Building restorative cultures

by Dan Van Ness

Yesterday I wrote about the media treatment of a paper delivered by Dr. Hillary Cremin warning that restorative justice programmes alone are not enough to address bullying if there is not also a culture change at the school.

One newspaper reported that this meant that "trendy" restorative justice doesn't work to stop bullying. My entry yesterday considered the difficulty of working with media to present a nuanced argument when they are looking for soundbites to sell papers.

Today I want to consider another issue, one that Dr. Cremin raised in our correspondence:

Jul 15, 2009 Limitations, Theory, RJ City, Correspondent:Dan Van Ness, Report, Evaluation

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Three-year research project on mediation and restorative justice in prison settings

from the flyer announcing the project:

The Mediation and Restorative Justice in Prison Settings Project is a three year international exchange project funded by the European Commission, between the counties of Germany, Hungary and the UK.

The project will identify, exchange and develop best practice for the use of restorative justice (“RJ”) with the most serious crimes, particularly those against persons and property attracting a custodial sentence. Research suggests that RJ can have the biggest impact on the lives of victims and offenders where such serious crimes have been committed.

Jul 14, 2009 Country:Hungary, Dialogue, Country:England&Wales, Offender, Country:Germany, Region:Europe, Victim, Prison, Report, Evaluation

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