As part of the background work to the ACT Law Reform Advisory Council (LRAC) Final Report on Canberra as a Restorative City, a number of interviews were held with those affected by the two systems being considered by LRAC: child protection and Public Housing disputes. Written submissions were also received. LRAC’s Executive Officer, Fiona Tito Wheatland, held face-to-face consultations with organisations and groups, and conducted secondary research on data in Government publications, locally, nationally and internationally. The Evidence Paper entitled Bright Ideas from People, Places and Research provided a comprehensive record of the journey and knowledge to date. The Evidence Paper reflects “bright Ideas” gathered in the course of the research and the views and experiences shared by those who participated. Bright Ideas was released in November 2019.
Here is Bright Ideas for your information and reference.
Transcripts of our restorative community network workshops and associated reports
Special thanks to Kelly Lokan and the Restorative Justice Unit for the preparation of these.
Attached are the following transcripts for download:
- February 2016 Workshop - Restorative Practices in Schools
- April 2016 Workshop - Restorative Practices in Health Care
- May 2016 Workshop - Restorative Practice in the Disability sector
- November 2016 Workshop - Restorative Approaches in the Criminal Justice sector
- February 2017 Workshop - In Conversation with Emeritus Prof Gale Burford (Uni of Vermont).
- 28 June 2017 - Restorative Community Network Meeting
Articles by Prof John Braithwaite on restorative justice
Free pdf downloads available for most of these articles. Read more here.
Restorative policing:expert criminologists in conversation
RegNet's Restorative Policing discussion (held 6 June 2017) is available to listen or download.
ACT Chief Police Officer, Justine Saunders, and expert criminologists Larry Sherman and Heather Strang from Cambridge University were scheduled to participate in this panel discussion. However, CPO Saunders was made unavailable at late notice.
The discussion was to be facilitated by RegNet’s John Braithwaite, but due to his ill health Miranda Forsyth stepped in for John.
Sherman and Strang debated the positives and negatives of restorative justice from the perspective of the police, the victims and the offenders, and discuss the latest programs for reducing re-offending in Australia as well as in the Northern hemisphere. The panel was also be open to questions from the audience.
