Cardiff given more say in justice
May 8, 2009
The 30 pioneer areas will pilot a package of measures, including: * The introduction of Community Prosecutors with a specific role to engage with communities alongside the police, courts and others and ensure that local priorities inform casework decision making and local CPS priorities; *...
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Sycamore Tree: Victim awareness and restorative justice
May 8, 2009
Alongside anecdotal feedback a psychometric questionnaire called Crime Pics II is used to measure changes in each prisoners’ attitudes after taking part in Sycamore Tree. An evaluation of more than 2,000 Crime Pics questionnaires was conducted by Sheffield Hallam University and indicates...
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Martin Wright: Victims’ needs and rights
May 8, 2009
Many surveys (for example Shapland et al. 2007 )have found that the great majority of victims who have experienced a restorative process found it helpful, enabling them to tell the offender the effects of his or her actions, and ask for answers to questions, and the satisfaction rate is much...
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Lisa Rea: Speaking at a California prison during victims awareness week (part 2)
May 8, 2009
In my first blog on this subject I described the experience of speaking about restorative justice in prison with victim’s advocate Cheryl Ward-Kaiser. At the end of our speeches we were asked questions by the inmates. I wish someone had recorded the entire session. I think the comments...
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Lisa Rea: Speaking about victims-driven restorative justice at a California prison during Victim Awareness Week
May 6, 2009
Whenever I think back at speaking in a prison I always think in short vignettes.You meet people (inmates and staff) on the fly. It’s not a place to have a sustained conversation. My memories of the interactions are what I’m writing about here. My speech was focused on...
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New DVD “The Healing Circle” addresses clergy sexual abuse
May 5, 2009
The circle of people gathered in November, 2006, with four survivors who were subjected to clergy abuse while they were children (except for one woman who describes her son committing suicide over it), Archbishop Timothy Dolan (recently installed as the Archbishop of New York), an abusing...
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Do you care about accreditation in restorative practice?
May 5, 2009
We would like to consult with members and other stakeholders in order to get feedback on the first draft of the blueprint to make sure that it works for you. This is your chance to have an input into the structure, content and system of accreditation in the field. In addition, the RJC has been...
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Restorative community policing in the UK: Dorset, Cheshire and Norfolk constables point the way
May 5, 2009
However, a recent policy change by the Home Office, the national government department that oversees policing, has established criteria for reviewing police performance based on public confidence and trust rather than on performance targets and sanction detection. Constabularies that had...
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Rethinking US prison policy: I
May 4, 2009
While New Mexico’s prisons aren’t as overcrowded as they are in other states, the state’s system still grapples with a host of issues, including: recidivism, or the number of offenders who return to lockup within 36 months after their release; offender drug use; and the...
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Take a Course with a Member of South Africa’s TRC at the new Canadian School of Peacebuilding
May 4, 2009
Each summer at least one courses will relate to restorative justice. This year in 2009 take a course with a member of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Piet Meiring. Piet Meiring has many similarities as Desmond Tutu. I recently had a student spend 4 months in South Africa...
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Conference: No more victims
April 30, 2009
A conference to introduce Circles of Support and Accountability for the safe return of sex offenders into the community. Topics will include regional and national developments; risk assessment and management; public protection; Sex Offender Treatment Programmes in prison and in the community....
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Conservative think tank in Britain calls for restorative justice act
April 30, 2009
In two recent publications, the Centre for Social Justice has backed Restorative Justice as core way in which both policing and prisons should be reformed. Political insiders indicate that the publications will be influential in shaping Conservative Party policy in any upcoming election. For...
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Welcome to RJOB!
April 30, 2009
What is RJOB? RJOB is replacing the Monthly Edition that has been featured on RJOnline for years. This is part of an “extreme makeover” of the website that will “have its reveal” later this month. RJOB entries will include news items of interest as well as commentary by...
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Kim Workman: My first experience with restorative justice
April 30, 2009
I have been invited by RJ Online to be a regular correspondent. I will be an unfamiliar name to most of you – a voice from New Zealand, a small nation in the South Pacific. While my contribution to restorative justice pales in comparison to the giants of restorative...
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