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Civil remedies for sexual violence victim-survivors part of new restorative justice research

Richard Dening, Restorative Justice Unit

17 July 2024 | Claire Fenwicke

'The option for victim-survivors of sexual violence to seek civil justice is being considered as part of new research in the restorative justice space....
Helen Hussey Interview May 2023

Helen Hussey: The Peace Education Program

So I think the Restorative bit comes when people begin to listen to what's happening within. They begin to become more comfortable with themselves, they actually feel there are possibilities......
Helen Hussey: My Work with Children

Helen Hussey: The Peace Education Program

My work with children is quite separate to the Peace Education Program. What did I learn? That everyone from a four year old, to a gentleman of ninety three, are interested and have their own stories...
The Restorative Justice Unit process and its elements

Richard Dening, Restorative Justice Unit

The process is coordinated by a ‘convenor’ or a pair of convenors for complex and serious matters, who prepares for RJ and helps everyone talk to one another.

Three stages are involved:...
Stories of Harm and Healing

Richard Dening, Restorative Justice Unit

Ben’s story
I dropped out of high school and got into a bad situation with a bunch of guys from my suburb. One day we broke into a house and stole a heap of stuff. Then we took off with the car...

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Peter Curtis

As a humanist, Peter has always been engaged with the emancipatory movements and from his perspective, education is fundamentally about self understanding and liberation.To quote his philosophical...
Kristin Reimer

Kristin grew up in her birth country of Canada in a Mennonite community, where the principles of Restorative Practice were just accepted as the way things were done. The first victim-offender...
Raelene McDonald

My interest commenced when I first met Prem Rawat in 1977. Prem has been spreading his message of peace since he was four years old. He has taken his message of peace to the world and is recognized...
Richard Dening, Restorative Justice Unit

Richard undertook degrees in Peace and Conflict Studies and Law at the University of Queensland. He saw Restorative Justice was a way of addressing some of the challenges of the legal system informed...
Ayr High School

Andrew instinctively knew that the existing punitive methods being used so broadly in the education system, was at best a blunt instrument and not working effectively. So when he came across...
Sue Attrill

As with many who work in the education area, Sue's conversion to the principles of Restorative Practice came through the training she undertook with Marg Thorsborne. When working in the behaviour...
Bill Hansberry

Over 20 years ago, working as a teacher and School Counsellor at Lonsdale Heights Primary School in Adelaide, Bill, along with his colleagues, instinctively knew there must be a better process of...

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Restorative Stories

Civil remedies for sexual violence victim-survivors part of new restorative justice research

Helen Hussey Interview May 2023

Helen Hussey: My Work with Children

The Restorative Justice Unit process and its elements

Stories of Harm and Healing

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