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Restorative justice forum to focus on concerns of crime victims
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November 9, 2004
Restorative justice is an old concept with new relevance as those touched by conflict caused by crime look for alternative outcomes. The concerns of crime victims and the role of restorative justice will highlight discussions at the David and Cecilia Ting forum on restorative justice on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. at SFU's Wosk Centre for Dialogue.
The forum is hosted by the centre for restorative justice at SFU. The centre opened two years ago and has increasingly become a resource for both professionals and victims.
Experts will include Linda Mills, a professor of social work at New York University and author of Insult to Injury: Rethinking Our Responses to Intimate Abuse. She will talk about her studies of state-mediated responses to domestic violence and alternative responses. Mills recently founded the New York University Centre on Violence and Recovery to study violence, from terrorist attacks to intimate abuse, and to develop alternative methods of healing.
Sandy Bryce, manager of the Victims Services & Family Violence Prevention Unit for the Yukon, and Tracy-Anne McPhee, a Whitehorse lawyer with a unique practice that includes criminal prosecution, administrative law, and acting as court coordinator for the Yukon Domestic Violence Treatment Option Court, will talk about how the court operates and meets victims' needs.
Panelists from a broad spectrum of the current justice system as well as victims' advocacy agencies will talk about their concerns following the presentations.
Rooted in many traditions, including aboriginal healing traditions, restorative justice works to enable victims, offenders and their communities to participate in devising mutually beneficial solutions. Conflicts are resolved in a way that restores harmony in the community members' relationships and allows people to continue to live together in a safer, healthy environment.
The forum takes place during Restorative Justice Week (Nov. 14 - 21). For more information contact the centre at empower@sfu.ca, or through their web-site at www.sfu.ca/crj.
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The forum is hosted by the centre for restorative justice at SFU. The centre opened two years ago and has increasingly become a resource for both professionals and victims.
Experts will include Linda Mills, a professor of social work at New York University and author of Insult to Injury: Rethinking Our Responses to Intimate Abuse. She will talk about her studies of state-mediated responses to domestic violence and alternative responses. Mills recently founded the New York University Centre on Violence and Recovery to study violence, from terrorist attacks to intimate abuse, and to develop alternative methods of healing.
Sandy Bryce, manager of the Victims Services & Family Violence Prevention Unit for the Yukon, and Tracy-Anne McPhee, a Whitehorse lawyer with a unique practice that includes criminal prosecution, administrative law, and acting as court coordinator for the Yukon Domestic Violence Treatment Option Court, will talk about how the court operates and meets victims' needs.
Panelists from a broad spectrum of the current justice system as well as victims' advocacy agencies will talk about their concerns following the presentations.
Rooted in many traditions, including aboriginal healing traditions, restorative justice works to enable victims, offenders and their communities to participate in devising mutually beneficial solutions. Conflicts are resolved in a way that restores harmony in the community members' relationships and allows people to continue to live together in a safer, healthy environment.
The forum takes place during Restorative Justice Week (Nov. 14 - 21). For more information contact the centre at empower@sfu.ca, or through their web-site at www.sfu.ca/crj.
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