Restorative Justice: Strategies for Change is a cross-European venture that aims: to contribute towards refocusing European criminal justice systems, agencies, policies and practices around restorative principles and processes; and to determine how the Council of Europe Recommendation CM/Rec (2018) concerning … Continue reading →
The European Forum for Restorative Justice (EFRJ) aims to help establish and develop victim-offender mediation and other restorative justice practices. Every person in Europe should have the right of access to restorative justice services, at any time and in any … Continue reading →
The Restorative Justice Action Plan of the Scottish Government published in June 2019 aims to have RJ widely available across Scotland by 2023. The government will invest £300 thousand to make delivery consistent by that date. Talking to BBC Scotland, … Continue reading →
Following an invitation from Coventry North East Constituency Labour Party, Forum members Clifford Grimason and Barbara Tudor delivered a short presentation on RJ on 10 July. They were listened to attentively and audience’s questions raised some valuable points which were … Continue reading →
On 17 May 2019 Philip Brown and Thomas Murtagh met Meena Ralhr, Service Manager for the Non-Crime section of the West Midlands RJ Hub and Shayne Saysell, criminology undergraduate at the University of Birmingham and student volunteer for West-Midlands Police … Continue reading →
The Network is an inclusive group of mediators, mediation services and conflict resolution practitioners who are committed to working together to raise the profile of mediation as a positive means of resolving conflict. The network is comprised of a working … Continue reading →
An evaluation of restorative justice conferences delivered for cases of anti-social behaviour (ASB) in the West Midlands was commissioned by the West Midlands Police Crime Commissioner and the Pioneer Group and produced by researchers from the Social Research and Evaluation … Continue reading →
The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is David Jamieson. The PCC has an over-arching duty to secure an effective and efficient police force. The PCC has three main roles, which are to: Set the priorities for policing Decide … Continue reading →
How is RJ linked to human rights? According to Tony Ward and Robyn Langlands in their article “Restorative justice and the human rights of offenders: Convergences and divergences” Restorative justice has gained significant momentum as a justice reform movement within … Continue reading →
Students at Finham Park School have produced this video to show the effect that RJ has had upon the school. It’s premier showing was at the Coventry RJ Conference in November 2018.
