http://www.restorativejustice.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.restorativejustice.org/RJOB/nigerian-lawyers-insist-on-criminal-justice-reforms from the article by John Chuks Azu on allAfrica.com: Professor Kelvin Nwosu a former Director Academics of the Nigerian Law School had argued that the country's legal system which places much emphasis on retributive rather than restorative justice "has given rise to lack of remorse on the part of offenders who now demand proof of their culpability during trial rather than show remorse." Nwosu, who was speaking in Abuja during the launch of the book: "Current Issues on Sentencing, Custodial Reforms and The Criminal Administration in Nigeria", written in honour of Justice Lawal Hassan Gummi, the Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, wondered why the sentencing and custodial option should be adopted and thereafter public funds are spent again to decongest the prisons. No publisher dvanness Retribution Country:Nigeria Theory Region: Africa 2010-08-31T23:51:20Z News Item http://www.restorativejustice.org/RJOB/restorative-justice-1 from Susan Lee Giles' article on My Roseville: When he joined the congregation for a Sunday service they saw a quiet, shy young man barely past boyhood. As they listened to him they finally understood what had happened and at last knew that the church had not been the target of a hate crime. A nagging fear vanished. Now it was clear that the fire was an accident and the boys had emptied every fire extinguisher trying to put it out and left not knowing that an ember would ignite and burn down the building. The young man listened quietly as each person told him what the fire had meant to them personally. When every person had finished he told them that until that moment he had only thought of it as an empty building but now he saw faces of people, a community, whose lives had been impacted by the fire. He said he was truly sorry and ashamed and offered to come back and work for the church. No publisher dvanness Media Story Community Religion 2010-08-31T23:52:00Z News Item http://www.restorativejustice.org/RJOB/drawtheline by Lynette Parker Sometimes interesting things happen when I’m pre-conferencing juvenile offenders with their parents. Often, it’s the juvenile and his/her mother there for the meeting. Generally, we start with the parent being defensive, protective of his/her child. Yet, as we discuss the incident that brought their family to restorative justice, other things tend to come up such as conflict between the parent and juvenile. Sometimes these are related directly to the offense sometimes they are not. I always feel that I’m walking a fine line as facilitator when this happens. No publisher lparker Juvenile Practice Correspondent:Lynette Parker 2010-08-25T19:52:12Z News Item http://www.restorativejustice.org/RJOB/mandelas-children from Alexandra Fuller's feature article in National Geographic Magazine: Coetzee does not talk about his childhood. He speaks about the planning that went into the bombing, how he was chosen for his excellent military skills, the years he has spent in prison. He asks for their questions, and the group responds. How did he learn to hate black people? How did he unlearn this hatred? How does he spend his days now? Is he sorry? And if he is so sorry, what can he give them? Coetzee admits he has nothing material to give the world except the leather belt that holds up his overalls. But, he says, God willing, if he gets out of jail, he can begin to attempt to compensate for what he has done. "There are children now in South Africa," he says, "children without parents. They might be tempted to get into violent gangs, to follow anger instead of love." He says, "I can show them that the first life you have to change is your own." No publisher dvanness Story Region: Africa National Reconciliation Country:South Africa 2010-08-24T11:03:44Z News Item http://www.restorativejustice.org/RJOB/anzsoc2010 The 23rd conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC) will take place from 28 to 30 September 2010. No publisher dvanness Event 2010-08-27T15:03:22Z News Item http://www.restorativejustice.org/RJOB/zimbabwe-calls-for-restorative-justice-must-be-heeded-now from an entry on Kubatana.net: This becomes a strong case for the open discussion of what evil has been spawned by political violence and the need for a truth and reconciliation commission so people can move on with their lives. Yet some people in their wisdom think the past can take care of itself by natural processes of time and have been arrogant to calls for a naming and shaming of people behind the raping and killing of wives and mothers since independence. The question for many is that what really can be expected from the people who are accused of heinous political crime and still control state apparatus that would in essence be in charge of letting the law take its course? So does the nation wait for that epoch when they are no longer in government and then they are tracked and shot down like rapid dogs? No publisher dvanness Country:Zimbabwe Region: Africa National Reconciliation 2010-08-27T08:39:22Z News Item http://www.restorativejustice.org/RJOB/meet-the-modern-high-schooler from the article by Joanne Laucius in The Ottawa Citizen: ....Meanwhile, it's hard to be angst-ridden when you are the product of anti-bullying and self-esteem initiatives. Many high schools have a part-time addictions councillor and a gay-straight alliance. Programs like restorative justice, peer mediation and Online Safety Week bring a sense of justice and consequences to students on a day-to-day basis. No publisher dvanness Country:Canada Policy School Region: North America and Caribbean 2010-08-23T01:52:27Z News Item http://www.restorativejustice.org/RJOB/notjustanapology Recently, I read the headline Apologising to victims will not reduce reoffending rates in a Google news alert. I quickly scanned the article. The author was very critical of restorative justice, questioning the possibility that restorative processes could help lower reoffending rates. In describing the criminal justice system, Mark Johnson says, “The job of the criminal justice system is not to be victim-centric but to be detached, clinical and fair.” He goes on to say, “…how can empowering victims cut reoffending? Only working with offenders can do that.” As I finished reading his arguments, I had to agree with part of what Johnson said. But, I also realised that some of the criticism has a lot to do with a misunderstanding of restorative justice. No publisher lparker Definition Correspondent:Lynette Parker 2010-08-25T19:41:52Z News Item http://www.restorativejustice.org/RJOB/certificateinrestorativepractice Perth College in the UK will offer a Certificate in Restorative Practices as an online learning programme No publisher lparker Training Event 2010-08-25T12:24:20Z News Item http://www.restorativejustice.org/RJOB/norfolk-police-deal-with-offenders-as-young-as-four from the article by Ben Kendall in Norwich Evening News: Child offenders as young as four have been dealt with by police in Norfolk using alternatives to court, new figures have revealed. According to statistics released by Norfolk police under the Freedom of Information Act, more than 500 under-12s are dealt with using restorative justice each year. No publisher dvanness Juvenile Practice Country:England&Wales Region: Europe 2010-08-23T01:41:24Z News Item http://www.restorativejustice.org/RJOB/restorative-justice-vs-perfomance-targets... from UKPOLICEONLINE Discussion Forum: Hello all, My force are introducing restorative justice as an alternative to court, and this will primarily be aimed at young offenders. Restorative justice has received a mixed reception and was hoping forum members could share their thoughts and experiences from their own forces. I think its a good idea, and a move away from chasing performance targets has got to be a good think, or are performance targets still applied?? any thoughts gratefully received. Read the interesting responses.... No publisher dvanness Police Policy Diversion Region: Europe Conceptual Country:England&Wales 2010-08-23T01:30:28Z News Item http://www.restorativejustice.org/RJOB/our-justice-system-requires-us-to-punish-wrongdoers-what-if-there-were-a-better-way from the entry by Mikhail Lyubansky on race-talk: For those of us living in the United States, “doing justice” is mostly synonymous with administering punishment. We may not literally follow the Biblical edict of “an eye for an eye”, but most of us still believe that “the punishment must fit the crime”. Indeed, many of us would be hard pressed to even come up with an alternative justice system. Yet alternatives abound in the form of restorative justice. No publisher dvanness Retribution Minority Guidelines Policy Region: North America and Caribbean Country:Brazil Region: Latin America Country:USA Theory 2010-08-23T01:25:26Z News Item http://www.restorativejustice.org/RJOB/relations-of-domination-and-subordination-challenges-for-restorative-justice-in-responding-to-domestic-violence from the paper by Julie Stubbs: Barbara Hudson is cautious in her approach to RJ: she summarises the appeal of RJ in ‘the openness of story telling and exploration of possibilities for constructive and creative responses to offences’. In the context of domestic violence she suggests that RJ offers the victim ‘the opportunity to choose how to present herself… [to express] her feelings, her understanding of events, her wishes and demands for the future’. However, Hudson recognises that the discursiveness of RJ is not without problems such as the risk of domination and the reproduction of power relations and she emphasizes the need for ‘strong procedural safeguards’. No publisher dvanness Policy Case:Domestic Violence 2010-08-16T13:27:35Z News Item http://www.restorativejustice.org/RJOB/burglar-meets-widow-he-stole-ring-from-in-lancashire from BBC News: A teenage burglar who stole a widow's engagement ring and sold it has apologised to his victim saying he felt "bad for making an old lady cry". The 18-year-old volunteered to meet the pensioner to make amends for breaking into her Lancaster home in July. The pair met face-to-face at her home and she explained how the theft had left her feeling violated. It came only months after her husband lost a long battle with cancer. She said she now had some "closure". No publisher dvanness Story 2010-08-16T13:41:09Z News Item http://www.restorativejustice.org/RJOB/restorative-justice from the entry on Ben's Prison Blog: The Big Problem with the criminal justice system is that it is firmly wedded to the idea of causing mutual harm - you hurt me, so I hurt you back. That so few people recognise that this merely increases the sum of human suffering and social harm is an indictment on the popular imagination. Or a testament to the resilience of our atavistic urges to lash out at those who hurt us. No publisher dvanness Support 2010-08-16T13:30:26Z News Item