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Even when criminal cases end in guilty verdicts, sometimes victims need more. A growing number of jurisdictions are giving offenders and victims a chance to meet each other, and even reconcile. Some go further, giving crime victims a say in the offenders' punishment, without ever going to trial. Listen here...
Read MoreFrom producer/director Steve James and author-turned-producer Alex Kotlowitz, The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising story of three “violence interrupters” in Chicago who with bravado, humility and even humor try to protect their communities from the violence they once employed.
Read More"Restorative justice represents a paradigm change from thinking about justice as a mechanism for social control to thinking about justice as a mechanism for social engagement," says Dr. Brenda Morrison, the director of Simon Fraser University's Centre for Restorative Justice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE8TDzlR2tg
Read MoreSujatha Baliga presents "Law's Middle Way: Mindfulness and Restorative Justice" at Berkeley Law on Oct. 22, 2012, a Ruth Chance Lecture co-sponsored by the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, the Berkeley Initiative for Mindfulness in Law (law.berkeley.edu/mindfulness.htm), and the Restorative Justice Committee. Baliga discusses how a l...
Read MoreUCSB Series "Voices" - The Archbishop discusses Restorative Justice, which provides restorative healing. In view of the Truth & Reconciliation Hearings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5z3rFiljdI
Read MoreRestorative justice has been receiving a lot of attention lately, due to Paul Tullis's January 4 New York Times Magazinearticle, "Can Forgiveness Play a Role in Criminal Justice?" This story about a restorative justice conference following the murder of a young woman by her boyfriend was also coveredon the January…
Read MoreAt 2:15 in the afternoon on March 28, 2010, Conor McBride, a tall, sandy-haired 19-year-old wearing jeans, a T-shirt and New Balance sneakers, walked into the Tallahassee Police Department and approached the desk in the main lobby. Gina Maddox, the officer on duty, noticed that he looked upset and asked him how she could help. “You need to arrest m...
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