March 2008 Edition
Restorative Justice in Africa: Fruits of Networking; South African Programme Shows Promise; Book Review: Evil and the Justice of God; Video Review: Choices: on the way to peace; Meet Pat Nolan;Website of the Month: Instituto Brasileiro de Justiça Restaurativa
Restorative Justice in Africa: Fruits of Networking
Interest in restorative justice is growing throughout Africa. In this article, Marian Liebmann, a restorative justice trainer in the UK, describes how a conference in Lagos, Nigeria allowed individuals from different countries to connect and share experiences.
South African Programme Shows Promise
In April 2007, the Phoenix Justice and Restoration programme (JARP) began offering restorative justice and other alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services in the Phoenix community of the South African province of KwaZulu Natal. The pilot project sought to lower court backlogs and to help those in the community develop ways of responding to crime and conflict without resorting to the court system. This article summarises the evaluation results from the first few months of Phoenix JARP from a report prepared by Professor Herman Conradie of the Department of Criminology of the University of South Africa, Hema Hargovan and Dr. VR Chetty from the Department of Criminology of the University of KwaZulu Natal. A link to the full report is included.
Book Review: Evil and the Justice of God
The book Evil and the Justice of God invites Christians and others to take another look at how we define and respond to evil. This article is an excerpt of a longer review written by Scott Harris. A link to the full review is included.
Video Review: Choices: on the way to peace
Choices: on the way to peace is a three session video driven small group study on issues related to forgiveness and reconciliation.
Meet Pat Nolan
Pat Nolan is the President of Justice Fellowship, the criminal justice reform arm of Chuck Colson’s Prison Fellowship Ministries.
Website of the Month: Instituto Brasileiro de Justiça Restaurativa
The Instituto Brasileiro de Justiça Restaurativa (IBJR) was founding in August of 2007 as a mechanism allowing the various individuals promoting restorative justice in Brazil to exchange information and debate various issues. This website provides articles, updates on events and other information on restorative justice in Portuguese.
