- Filter
- Showing 10 posts published between Jan 01, 2012 and Jan 31, 2012 [Show all]
A restorative circle in the wake of a police shooting
from the article by Andrea Brenneke in Tikkun:
....In the weeks after the shooting, members of the Williams family reported strained interactions with members of the police department, including increased scrutiny and harassment by bicycle patrol officers where they worked and sold their art at the Pike Place Market. Tensions were building. Something had to be done to address the immediate needs for safety and improve the relationship between the family, the community, and the police department.
....There was no restorative justice system in place nor any prior experience with Restorative Circles, so I worked with Kathryn Olson to create a shared understanding of the process we would use to hold this circle. We modified aspects of the Restorative Circle process to address the unusual circumstances. I was able to hold pre-circle meetings with the family members, friends, and community members, but it was not possible for me to meet in advance with most of the police department participants. Instead, I worked with Ms. Olson and provided her written summaries of the Restorative Circles process to share with the other participants in the Seattle Police Department. In all of this, I aimed to stay true to restorative principles and be flexible with the form of how the process unfolded.
Jan 17, 2012 Circle, Practice, Case:Violence
This is restorative justice. And it works.
from the entry by danphillipsphoto on Liberal Sell Out:
Strathclyde police deserve heavy praise. Not only have they curbed gang violence (see this Guardian piece from yesterday) they have persuaded a Tory (led) government of the merits of restorative justice.
In the wake of the summer riots Cameron pointed to the success of Strathclyde police in dealing with gang violence: “I want us to use the record of success against gangs some cities like Boston in the USA and indeed the Strathclyde police in Scotland – who have done this by engaging the Police, the voluntary sector and local government. I want this to be a national priority”(full text here)
Jan 16, 2012 Policy, Politics, Country:England&Wales, Region: Europe
Restorative justice approach to schoolboy assault
from the Nottinghamshire Police webpage:
A new approach to resolving criminal matters has been used to deal with an assault on a Nottingham schoolboy.
A 14-year-old pupil collapsed after he was assaulted in a classroom by a fellow schoolboy at the National Church of England Academy on 22 September 2011.
Jan 13, 2012 Juvenile, Country:England&Wales, Practice, Story, Case:Violence, Region: Europe
Restorative justice helps us face death
from Lorenn Walker's entry on Restorative Justice & Other Public Health Approaches for Healing:
....Restorative processes bring people face to face with terrible loss. Not only material losses, but also the painful “social losses” they suffer. Sometimes the social loss is more damaging than the material loss. Even when a life is lost, when harmed people continue being resentful and angry, their loss can remain, and diminish their capacity to be happy.
Jan 12, 2012 Retribution, Theory
“Humanistic” mediation: Another approach to manage and settle disputes?
from the entry by Christophe Imhoos on Kluwer Mediation Blog:
....Greek tragedy tends to express human pain and grief. So does mediation in a post-modern world that rejects feelings and emotions. Today politic does not address human needs: people move from an established to a negotiated order. This can be expressed through a ritualized practice, inspired from Greek tragedy that comprises the three following phases:
Jan 11, 2012 Dialogue, Theory, Country:Greece, Region: Europe, Country:France
Steps to Peace – Restorative Justice simplified by Thich Nhat Hanh
a recent entry by Kris Mine on Restorative Justice and Circles:
Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh outlines the three steps to peace as:
Jan 10, 2012 Definition, Theory
Everychild gives $1 million to Juvenile Justice Center
from the article in Palisadian-Post:
Centinela Youth Services, Inc. has been named the recipient of the $1 million 2012 Everychild Foundation grant. The funds will launch and sustain a restorative justice center across the street from three Los Angeles juvenile courts over a three-year period.
Specifically, the grant will be used to create and operate the center, including the funding of dedicated staff and partner agencies for services provided there. Everychild's grant will provide the remaining 60 percent of the $1.6-million total program cost.
Jan 09, 2012 Funding, Region: North America and Caribbean, Country:USA
Online Certificate in Restorative Justice course offered at Simon Fraser University
from SFU's Management and Professional Programs:
Restorative justice takes a community-minded approach to conflict resolution. Simon Fraser University’s part-time, one-year Certificate in Restorative Justice, offered entirely online, will give you the knowledge and skills you need to resolve conflict in a way that promotes healing and restoration rather than punishment.
To find out more about this three-course certificate and download an application form, please visit us at www.sfu.ca/justice or contact us at 778-782-8000 or csreg@sfu.ca.
Restorative justice and coercion
by Lynette Parker:
Recently, I had a brief Twitter conversation with HMP_Chaplain about restorative justice and coercion. HMP_Chaplain commented on a statement by a Sycamore Tree Project facilitator in England and Wales that “if they make RJ compulsory she will pull out." I responded in a couple of Tweets:
“Can understand...voluntariness is essential in RJ. Coercion can stand in the way of dialogue but doesn’t have to.”
“Also RJ is more than a process its a way of thinking that can inform all interactions with offenders.”
Jan 06, 2012 Limitations, Theory, Support, Practice, Conceptual, Correspondent:Lynette Parker
Chicago Heights school helps launch anti-violence initiative
from the article by Jessica Villarreal in the Southtown Star:
A number of characters were involved in a troubling incident at school.
Their names fit their roles in the anger-sparked altercation: China Doll, Joe Swag, Bob Lame.
But while the story that was acted out recently in a courtroom at the Daley Center in downtown Chicago was fictional, the program behind it is real and has a serious goal: reducing youth violence in the Chicago area.
Jan 05, 2012 Policy, School, Region: North America and Caribbean, Country:USA
