United Kingdom
Restorative Justice for Environmental Issues?
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Restorative Justice
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Politics and Policy
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This is an edited extract from a speech given by Polly Higgins, who is a barrister and UK Associate of EnAct International at the United Nations UK Climate Change Conference
Victims to meet their offenders face to face
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Restorative Justice Excerpt: VICTIMS are getting chance to come face to face with offenders under a new scheme in Kirklees.
The scheme – Restorative Justice – is up and running across the district and is proving a success.
It aims to make offenders hear directly about the how their crime affected victims’ lives.
Victims will also have chance to ask questions and offenders will have the opportunity to explain why their committed the crime and be given chance to repair the harm done.
Fewer Children Turn to Crime
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Restorative Justice
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Juvenile/Criminal Justice http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/news/4410695.Fewer_children_turn_to_crime/
Excerpt: The amount of crime committed by children and teenagers in Oxfordshire has fallen by 20 per cent in two years.
Youth workers have hailed the success of schemes such as restorative justice where young tearaways meet their victims to see the consequences of their crimes.
UK Ministry of Justice puts Community back in Community Justice
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Creative Problem-Solving
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Restorative Justice
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Juvenile/Criminal Justice
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Courts and Judiciary
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Pro Bono and Community Service
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Worldwide Movement http://daggnabbitnews.blogspot.com/2009/04/ministry-of-justice-new-measu...
Excerpt: (Ministry of Justice) New measures to give communities more say in justice - 10 London Boroughs identified for new pilot
A range of new measures that gives communities more say in the way justice is delivered in their neighbourhoods, as well as making local criminal justice agencies more accountable to the people they represent, has been announced today by ministers.
New DV Court Example for Country (UK)
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Court Innovation and Problem Solving Courts
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Courts and Judiciary Special status for North Tyneside court
By TEGAN CHAPMAN
NORTH Tyneside Magistrates' Court has been given specialist Domestic Violence Court status, giving victims enhanced support as they go through the Criminal Justice System.
The process, which has gained Newcastle and North Tyneside magistrates' courts the national SDVC accreditation, has also been hailed nationally as an example to the rest of the country.
The Specialist Domestic Violence Court Programme in Northumbria is led by Northumbria Criminal Justice Board.
DV Court Launches Another 128 Speciality Courts in UK
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Court Innovation and Problem Solving Courts New specialist domestic violence court for Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK
A NEW specialist court will be opening at Salisbury courthouse to provide extra help and support for victims of domestic violence.
Justice Minister Bridget Prentice has announced there will be 18 new courts across the country, with a target of 128 by 2011.
“These courts have been a real success and are central to the package of support we offer domestic violence victims,” she said.
UK Seeks to Reduce Recividism with RJ
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Restorative Justice
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Juvenile/Criminal Justice Our prisons must be freed from this cycle of failure
Cutting the reoffending rate would ease the pressure on our bursting jails and offer some hope to a generation of criminals and the victims of their crimes, says Iain Duncan Smith.
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Research on Restorative Justice and Reoffending
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Comprehensive Law Movement
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Restorative Justice
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Juvenile/Criminal Justice The U.K. Ministry of Justice Report Finds Restorative Justice
Conferencing Reduces Reoffending an Average of 27 Percent, Satisfies Victims and Saves Money
An evaluation by the University of Sheffield, entitled "Does restorative justice affect reconviction?", was written by a team led by Joanna Shapland. It reports on seven trials beginning in 2001, conducted by Cambridge University and funded by the U.K. Home Office, comparing approximately 400 adult cases in which offenders attended restorative justice conferences to approximately 400 adult cases in which they did not. Restorative justice conferences were found to decrease reoffending by an average of 27 percent. Victims participating in the conferences found the experience helpful and positive. In addition, the report found conferences to be much more cost-effective than conventional justice processes.
The seven trials were designed and conducted by Dr. Lawrence Sherman of Cambridge University and Dr. Heather Strang of the Centre for Restorative Justice at the Australian National University, in collaboration with the Justice Research Consortium, chaired by Sir Charles Pollard.
