March 10, 2013 Restorative Justice Council (UK) New Restorative Service Standards and Restorative Service Quality Mark – Consultation launched The Council has published a series of three documents asking for commentary on a draft consultation … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2013
Spirit matters
March 8, 2013 by
March 8, 2013 Office of the Correctional Investigator Spirit Matters: Aboriginal People and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act This document has a content outline, an executive summary and the complete report, including a conclusion and … [Read more...]
Nine to one
March 6, 2013 by
March 6, 2013 Lancashire Telegraph Restorative justice a big success, say police Police themselves are hailing the effectiveness of RJ practices in Manchester for reducing re-offending and by suggesting that for every £1 spent on RJ they are … [Read more...]
Unequal justice
March 5, 2013 by
March 4, 2013 Toronto Star – Patty Winsa and Jim Rankin Unequal Justice: Aboriginals caught in the justice system trap While there does appear to be a difference in why Aboriginals are sent to jail compared to other populations, they are well … [Read more...]
Mistaking the mentally ill for criminals
March 2, 2013 by
March 2, 2013 iPolitics Canada – Blogger Irwin Cotler Policy Should Not Mistake the Mentally Ill for Criminals Cotler, MP for Mount Royal, suggests that Bill C-54 is missing the crux of the problem altogether. Rather than change – unnecessarily … [Read more...]