More on restorative youth justice in Northern Ireland
Nov 03, 2009
We received a note from Martin Wright with these additional thoughts on the report from Northern Ireland that was released last week:
Northern Ireland seems to be going well, with only three reservations:
- juveniles only
- run by the state -- not much community ownership
- and putting pressure on the community-based programmes (which Harry Mika and Kieran McEvoy have written about) by competing for funding and referrals -- rather like WalMart putting small shopkeepers out of business!
In addition, Martin sent us a link to a recent Thought for the Day on BBC that addressed this report. Prepared by someone identified only as Vishvapani, it reflects both personal experience and Buddhist teaching.
