Restorative practices

Restorative justice allows the offender to gather in a circle and interact with his or her victim in order to resolve the problem that has been created between the two young offenders. The article tells us that the kids that have done Restorative justice have either done really good or fine afterward. Taking responsibility for one’s actions can help heal both the offender and the victim. Restorative Justice actually cut down the percent of students being expelled in some schools. Restorative…

system in Sonoma County has been changing its response to juvenile rule violations through referrals to programs adhering to restorative justice principles. Restorative justice puts victims’ needs at the center of the process, offenders on a path of reintegration by requiring that they be accountable and responsible, while simultaneously incorporating a third pillar of restorative justice--the community, as defined in good part by volunteers who contribute their time and voice and define the…

The re-emergence of restorative justice occurred across the globe during the 1970’s as a viable alternative to traditional criminal justice processes (Mika & Zehr, 2003). Restorative justice focuses on repairing the harm caused to the victim by the offender after an offense has occurred (Maxwell, 2007a, 2007c; Zehr, 1990). The 1990’s saw the implementation of the Family Group Conference (FGC) in New Zealand’s youth justice system with the passing of the Children, Young Persons and Their Families…

central goal of restorative justice. They instead contend that restorative justice is intended to “meet the real needs of victims, offenders, and their communities created by the criminal act.” (McCold 1998) Offenders are held accountable for the consequences of their offense to begin to address their need to learn responsible behavior. (McCold 1998) Holding offenders accountable is expected to affect their future behavior, but changing their behavior is not the main purpose of restorative…

Victim-offender mediation is a practice that allows a victim to meet with the offender in a secure environment with the help of a trained mediator. This allows the offender to understand the impact of their actions and attempt to make amends with the victim. According to Tsui (2014) mediation…

Introduction: Restorative justice is the idea that harm caused by a crime can be repaired (Wallis, 2007) and that the victim and community can be restored to how it was previously, rather than resorting to punishing the offender…

it seem that this policy is reflected in the teachers’ practices? During my placement at Donvale Christian College I was able to observe how the College’s Behavioural Management Policy was implemented in a range of different classroom settings. When I first entered the school, I was sceptical about how successful the staff would be in implementing the program; however I was amazed to see a unanimous implementation of restorative practices. In the college’s policy, the teachers were instructed…

despite the support of family presence within resuscitations, compliance with this practice often fluctuates substantially. In an aim to implement evidenced-based patient-centered care, the qualitative study by Davidson, Buenavista, Hobbs, and Kracht (2011), Identifying Factors Inhibiting or Enhancing Family Presence During Resuscitation in the Emergency Department, examined both the factors that promote and hinder the practice of allowing family to be present at such critical times. Because…

the game was on the following Friday which resulted in a rush for us to practice as much as possible in order to defeat the other team. On the Thursday before the championship game, I went to practice with a thumping heart, beating really fast in anticipation of tomorrow. With a purple bag filled with my gym clothes, I entered through the gym doors. As soon as I entered into the gym, the net was already set up for practice with the rest of the team stretching and warming up. I quickly ran over…

As Zahra’s mentor from the Human Capital class, I was able to have a review session with Zahra after the Dinner. This session is essential for Zahra to improve her performance in the future because we all need, want, and deserve feedback regarding how we are doing in the workplace. To dig into the causes of the results for the performance evaluation, the review session should try to diminish the actor/observer bias, the tendency with which supervisors tend to blame the worker when they observe…