
Today, 4 March 2011, the independent think tank Independent Academic Research Studies (IARS) released the report "Drawing together research, policy and practice for restorative justice". The paper reports on the findings from a... The event was attended by 45 experts in the restorative justice field including representatives from the Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Youth Justice Board, academia and practice. This shows the appetite for more events such as this one and ICCCR has indicated that it looks forward to... |
IARS submitted two responses to the Ministry of Justice's Green Paper; Breaking the Cycle. The Green Paper sets out the government's proposals for fundamental changes to the criminal justice system with a particular focus on... The first IARS response has specific focus on youth justice and draws on focus groups held with young people. It also uses evidence compiled by IARS through past research into young people and... |
Az immár második éve megrendezett „Zárt ajtók – nyitott lelkek” konferencián Barabás Tünde vezetésével zajlott a „Resztoratív, mediációs technikák a börtönökben” című szekcióülése. Az ülésen Kovács Mihály, a Balassagyarmati Fegyház és Börtön osztályvezetője, a MEREPS projekt szakmai partnere előadásában hallhattunk a MEREPS programról, amelyben a helyreállító... |
Within the MeRePS (Mediation and Restorative Justice in Prison Settings) project in the indicated period the co-operation relationships have been extended and the mediation activities intensified. One first case could be finished... In the context of an international specialist exchange with colleagues from Leuven, Belgium (like professors for criminal law, employees from custody institutions and RJ organisations etc.) further findings could be gathered for the local case processing. Finally in September a compartment... |
The new year started with some good promises for the IARS-based restorative justice work as the MEREPS fieldwork is coming to an end and two more seminars have been confirmed with Open University, ICCCR. In January, Dr. Gavrielides, completed the MEREPS fieldwork with practitioners, policymakers, prison staff and young people who had experienced RJ while in prison. The findings are now been introduced into a UK report which will be launched later in 2011 and presented in Budapest at the end of the... |
Another monthly update from the UK MEREPS partner reporting on key activities and news that took place in December 2010 On the 7th December 2010, the UK government published its Sentencing Green Paper, announcing its intentions for key reforms in the adult and juvenile sentencing philosophy and practice. |
Rights and Restoration within Youth Justice is an edited, peer-reviewed Volume of original papers written by leading scholars in the fields of restorative justice, youth justice and policy, human rights and criminal justice. The... The book is edited by Dr. Gavrielides and published by de sitter Publications, Canada. The project is carried out under the auspices of Independent Academic Research Studies (IARS), Open University and Mount Royal University. |
Press Release: Restorative justice is ready to be put to far broader use On 22nd November, IARS and the International Centre for Comparative Criminological Research (ICCCR) at Open University held an expert seminar titled “Drawing together research, policy and... |
This update is part of the monthly information from IARS on the UK activities for the MEREPS project. The research for the UK MEREPS project is well under way. The desk research is now complete for the development of the discussion guides and questionnaires for the qualitative fieldwork which is due to take place November 2010 - February 2011. The fieldwork will focus on young victims and... |
2010 októberének végén sikeresen lezajlott a Balassagyarmati Fegyház és Börtön közel 30 alkalmazottja számára tartott háromnapos, interaktív képzés, mely a resztoratív igazságszolgáltatás elméletét, gyakorlatát, és... A közel 30 résztvevő összetétele a következőképpen alakult: a Balassagyarmati Fegyház és Börtön. parancsnoka, osztályvezetője, nevelői, felügyelői, pszichológusa és egyéb dolgozói, nevelők a Tököli Fiatalkorúak Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézetéből, illetve szociális munkások, pártfogók, pedagógusok,... |
Report about the educational trip to Leuven/Belgium 01.09.2010 – 03.09.2010 The exciting thing about realizing a pilot project is for sure to experience the own image of the (ideal) implementation being restricted and measured by the actual circumstances. Concerning the MeRePS Project this means to implement a procedure based on voluntariness, autonomy confidentiality and... |
Status report of the present literature analysis In recent time the Restorative Justice approach has become popular as an important alternative to the traditional justice system. In addition scientists are discussing the potential and possibilities of integrating the approach into prison settings. |
2010. szeptember 27-én került sor a MEREPS Projekt keretein belül a balassagyarmati börtönben egy ötven szakember részére megtartott szakmai műhelyre. A rendezvény célja az érintettek felkészítésem tájékoztatása volt annak... A szakmai műhelyt Dr. Budai István intézetparancsnok nyitotta meg, majd a résztvevők bemutatkozását követően a MEREPS Projektet és a hozzá kapcsolódó kutatásokat mutatta be Dr. Fellegi Borbála, Dr. Barabás Tünde valamint Dr. Windt Szandra (mindhárman a MEREPS Projektben részvevő szakemberek).... |
A MEREPS Projekt keretében 2010. szeptember 28-án a Balassagyarmati Börtönben megtartásra került egy felelősségvállalásról, sértetti szempontok felismeréséről szóló egynapos „Zákeus program” 18 elítélt részvételével. A rendezvény... A MEREPS Projekt keretében szervezett, nemzetközileg The Sycamore Tree Project® néven ismert... |
This update is part of the monthly information provided by IARS on its UK based activities and project for the larger EU funded MEREPS. September was a busy month for the MEREPS UK project. Dr. Gavrielides attended the European Society of Crimonology annual conference that was held in Liege. There, he presented the interim findings of the UK based MEREPS project and carried out fieldwork with leading proponents of restorative... |