Ethical failures of national GHG emissions reduction proposals approaching Copenhagen
August 17, 2009
Identifying distributive and restorative justice issues entailed by the need to allocate GHG emissions levels among nations does not necessarily lead to agreement about what ethics requires. This is so because ethical theories often differ about what ethics requires. One may, for...
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Police give backing to new apology system
August 16, 2009
Remedy, the county’s restorative justice organisation which works with police, had 186 victims referred to it between April and June this year and 53 opted for restorative justice. Of those, 11 opted for a direct face-to-face meeting with the offender and 42 opted for indirect contact,...
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I looked into the killer’s eyes
August 16, 2009
But brave Barbara now helping other survivors as a volunteer for Hawera Rape Crisis, as well as offering her services for Taranaki Victim Support has already faced down her would-be killer. “I have done a restorative justice with (Yorke), ” Barbara, 40, told Sunday News. “I...
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Striking a balance: Restorative justice brings offenders face-to-face with their victims
August 16, 2009
They didn’t get their wish until this year, in the country’s highest court, when Ellard’s attempt for a fourth trial was quashed, leaving her convicted of second-degree murder. While journalists asked for the Virks’ opinions after each and every turn in the legal saga,...
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“Building Social Support for Restorative Justice” has a survey for you to fill out
August 14, 2009
How can cooperation be developed with civil society organisations in order to inform and educate the public and to create broad support for restorative justice? How can we increase the involvement of individual citizens in the functioning of local restorative justice programmes? How can...
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Victims of crime: Meeting with a killer
August 12, 2009
….When I was on the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, I had the opportunity to educate myself about the criminal justice system. I took advantage of that opportunity and turned a part-time unpaid position into a full-time unpaid position. I spent six years studying prisons,...
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Restorative justice as part of a sentence
August 11, 2009
On one hand, the inclusion of a restorative process in a sentence is an acknowledgment of how helpful such a process can be for all those concerned in a criminal case. On the other, it could reduce the process to just another hoop that an offender must jump through in satisfying the State....
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Restorative justice could be answer to doping problem
August 10, 2009
….What happened in South Africa was an example of “restorative justice,” a concept that has roots spreading to ancient Greece and, on this continent, to the Native Americans. It effectively dealt with apartheid. Let’s use it to help deal with doping in sports. Take...
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Hundreds hurt in California prison riot: What’s wrong with California?
August 10, 2009
Earlier this year crime victim and restorative justice advocate Cheryl Ward-Kaiser and I went to speak at a medium security Northern California prison. I have spoken at and visited a number of prisons in California, Texas and even outside the country. I was taken back by the obvious fact that...
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Video Review: The Amy Wall Story
August 9, 2009
Joe Avila and Derrick Wall take turns telling the story of the aftermath of Amy Wall’s death. Derrick, her younger brother, tells the audience about Amy’s character, her final year of life, and her hopes for the future. He recounts the last memory he had of Amy’s living face...
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Restorative justice and tribal law
August 8, 2009
In Navajo, there is a term, ná bináhaazláo which means providing parties with a sense of completeness or comprehensiveness. It also means fairness and doing whatever is necessary in coming to a comprehensive solution. The tribal courts are charged with ná bináhaazláo through...
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Drunk driving and the purpose of punishment
August 8, 2009
Whether we want retributive justice or restorative justice, we should apply it fairly and consistently, and without regard for the instrument by which the criminal committed the offence. We should not have one law for a thief with a pry bar and another for a thief with a calculator and an...
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Mum who pilfered cheerleading fund faces jail
August 8, 2009
….Judge Lindsay Moore was told by prosecutor Johann Schlebusch today that at least two of the victims were “strongly opposed to any form of restorative justice”. Saunders-Clarke’s lawyer Victoria Letele asked if some efforts could be made to enable restorative...
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Peace education institute proposed for Mindanao
August 8, 2009
Anak Mindanao party-list Rep. Ariel Hernandez said that peace education is necessary so that the young people will really understand the necessity of peacemaking especially in Mindanao that for decades now have suffered so much violence brought about by war. Hernandez authored the House...
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Finding space for Fido
August 8, 2009
Enter the Park District police. They enforce the leash law by ticketing the owners, resulting in a “hefty fine”. It’s a quality of life problem. Some residents want to be able to take their little kids to the park without worrying about them being scared by big dogs running...
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