One additional benefit that the Terre Des Hommes program has for children and adolescents who have committed a crime, is that they have resources for these kids at their schools. More specifically, at the Clara Andrade school, where the Terre Des Hommes program offers "conflict mediation," which can help students resolve their issues in a safe environment, and can "prevent a simple discussion from becoming something more serious, with greater consequences such as expulsion or police involvement (Tdhbrasil.org, 2015)." With these mediation meetings, students can give his/her "version of what happened," and can resolve the conflict without involving the law (Tdhbrasil.org, 2015). Mentioned by Sellmen, Cremin, and McCluskey in their text Restorative
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cts throughout Brazil that incorporate the philosophy and principles of restorative justice (Sellmen, Cremin, and McCluskey, P.20)." One particular group is the Youth Justice System in Porto Alegre, which is "experimenting with conferencing for youth offenders (Sellmen, Cremin, and McCluskey, P.20)." According to the authors, "the Children and Adolescent Act of 1990 allows the presiding youth court judge to …show more content…
Author Marg Armstrong's paper Restorative Justice: An International Perspective gives readers a more thorough idea on what the Youth Justice System in Porto Alegre's focus is on, which is that the "response to criminal behaviour focuses not only on the offender and the offense, but also peacemaking, dispute resolution and rebuilding relationships, which are viewed as the primary methods for achieving justice and supporting the victim, the offender and for the interests of the community (Armstrong, P.2)." The author also mentions in the UN Handbook of Restorative Justice Programmes, the Youth Justice System offers "peer mediation, peacemaking circles, and community conferencing," and gives youth offenders a more desirable alternative to becoming "the object of a formal criminal justice intervention (Armstrong,
cts throughout Brazil that incorporate the philosophy and principles of restorative justice (Sellmen, Cremin, and McCluskey, P.20)." One particular group is the Youth Justice System in Porto Alegre, which is "experimenting with conferencing for youth offenders (Sellmen, Cremin, and McCluskey, P.20)." According to the authors, "the Children and Adolescent Act of 1990 allows the presiding youth court judge to …show more content…
Author Marg Armstrong's paper Restorative Justice: An International Perspective gives readers a more thorough idea on what the Youth Justice System in Porto Alegre's focus is on, which is that the "response to criminal behaviour focuses not only on the offender and the offense, but also peacemaking, dispute resolution and rebuilding relationships, which are viewed as the primary methods for achieving justice and supporting the victim, the offender and for the interests of the community (Armstrong, P.2)." The author also mentions in the UN Handbook of Restorative Justice Programmes, the Youth Justice System offers "peer mediation, peacemaking circles, and community conferencing," and gives youth offenders a more desirable alternative to becoming "the object of a formal criminal justice intervention (Armstrong,