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Website of the Month: Mennonite Central Committee Canada, Restorative Justice

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The Mennonite Central Committee Canada website lists restorative justice resources available from the MCC, links to organizations using restorative practices in Canada, and more general resources.
http://www.mcc.org/canada/restorativejustice/index.html


The restorative justice page provides the four goals of MCC Canada in regards to restorative justice:  advocacy, connection, education and research.

Issues and Actions provides a link to MCC resources related to restorative justice.

Resources provides a listing of different resource types, some subscription and some free:

Frequently asked questions provides answers to a short list of questions:
  • What is restorative justice?
  • Is “restorative justice” a new idea?
  • How is this Biblically based? What about “an eye for an eye”?
  • As Christians, shouldn’t we turn the other cheek when we’ve been harmed?
  • How will people learn right from wrong if we don’t focus on punishment? Don’t there have to be consequences for harmful actions?

Partner Organizations is a listing of organizations that work with MCC.

MCC restorative justice programmes are located in:


June 2006


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