The UK government Crime Reduction Restorative Justice pages have some useful links to restorative justice policies and practice. The Home Office Restorative Justice page includes links to the UK government’s Restorative Justice strategy, which aims to facilitate further use of restorative justice in the criminal justice system. The Inside Out Trust develops prison projects based on restorative justice principles. Prisoners learn new skills which they use to provide goods and services to disadvantaged people all over the world. The Restorative Justice
Consortium brings together a range of organisations representingvictims, offenders, young people, mediators, and professionals.. This site has many useful, including resources for practitioners. Restorative Justice: the Government's Strategy can be downloaded in full here. The Thames Valley Police Restorative Justice pages outline how the force is developing restorative policing, an approach to crime and anti-social behaviour based on the principles of restorative justice. The Youth Justice Board Restorative Justice Knowledgebase contains useful links and downloads, including government policy documents and material for practitioners. Restorative Justice: International The Australian Institute of Criminology Restorative Justice pages have some useful links to the Australian and the experience. The Centre for Restorative Justice at the Australian National University undertakes research on restorative justice The Centre for Restorative Justice is linked with Simon Fraser University School of Criminology, funded by the Correctional Service of Canada. Community Restorative Justice site is an Irish website with wide ranging discussion on restorative justice which is rooted in practice experience. The Council on Crime and Justice is an independent, non-profit organisation which has been involved in such areas as offender services, alternative sanctions, victim's rights, and restorative justice. The European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice provides information on the Forum and on the restorative justice movement in Europe and the rest of the world. It also aims to improve communication between all those interested in restorative justice. The International Institute for Restorative Practices is a US organisation that provides education, consulting and research in support of the development of restorative practices around the world.
The Restorative Justice in Canada site is linked with with Conflict Resolution Network Canada develops, promotes and extends the use of conflict resolution and restorative justice processes such as negotiation, mediation, consensus-building and peacemaking circles The Restorative Justice Centre in South Africa has some useful links and practice guidance. The Restorative Justice Ireland Network website provide information about the various restorative justice programmes in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, and offers an access point for contacts, international and regional research, and information related to restorative justice. Restorative Justice Online
aims to be a non-partisan source of authoritative information on restorative justice. It is linked with the PFI Centre for Justice & Reconciliation The Restorative Justice On-Line Notebook is a US National Institute of Justice on-line resource designed to promote the understanding of restorative justice. The Restorative Justice Trust
in New Zealand support the view that restorative justice creatively addresses the trauma of crime by recognising that victims have many needs which are not met in the current system. |