Restorative+Justice

April 13th, 2009 by emjay
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 * The Victorian Association for**
 * [|Restorative Justice]**

The term “restorative justice” came to be used in schools during the 1990s as pilot programs of the Conferencing process were established in Australia and New Zealand, Canada and the US, the UK, South Africa, Scandinavia and elsewhere. In other words, the adoption of the language of “restorative justice” in schools is closely associated with the introduction of the Community Conferencing process. Many school processes that are now seen as examples of “restorative justice” were not initially categorized that way. These processes include: Peer mediation Circles, peacemaking circles or circle time Community Conferencing Restorative justice approaches typically involve a process known as “conferencing”.


 * A restorative justice approach to bullying in schools**

11 March 2002 In a report released today by the Australian Institute of Criminology, it was found that restorative justice is [|an effective response] to bullying and victimization.


 * Bullying and victimization in schools: a restorative justice approach**

[|This paper] reports on a restorative justice program in a Canberra Primary School.

Marist Youth Care Education Services
 * A** [|paper] **on school violence and restorative justice: A QLD study in 2007 by Margaret Thorsborne.**
 * Restorative Justice Programs**

The following [|newsletters] are produced by the Marist Youth Care Education Services.


 * The Real Justice** [|Organization]

Real Justice Conferences, also called family group conferences, restorative justice conferences and community accountability conferences, originated as a response to juvenile crime. Conferencing is a new victim-sensitive approach to addressing wrongdoing in various settings in a variety of ways.

=Terry O’Connell=

[|Terry O’Connell] is the director of Real Justice Australia. Terry O’Connell is the Australia Director of Real Justice. He spent 30 years with the New South Wales Police Service and is best known as the ‘cop from Wagga Wagga’ who developed the Real Justice conference script. Since 1990, Terry has made a significant contribution to restorative justice. Instrumental in developing the Australian conference model…

Terry led a professional learning day at OLMC on the last day of term 1. ==[|//Restorative justice & responsive regulation//] //By John Braithwaite//== ==[|Bullying. No way!] is developed and managed by all Australian education authorities for use by Australia’s Government, Catholic and Independent school communities. [|Information sheet]== Restorative Justice and School Violence: [|Building Theory and Practice] by Brenda Morrison ,Center for Restorative Justice ,Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
 * Further reading online**
 * Catholic Education** Office. Victoria. Community conferencing in Victorian Schools: [|maximizing protective factors]

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