jes | 12 Nov 2010
I wonder if there’s a statute of limitations on restorative justice?
I’ve been doing some research online and I found out about a process called Restorative Justice. Restorative Justice follows the principle that the people most effective in finding a solution to a problem are those most directly impacted by it. It’s a process where the ‘victims’ come together with the ‘offenders’ in a facilitated environment and have a conversation.
Today I went to see Debbie Laycock, a Restorative Justice facilitator. Her office is next door to the World Courier office. World Courier is the courier company that Dad was working for when he was killed. Debbie is a rough diamond with a keen sense of justice. She is a believer, she believes in people. She says there is no legislation that dictates I can't meet Andrea! Finally someone is talking my language. She said that every person has a right to have a dialogue.
At this stage a conference can only go ahead if Mum requests it. In our scenario, Mum is considered to be the most ‘affected’. Mum is finally moving back home. I can’t bug her with this now.
Written on 07 Aug 2005
Over 7 years since incident
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Restorative justice, conference
jes | 12 Nov 2010
I wonder if there’s a statute of limitations on restorative justice?
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Drug driver survivor
| 25 Apr 2010
Not keen on this approach that one person has “the rights” to services as a victim. To my mind family are all equal… or should be. Quite puzzling that say in a bad marriage the spouse is regarded as the main victim, when children are blood relations and likely to be emotionally closer to the deceased. RJ is more inclusive here in NZ as we tend a bit more to think in terms of victim family – due to the treaty of Waitangi. It makes indigenous values count in how institutions relate to people – so our institutions are less focussed on identifying the one individual to give status to. More work for them but more ethical outcomes I feel. Nothing worse than invalidating of serious victims.