Balanced and Restorative Justice |
Thursday, June 28, 2001
from 1:30 PM -3:30 PM EDT |
Broadcast Objectives
To register
for the videoconference, please click here.
Historically,
when a crime is committed, juvenile justice professionals focus on who did it,
what laws were broken, and what should be done to punish or treat the offender.
This approach ignores the needs of the two parties most affected by the crime:
the victim and the community in which the crime was committed. Balanced and
restorative justice (BARJ) provides a new way of thinking about and responding
to crime by emphasizing a fundamental fact: crime damages people, communities
and relationships. As a vision for systemic juvenile justice reform, restorative
justice suggests that the response to youth crime must also strike a balance
among the needs of victims, offenders and communities and that each should be
actively involved, to the greatest extent possible, in the justice process.
Broadcast
Objectives
This national satellite
videoconference will highlight some of the key principles involved in the
balanced and restorative justice model and provide guidance to agencies that
want to design and implement such a model. Diverse strategies that are thought
to lead to successful implementation of restorative practices, including, for
example, leadership, programs and policies, staff roles, allocation of
resources, and use of information will be discussed. In addition, the
videoconference will feature three jurisdictions that are implementing
restorative justice programs, and representatives of those programs will be
available to discuss their successes and to answer participants’ questions.
Audience
This videoconference is designed to be viewed
by juvenile justice professionals including judges, attorneys, law enforcement
and youth service providers as well as clergy, teachers, community leaders and
policymakers.
For
more information, please go to www.juvenilenet.org
or contact Jenny McWilliams at 859-622-6671 or via email at ekujjtap@aol.com.
To register
for the videoconference, please click here.
Video
Rights
You are encouraged to videotape
the broadcast for use as a future resource. No rights are reserved
by OJJDP or its contractors, the Juvenile Justice Telecommunications Assistance
Project (JJTAP). This broadcast will be closed-captioned for the
hearing impaired.
The Juvenile Justice Teleconference
Website
email: ekujjtap@aol.com
For More information, please contact:
Jenny McWilliams at 859-622-6671
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