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Rape victim 're-victimised' by system
from the article by Joelle Dally for The Press:
It took Helena Watson more than three decades to speak out about her father's sexual abuse.
Now the Christchurch woman says she has been revictimised by restorative justice.
May 21, 2013 Case:Abuse, Region: Pacific, Country:New Zealand, Case:Sexual, Policy
An Outcome Evaluation of Minnesota Circles of Support and Accountability (MnCoSA)
from the study by the Minnesota Department of Corrections:
....The use of the COSA model with high-risk sex offenders began in a small Mennonite community in Canada in the early 1990s. Grounded in the tenets of the restorative justice philosophy, the COSA model attempts to help sex offenders successfully reenter http://www.doc.state.mn.us/publications/documents/9-12MnCOSAResearchinBrief.pdfthe community and, thus, increase public safety, by providing them with social support as they try to meet their employment, housing, treatment, and other social needs. Each COSA consists of anywhere between four and six community volunteers, one of whom is a primary volunteer, who meet with the offender on a regular basis. The results from several evaluations of the Canadian COSA model suggest it significantly reduces sex offender recidivism....
May 10, 2013 Case:Abuse, Offender, Reentry, Practice, Community, Region: North America and Caribbean, Case:Sexual, Policy, Circle, Country:USA
Some sex offences are best dealt with out of the courts
from the article by Greg Barns in The Age:
....In the context of the royal commission into sexual abuse in institutions, it is timely to consider whether or not all cases that can be categorised as sex offences ought to be dealt with through the traditional court process. In particular, those cases that involve allegations of abuse but do not involve penetration or other forms of physical violence.
Jan 24, 2013 Case:Abuse, Country:Australia, Region: Pacific, Case:Sexual
More meditations on restorative justice
from the entry by kario on The Writing Life:
….It wasn't until I saw my molester as a human being that I began to heal my own profound wounds. I spent years in therapy, took lots of different anti-anxiety medications and antidepressants, started yoga, and came to a better place, but the REAL freedom from pain came when I forgave him. Not in person (I don't honestly even know if he is alive today), but in my heart.
That doesn't mean that I don't still feel the impact of his behavior in my life and it doesn't mean I would have the courage to meet him face-to-face if I had the opportunity, although I hope I would. It means that I acknowledge that he made a big mistake and, as a human being, he was entitled to do that. It doesn't mean that he is absolved of any wrongdoing, especially since I suspect he molested lots of other children as well, but it means that I don't feel as though I can pass judgment on him and his life. I certainly don't believe he deserves to be killed for his actions, although I did for many, many years.
Jan 15, 2013 Case:Abuse, Support, Victim, Case:Sexual, Policy, Restitution
Teenage rape prevention campaign launched
from the article on Pirate FM News:
Pirate FM has learnt nine under eighteens have been convicted of sex offences on younger teenagers in Cornwall and Devon over the last year.
But almost thirty were dealt with by restorative justice, where the victim and attacker work out a solution together.
Dec 11, 2012 Country:England&Wales, Case:Violence, Case:Sexual
'Why I must speak out to stop my rapist being freed'
from the article by David Barrett in the Telegraph:
After Dr Claire Chung was raped by a stranger at knifepoint, she took two extraordinary and courageous steps.
Firstly, she confronted him face to face after his conviction, as part of a programme known as “restorative justice”. Then she waived her anonymity, speaking of the decision she took to face the man who had attacked her.
Now she is speaking out again, this time to voice her concerns at a parole system which could free Stephen Allen Gale early next year.
Dec 04, 2012 Country:England&Wales, Region: Europe, System, Case:Violence, Victim, Case:Sexual
Project Restore: An exploratory study of restorative justice and sexual violence
from the report by Julich, Buttle, Cummins and Freeborn:
Unlike the early development of restorative justice processes which was practice led,Project Restore first engaged with various bodies of knowledge, including the separate fields of sexual victimisation, sexual offending and restorative justice. They also gathered information from researchers working at the intersection of restorative justice and sexual violence or gendered violence.
Nov 05, 2012 Region: Pacific, Country:Australia, Evaluation, Case:Sexual
Power of One: Restorative justice couples victims with offenders
from the article on CTV.ca:
....A woman named Marité has been taking part in the process, not by facing her sexually-abusive father, but rather, another man who committed similar acts.
She said that results have helped her cope with the damage she suffered.
"For him it was like I was his daughter," said Marité. "And I was able also to express my anger to him and that's what he wanted rather than silence from his daughter."
"I can now go forward because I'm not bound to my father anymore. I can leave him go."
Jun 26, 2012 Story, Case:Burglary, Victim, Mediation, Policy, Other, Region: North America and Caribbean, Case:Sexual, Country:Canada
NCHERM-CR announces summit on the application of restorative justice practices to cases of campus sexual misconduct
from the press release of the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management:
The NCHERM-CR, the Conflict Resolution Practice Group of The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management ( www.ncherm.org ), will be hosting a two-day invitational Summit on the use of restorative justice practices in student-on-student sexual misconduct cases.
This Summit is being convened to explore ways in which forms of conflict resolution, and especially restorative justice practices, may be utilized lawfully, productively and beneficially to improve on the traditional approaches used in student disciplinary proceedings.
Jun 22, 2012 Policy, School, Case:Violence, Case:Sexual
A chance to heal unholy wounds
from Bronwyn Pike's article in the National Times:
For many years, religious organisations have grappled with the need to improve the ways they deal with abusive behaviour by their own clergy. In my previous role as director of social justice in the Uniting Church during the 1990s, I worked with my colleagues to develop sexual abuse complaints procedures. In that task I gained an appreciation of just how challenging and complex this issue can be.
May 10, 2012 Region: Pacific, Biblical, Country:Australia, Community, Religion, Case:Sexual, Policy
