Southampton Youth Offending Restorative Justice Service and The Restorative Justice Team, Cheshire West, Halton and Warrington Youth Offending Service have become the latest youth justice services to attain the Restorative Service Quality Mark (RSQM).
The Mint House, Oxford Centre for Restorative Practice, are looking for a Pioneer Worker to accelerate development of the Centre. Initially the appointment will be for six months, with the possibility of extension for a further six months subject to securing continuation funding.
Jason was convicted of possession of a firearm and armed robbery and sentenced to five years at HMP & YOI Feltham. During his sentence he met the victims of his crime in a restorative justice conference. Here, Jason explains how restorative justice helped him to understand the impact of his crime and move on with his life after prison.
Ever since the Justice Secretary visited the US last year, there have been frequent media reports highlighting his support for problem-solving courts. So what role, if any, can restorative justice play in the problem-solving model?
The RJC has published an information pack on restorative justice in custodial settings. This resource will support custodial establishments to understand the benefits of restorative justice and help make quality restorative justice more widely available.
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Do you want to be part of developing an exciting new project within the Thames Valley Restorative Justice Service (TVRJS)?
Accredited and renowned for high quality restorative justice interventions, TVRJS is looking for an experienced and highly motivated senior restorative justice practitioner. This .8 (4 days a week) post will provide restorative justice skills and expertise for the recently established Victim-Initiated Restorative Justice Service in the Thames Valley.
Happy New Year and welcome to my first blog of 2016. I hope that you all had a good Christmas break, which in my case brought countless opportunities to practice restorative parenting as my children squabbled over their presents.
It was also an opportunity to reflect – as we develop our work programme for next year – on where the restorative practice field has got to and what the future will bring.
The Institute for Criminal Policy Research has released an evaluation of the pre-sentence restorative justice crown court pathfinder, developed and implemented by Restorative Solutions and Victim Support. The pathfinder examined how well pre-sentence restorative justice worked in practice for serious acquisitive and violent cases in ten Crown Courts in England and Wales. Pre-sentence restorative justice was given a statutory basis by The Crime and Courts Act 2013, which enabled deferral of sentencing for a restorative justice conference.
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Southampton Youth Offending Restorative Justice Service and The Restorative Justice Team, Cheshire West, Halton and Warrington Youth Offending Service have become the latest youth justice services to attain the Restorative Service Quality Mark (RSQM).
