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Improving School Climate: Findings from Schools Implementing Restorative Practices
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From the International Institute for Restorative Practices e-Forum: The International Institute for Restorative Practices has compiled a 36-page booklet of findings from schools in the United States, England and Canada that are implementing restorative practices.
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Frank, Cheryl and Ann Skelton. 2007.Practice Standards for Restorative Justice: A Practitioner’s Toolkit.
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This Toolkit presents a set of “Practice Standards for Restorative Justice”, and consists of a set of tools to guide their usage. The intended purpose of these standards is to guide the implementation of restorative justice programmes and processes linked to the criminal justice system. The standards presented here were developed from a review of literature in the field of restorative justice, and consultations with stakeholders in this field. They are specifically derived from a range of restorative justice values and principles ... (excerpt)
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Wright, Martin. 2006. Deepening restorative practice in your organization.
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Many people have different ideas as to what a restorative programme should be like.
There are those who give priority to repairing harm through some form of
reparation, while others put the victim/offender dialogue in first place. Some regard
it not as a V/O exercise but as V/O/C, in other words the community (or perhaps one
should say ‘members of the community’) should play a part, and there are different
ways in which it can do so: as volunteer mediators, as an NGO providing a
mediation service, as participants in a group conference, as supporters for victims or
offenders. It has been suggested that restorative justice should not stop at resolving
an individual incident, but could have a role to play in community-building,
especially in places where there is not much community spirit. In other words, a
rather novel thought: one aim of the justice system should be not merely to
persuade and enable the offender to change, but to help the community to see where
it could change, in the hope that this will be noticed and acted upon. (excerpt)
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First Nations Court opens in North Vancouver
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from the article by Todd Coyne in the North Shore Outlook:
The judge is out of her usual judging clothes and the court sheriff wears no gun.
It’s not immediately apparent — not at first — if these are just oversights, but when Judge Joanne Challenger turns from the convicted man to the packed public gallery and asks for any suggestions on sentencing and the hands go up, it becomes clear: First Nations Court is different.
It began in North Vancouver in February, modeled on a similar program in New Westminster that allows anyone who identifies as aboriginal and has been convicted of a crime in provincial court to have their sentence decided in a court that gives special heed to First Nations history.
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Watchdogs criticise out-of-court penalties
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from the article by Dominic Casciani for BBC News:
Watchdogs have criticised the "piecemeal and largely uncontrolled" use of out-of-court punishments.
The chief inspectors of constabulary and prosecution said the powers were sometimes used for persistent and more serious offenders.
The report calls for a strategy on the use of penalties across England and Wales to protect public confidence.
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Implementing restorative justice: A guide for schools
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Recently, the Illinois Criminal Justice Authority released the guide Implementing Restorative Justice: A guide for Schools as part of a series of resources created to help with the statewide implementation of restorative justice for working with young offenders.
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Restorative Justice in Schools
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Please consider "Discipline That Restores" as another resource and testimony to RJ working in schools. Ron and Roxanne Claasson offer a proven approach to shaping [...]
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restorative justice & the Latino community
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Muy bien! Very good to see this. Thank you for posting. I have always thought that restorative justice could or should take root in the [...]
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Restorative Justice and the Latino community
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It is fantastic to hear these inititatives, Restorative Justice is growing although there is much to do and we need to read these stories. I [...]
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Justicia Restaurativa en español
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Felicidades Lisa, nos brindas una oportunidad para expresarnos en nuestro idioma. Tu iniciativa nos será de mucha utilidad. Un cordial y afectuoso saludo desde las [...]
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