12 August 2018
Soul Wounds
According to Mental Health Australia, trauma is a major public health problem in Australia, with 5 million adults affected by childhood trauma.
Some academics are also concerned with the ongoing impact of colonialism and racism on First Nations peoples, and they’re calling for more culturally appropriate services to deal with the symptoms of the resulting trauma.
Leonie Pihama and Rihi Te Nana have spent three years researching the subject, and say the evidence shows universal trends of intergenerational trauma amongst First Nations’ people worldwide…please click to listen.
18 July 2108
In the wake of Dame Margaret Bazley’s report into sexual misconduct at law firm Russell McVeagh, Professor David Karp’s public lecture at Victoria University of Wellington couldn’t have been timelier, said the University’s Diana Unwin Chair in Restorative Justice, Professor Chris Marshall.
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15 July 2018
David Karp: restorative justice in universities
From Sunday Morning. 10.04am on 15 July 2018…please click to listen.
Routledge International Handbook of Restorative Justice
Chapter 15: Introducing restorative practice in healthcare settings –
Janine Carroll and Dan Reisel
This up-to-date resource on restorative justice provides scholars, practitioners, students and policymakers from around the world with a comprehensive and authoritative review of original research in new and contested areas.
Bringing together contributors from across a range of jurisdictions, disciplines and legal traditions, this edited collection provides a concise, but critical review of existing theory and practice in restorative justice. Authors identify key developments, theoretical arguments and new empirical evidence, evaluating their merits and demerits, before turning the reader’s attention to further concerns informing and improving the future of restorative justice. Divided into four parts, the Handbook includes papers written by leading scholars on new theory, empirical evidence of implementation, critiques and the future of restorative justice.
Restorative Now co presenting workshop
Juvenile justice: the application of restorative practice when young people exhibit harmful sexual behaviour
Aruliah & Carroll & Vincent, UK
on morning of 15th June 2018
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Restorative Justice – How it actually works
Retired District Court and Youth Court judge Fred McElrea and Chris Marshall (pictured), the Diana Unwin Chair in Restorative Justice at Victoria University, are experts in the application of restorative justice and discuss its use and why there can be a lack of acceptance from the public on it being the best course of action.
Family Group Conferences under-resourced and inconsistent-report
Family Group Conferences have failed to fully involve hapū and iwi, and the services have been patchy and inconsistent, a new report has found.
Children’s Commissioner Andrew Becroft said the system – designed to help at-risk children and young offenders – is under-resourced and needs significant change and improvement.
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Restorative justice in UK schools ‘could help reduce exclusions’
Campaigners call for better resolution of conflicts after figures show 35 children a day are expelled from English schools
Campaigners are urging the government to support the introduction of ‘restorative practice’ which prioritises conflict resolution over punishment in schools following alarm at an increase in the number of pupils being excluded.
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The council is releasing three short films to promote the use of restorative practice in schools. Click here to view films.
4 February 2017
Restorative Justice: victim’s family and offender find peace
Positive Peace in Schools – Book Review
Dr Hilary Cremin and Terence Bevington have written a well-researched and eminently practical book exploring why and how schools can and should work towards building positive peace – that is, social justice. The book is Positive Peace in Schools and click here to read an excerpt from the Introduction, in which the authors set out their aims.
18 January 2017
Hornchurch pupils use innovative healing-based approach to combat playground problems
A handful of schools around the borough have adopted an unconventional method of resolving issues between pupils
What happens when we stop putting people in boxes…
Moving beyond the crime in hate crimes: Community and restorative justice considered
Violence in all its forms is a matter of concern. However, violence that also corrupts our ability to function and live together as a society, and denies our humanity and value as human beings is a cause for even greater concern. Hate crime is one example, and the international debate on how to address the attitudes that foster it is now more timely than ever
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Can psychology help solve long-running conflicts?
Conflicts can involve different nations and religions, different races and classes. Some of them seem intractable: the tensions and hatred seem depressingly permanent. But there are a number of social psychologists who have been studying how prejudice and distrust between groups can be overcome. Click here to read article…
Can you teach people to have empathy?
Empathy is a quality that is integral to most people’s lives – and yet the modern world makes it easy to lose sight of the feelings of others. But almost everyone can learn to develop this crucial personality trait, says Roman Krznaric.
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Restoring Hope 2013
This often confronting documentary observes a Māori restorative justice model through the eyes of straight-talking Mike Hinton, manager of Restorative Justice at Manukau Urban Māori Authority. The bringing together of victims (including wider whānau) and offenders may offer an alternate way forward for “a criminal justice system failing too many and costing too much”. Restoring Hope kicked off Māori Television’s 2013 season of Sunday night docos. In a Herald On Sunday preview, Sarah Lang argued it was “enough to restore hope in local documentary-making.”
11 March 2016
Sheffield mum hugged shoplifter who hit her in the face
A Sheffield mum who was bludgeoned in the head by a fleeing shoplifter later came face-to-face with her attacker – and hugged him.
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15 February 2016
Russell Simmons present Def Poetry Jam – Knock Knock
30 January 2016
Prison as bad as you can imagine, watchdog Hardwick says –
Prison is not “soft” but is “as bad as you could possibly imagine”, the outgoing chief inspector of prisons in England and Wales has said.
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28 November 2015
My son the mass murderer: ‘What did I miss?’
In 2006, Charlie Roberts walked into an Amish school in Pennsylvania and killed five young girls. His mother talks about trying to comprehend his actions.
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5 November 2015
Forgiveness Project: Life After Hate
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Reflections and motivations of two extraordinary people– Arno Michaelis a former far right extremist from the US, and Bjørn Magnus Jacobsen Ihler a survivor of the Utøya massacre in Norway. The discussion was skilfully led by Vidhya Ramalingam a far right specialist who told of how in her research she had lived amongst far right extremists only to discover that “people who I’d previously thought of as monsters were people like me.”
Dalai Lama speaks
At the end of his talk someone from the audience asked the Dalai Lama, “Why didn’t you fight back against the Chinese?” The Dalai Lama looked down, swung his feet just a bit, then looked back up at us and said with a gentle smile, “Well, war is obsolete, you know.” Then, after a few moments, his face grave, he said, “Of course the mind can rationalise fighting back … but the heart, the heart would never understand. Then you would be divided in yourself, the heart and the mind, and the war would be inside you.”
27 November 2015
Reeva Steenkamp’s mother says she did not want Oscar Pistorius to suffer
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22 October 2015
Restorative Justice: ‘How I got an apology from my abuser’
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20 May 2015
Prince Charles and Gerry Adams of SinnFein Shake Hands
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Iranian mother who spared her son’s killer – ‘Vengeance has left my heart.’
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Anthony Ray Hinton released from Alabama Prison after 28 years on Death Row – ‘I don’t feel bitter, I don’t hate anyone. They didn’t take my joy. That’s what kept me alive.’
Auschwitz survivor Eva Kor meets former Nazi guard – ‘I forgive the Nazis not because they deserve it, but because I deserve it’.
Freedom Road – movie selection for Pan African Film Festival 2014 addresses issues of Forgiveness and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa.
http://ywamarts.com/2014/03/12/cape-town-freedom-road-film/
https://www.facebook.com/freedomroadfilm
“Shot in Cape Town, Freedom Road is based on true events surrounding the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It explores divisions of race and wealth, positioning the great sins of murder and torture against the smaller sins of rage and bitterness generated by apartheid. Even if a nation choses truth, political amnesty is not enough to silence the past.”
Willem Kentridge
Considerations on Anger, Forgiveness and Maturity
Poet and Philosopher David Whyte on Anger, Forgiveness, and What Maturity Really Means
“To forgive is to assume a larger identity than the person who was first hurt.”
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Congratulations to The Forgiveness Project on a very successful 2014 lecture series discussing such varied experiences of harm and forgiveness. An inspiring and humbling experience to witness these journeys. Click here for more information
From Nov. 4, 2005 -UCSB Series “Voices” – The Archbishop discusses Restorative Justice, which provides restorative healing. In view of the Truth & Reconciliation Hearings.
Check out this Brene Brown take on empathy. We know that empathy has the power to inform choices and therefore change behaviour – thus the power of Restorative connection. But what is empathy – check out this short movie:
Daniel Reisel – The neuroscience of restorative justice
http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_reisel_the_neuroscience_of_restorative_justice
Restorative justice: the meeting
(The following clip may not be viewable outside of the UK)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/restorative-justice-the-meeting/6369.html
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30th January, 2015
South Africa apartheid assassin De Kock given parole |
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27th January, 2015
Restorative justice issues bring court to a halt |
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15th January, 2015
Cases taking longer ‘expected’ with restorative justice
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17th – 24th November, 2014
Restorative Justice Week – |
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3rd November, 2014
Replacing School Suspensions with Restorative Justice – |
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14th July, 2014
Alternative Sentence Praised – |
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19th-20th November, 2014
3rd IRS International Annual Conference – |
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July 26th, 2014
No offence – Encouraging results from restorative justice scheme in Bracknell. |
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July 29th, 2014
The victims’ commissioner, Baroness Newlove, has launched a |
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July 20th, 2014
Why me? has made this film to help victims read more… |
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June 23rd, 2014 Can prison be a place of redemption? http://tinyurl.com/mdx3jfa |
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June 16th, 2014 Tourist driver meets family of deceased following fatal collision http://tinyurl.com/kp936tm |
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May 15th 2014 Stabbing victim forgives attacker http://tinyurl.com/oomnywk |
| April 20th, 2014 Victim’s family back cut jail term http://tinyurl.com/ntb7z8z |
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April 15th, 2014 Elderly driver’s brief lapse killed biker http://tinyurl.com/nqaads4 |
| February 14th, 2014 Victims of sexual violence may be able to confront attackers under restorative justice program extension http://tinyurl.com/mrmtzjy |