….It is essential to acknowledge the efforts of the Rwandan government in supporting genocide survivors. Five percent of every annual budget is devoted to programs to support their needs. However, its resources are intensely strained and it simply cannot afford to provide survivors...
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Call the police?
April 7, 2010
Quick research into the restaurant manager’s city address determined that it was close to Baltimore, Maryland, where the the Community Conferencing Center run by Lauren Abramson is located. I called Lauren and she said , “Sure we could help.†Unfortunately, the...
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Clergy sexual abuse: A cry for restorative justice
April 4, 2010
As a restorative justice advocate and practitioner I continue to believe that only through true offender accountability in the church can victims heal and be restored, as much as possible. How would restorative justice be applied, especially at this juncture? I believe applying restorative...
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Next year in Virginia?
April 1, 2010
In contrast, the legislators who opposed the bill focused on not wanting to give judges the power to order restorative justice pre-conviction. It seemed the bill would have passed had it limited the use of restorative justice processes to the post-conviction stage. Supporters of...
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Towards a restorative society: A problem-solving response to crime
April 1, 2010
The rationales for sentencing are a confused mixture, and its aims should be clarified. Evidence contradicts the slogan that ‘prison works’. Lord Justice Auld, among many others, has pointed out that imprisonment simply does not do what is expected of it. Above all it is used to...
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Call for nominees for the Livia Prize 2010
April 1, 2010
We are looking for award nominees: Individuals or initiatives who take action in the conflicts that occur in society and who have been able to create constructive communication between the striving parts. People or groups preventing a conflict from escalating into violence or deflating an...
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Is the death penalty on death row?
April 1, 2010
….Better training. Smarter juries. Life without parole. And economic difficulties. But is there perhaps one more reason why the death penalty is on the wane? Texas itself is changing. Its huge and growing Latino population opposes the death penalty on religious grounds. Americans of all...
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