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I whole-heartedly support this legislation, which among much else would establish a peace academy and coordinate and fund the best of the violence-prevention and restorative-justice/healing programs that are proliferating around the country, because it would bring a level of peace consciousness to our government that is currently absent.
An Urgency of Joy 2008
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I whole-heartedly support this legislation, which among much else would establish a peace academy and coordinate and fund the best of the violence-prevention and restorative-justice/healing programs that are proliferating around the country, because it would bring a level of peace consciousness to our government that is currently absent.
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The work to break down that resistance, however, may ultimately have a much wider impact than any single restorative-justice procedure.
Beyond A Reasonable Doubt, The Rape/Consent Spectrum, And Restorative Justice 2006
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For a decade before funding ran out, the Powderhorn Neighborhood Association worked with law enforcement to divert those guilty of lower-level street crimes into a restorative-justice program.
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Which brings us to Lincoln and the two students before Holly Gorman, a former probation officer turned DPS restorative-justice coordinator.
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Lincoln joined the district's restorative-justice project three years ago.
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"It's not a fad," says Barbara Babb, associate professor of law and director of the Center for Families, Children, and the Courts for the University of Baltimore School of Law, of the growing popularity of restorative-justice techniques.
Baltimore City Paper 2009
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There are now restorative-justice centers affiliated with universities.
Baltimore City Paper 2009
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According to Sheryl Goldstein, director of the Mayor's Office on Criminal Justice, the city has been working with Community Conferencing, and another restorative-justice program, called Teen Court, to address cases involving juvenile offenders.
Baltimore City Paper 2009
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There aren't a lot of formal studies available in the United States on how programs like community conferencing impact crime; in fact, most of the studies that do exist on the topic come from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, or the United Kingdom -- places where restorative-justice and community conferencing have a longer track record.
Baltimore City Paper 2009
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