Restorative Justice. With the aim of repairing harm, rebuilding trust, and building community, you may be asked to participate in the following measures: provide an apology, restitution, mediation, community service, victimless workshop, and restorative workshop. If you are unable to complete this requirement, another consequence will be assigned.
Restorative Justice. Participation in a discussion by a trained facilitator with any persons or department harmed development of a shared agreement of how to correct the hard. Unlike other sanctions, all participants must voluntarily agree to participate in the restorative process. Restorative practices may not be available to Recognized Student Organizations responding to or being found responsible for any physical sexual misconduct.
Restorative Justice. This process of storytelling and dialogue enables people to realise that identity is multi-dimensional and open rather than singular and closed. Identity is derived from personal characteristics, family, place, gender, nationality, religion and culture. But identity is also a basis from which one makes moral choices, enters into to commitments and takes a stand. It is a product of both structure and agency. To deal with fears of difference people need to respect the equal worth of all human beings, to engage in rigorous critical thinking and to assume a curious and empathetic imagination. Community can be a communicative activity the purpose of which is to establish connection and to live interdependently. Community is something you do rather than something you passively belong to. Building community requires shifting the conversation from problems, fears and retribution to one of possibility, generosity and restoration. Security is ultimately derived from relationships; people sharing norms and values, looking out for each other’s wellbeing and coming together to address problems and to create new possibilities. This is a dynamic form of security which neither the state nor the market can ever deliver. Restorative processes can create a temporary sense of community that is hospitable to parties in conflict. Such a community requires a host who enables the parties to communicate, understand each other and make agreements across frontiers and across time through telling and listening to each other’s narratives. These processes must be based upon deep respect. This manual provides guidance on how to create this sense of community, which we define as: Community is an active and reflexive communicative practice, which enable people to live equitably in interdependence with an increasingly diverse range of others. The Context and Development of Restorative Justice in Northern Ireland Xxx Xxxx and Xxxxxx (2010:46) distinguish the role of government and that of the community in relation to justice. They argue that government is responsible for preserving a just order whereas community is responsible for establishing a just peace. Order can be measured in the achievement of instrumental goals measurable by crime statistics. Peace is less tangible; it is derived from the quality of relationships between people living in community and from how they set about resolving conflicts and breaches of norms. Community restorative justice developed out of the violent conflic...
Restorative Justice. In addition to both Prosecution and out of court disposals, restorative justice techniques can run alongside any of the above disposals. Restorative justice brings those harmed by a crime or conflict and those responsible for causing the harm into communication, enabling everyone affected by the incident the chance to play a part in repairing the harm and to find a positive way forward. This communication can take various forms, including a face-to-face restorative justice conference or indirect restorative justice (letter, a video message or the use of the facilitator as a ‘go between’). Restorative Justice Services are provided by an accredited service provider, which are normally commissioned by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner. Out of court disposals tackle low-level crime and can represent a proportionate and effective response to first time offending that can focus on the needs of the victim. They mean that: • More time can be spent tackling serious and complex crime; • There is a means of providing reparation and a prompt resolution for victims, ensuring swift and streamlined justice is secured; • There is opportunity for offenders to be directed into rehabilitative or educational services to tackle the causes of offending behaviour reducing the likelihood of re- offending; • An offender can be sanctioned by means of a financial penalty or unpaid work. Out of court disposals are not intended for serious, persistent or contested cases where Court would be the right forum for deliberation and adjudication. However, in rare instances it may not be in the public interest to prosecute an offender for what appears to be a serious or persistent offence. An Out of Court disposal should be considered on the facts of the case and are only suitable when the assessment of the circumstances is that a case should not proceed to court.
Restorative Justice. Very much a part of our approach to bullying and to discipline in general is the restorative justice model for managing student behavior. Restorative justice is an approach to justice that focuses on the needs of the victims and the offenders, as well as the involved community, instead of satisfying abstract legal principles or punishing the offender. Victims take an active role in the process, while offenders are encouraged to take responsibility for their actions. In addition, it provides help for the offender in order to avoid future offenses. Research shows that restorative justice that fosters dialogue between victim and offender shows the highest rates of victim satisfaction and offender accountability. Restorative Justice is an approach that has been adopted by many schools in many countries and is an approach that is endorsed by the local social services here in South Africa as a method for the better management of student behavior. SCHOOL COUNCIL One of the responsibilities of the AISCT School Council is to assist and advise the Head of School and the board in relation to the creation and implementation of policy and the management of the school. The School Council consists of both elected and selected members, who are generally parents of students at the school. SCHOOL FEES School fees, which consist of tuition fees and a capital fee, are payable before a student commences classes. School fees are payable in advance for the entire school year. Parents may request a semester payment plan. A full one term’s notice is required for any subsequent school fees refund. Students who withdraw during the course of a semester are not entitled to any refund of that semester. No payment period smaller than a semester will be approved except in extraordinary cases. In addition to tuition fees, a capital fee must be paid for each student in K1-Grade 12. While tuition fees provide for the school’s operating budget (teacher salaries, books, and materials), the capital fee is the basis for the capital budget of the school, which finances the lease of the property, the maintenance of our campus, and the annual rental, renovation, and maintenance of the school buildings. The capital fee is paid if the student attends for any part of the school year and paid for the first four years of attendance at AISCT. The capital fee is non-refundable. Special requests regarding the payment of school fees, including requests for financial aid or concessions, must be made in writ...
Restorative Justice. When a student has made poor choices leading to sanctions, it is sometimes both important and helpful to ensure some form of restorative actions are undertaken to “put things right”. This may simply be a restorative conversation in which the student has the opportunity to apologise and clear the air for a fresh start. For serious incidents of graffiti or vandalism, students may be required to carry out community service assisting the site team with cleaning of graffiti or other maintenance tasks. Students may also be required to pay for repairs, in partnership with parents/carers who will be asked to ensure that the funding for this is earned by the student at home. For incidents of dropping litter or being rude to staff on duty, students may be required to undertake litter duty or help with other tasks / events.
Restorative Justice. 18.1 The Employer will receive recommendations from the faculty and staff of LYHS to improve the culture and climate of the school in order to implement the Employer’s commitment to Restorative Justice practices, Social Emotional Learning, Safety, Security and fidelity in student attendance reporting.
Restorative Justice. Activities in support of opportunities for crime victims to meet with perpetrators, including, but not limited to, tribal community-led meetings and peace-keeping activities, if such meetings are requested or voluntarily agreed to by the victim (who may, at any point, withdraw) and have reasonably anticipated beneficial or therapeutic value to crime victims. SAAs that plan to fund this type of service should closely review the criteria for conducting these meetings, and are encouraged to discuss proposals with OVC prior to awarding VOCA funds for this type of activity. At a minimum, the following should be considered:
Restorative Justice. Restorative justice is a non-adversarial, non-retribu- tive approach to justice that emphasizes healing in victims, meaningful accountability of offenders, and the involvement of citizens in creating healthier, safer communities. Crime is a violation of people and rela- tionships. Restorative justice works to repair the dam- age and promote healing and growth caused by crime by providing tools to find more peaceful and collabo- rative ways of resolving conflicts in our society. It strives to offer support and opportunities for volun- tary participation and communication between those affected - victims, offenders, and community - to encourage accountability, reparation, and movement towards understanding, feelings of satisfaction, heal- ing and closure.
Restorative Justice. Process that brings together individuals who were impacted by or affected by a reported incident with those who are responsible for the conduct or believed to be responsible for the conduct. The Facilitator meets in advance with the parties to identify xxxxx, needs and obligations in order to develop an outcome to repair the harm and restore the relationship(s). The Facilitator may use victim surrogates in face-to-face dialogue. The Facilitator does not have the authority to make decisions on behalf of the parties.
