PC Martin Hudd: An ideal job for restorative justice
August 22, 2009
“Sounds like an ideal job for RJ,” I said giving it my best Sherlock Holmes impression. However, it was clear from the expression on the faces of the complainants that they had no idea what I was talking about, and probably thought that RJ was an abbreviation for some form of super...
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Vandals pick a good way to say sorry
August 22, 2009
Superintendent Terry Branson, who is leading Derbyshire Constabulary’s restorative justice project, said: “We work hard to give victims a choice in how their crime is resolved. “Restorative justice is about using common sense. It’s about providing a much better service...
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Sharp fall in number of violent pupils expelled or suspended in Glasgow
August 22, 2009
New figures show the number of exclusions at primary and secondary schools run by Glasgow City Council have dropped by a quarter, from 6462 in 2007-08 to 4926 in 2008-09. The biggest inroads have been made at secondary school level where there has been a 30% reduction in exclusions between...
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Justice and an ethic of care
August 22, 2009
….One of the psychologists reports data showing that most crime victims are emotionally dissatisfied with the outcome of legal proceedings even when the perpetrator goes to jail—they are looking for a sincere apology and the willingness of the perpetrator to suffer some...
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Exploring restorative justice response to hate crimes against Sikhs
August 22, 2009
Through an advocation of the restorative method, I will argue that such a community based response may guide the North American society to an increased tolerance and understanding of diversity in religions, ethnicity and race that would help to guide those in misunderstandings of the image of...
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Dangers of the big tent
August 22, 2009
The picture is attractive, and not entirely implausible, but I fear that Luna may underestimate the strength of the ideological commitments undergirding America’s penal harshness and overestimate the extent to which restorative justice must necessarily rest on different...
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Restorative justice and sex offender laws
August 22, 2009
….My concerns about sex offender registries were threefold: First, collateral consequences, because they are not technically “sentences” (even though they largely function as such), lack the individualization necessary to be humane in application and effect....
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Is there a role for restorative justice in addressing public education issues in Mississippi?
August 22, 2009
The concept of restorative justice has been applied in various circumstances and in different forums nationally and internationally. With regard to the African American population of the United States the injury to be redressed arises out of, but does not end with, the...
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Looking to the future: Justice and reconciliation in Cambodia
August 22, 2009
Although Cambodia has come a long way since the nightmare of the Khmer Rouge, it still faces many issues that continue to hinder its development and the vitality of its people. One of the major issues facing Cambodia today is how to continue the transition towards justice and reconciliation in...
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Prison Week’s 2009 theme announced: Hold fast to hope
August 20, 2009
The primary aim of the committee remains unchanged, that is to pray for and raise awareness of the needs of prisoners and their families, victims of crime, prisons staff and all those who care. This is reflected in the Prisons Week Prayer: Lord, you offer freedom to all people. We pray for...
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Book Review: Discipline that restores
August 17, 2009
The book is based on their decades of work in peacemaking, restorative justice and education. It proposes an approach to student discipline called Discipline that Restores (DTR) that they developed a number of years ago, and that has been successfully used with student of all ages –...
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Number of excluded pupils in Wokingham has dropped
August 17, 2009
Cllr Stanton added: “Over the past year our schools have implemented a range of effective measures including learning mentors and learning support units to tackle exclusions. “The council also offers training to teachers, for example in peer mentoring and restorative justice....
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Community Justice Initiatives helps male sex abuse survivors, and offenders
August 17, 2009
The non-profit organization offers peer support groups to men and women who suffered sexual trauma, as well as groups for people who offend sexually. “To not address both sides of a social problem means it won’t end,†said Iliana Pressman, service co-ordinator. The...
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Ten years is enough: Remembering the victims of hate crime violence
August 17, 2009
….In addition, the bill itself includes a problematic sentencing enhancement provision that fails to account for the reality that more time in prisons that are undeniably fraught with race-based divisions and violence increases rather than decreases hate in offenders. In its...
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Book Review: As We Forgive
August 17, 2009
Although Larson doesn’t flinch in her descriptions of the horrors of the genocide, her book is positive and surprisingly practical. Most people, when faced with stories of genocide, tend to back away, ashamed of their own meager struggles and certain that such extreme suffering...
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