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Keywords: Restorative Justice

  • AUSTRALIA

    Kids or criminals

    • Liz Curran
    • 05 September 2008
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    A 14-year-old boy in a country town has his first gulp of beer in a street. A passing police officer charges him. How is it that the first resort in many cases in Australia is to immerse the child in the criminal justice system?

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Singapore's cane can't restore justice

    • Michael Mullins
    • 28 July 2008
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    If Singapore's courts convict ABC journalist Peter Lloyd of drug charges, his sentence may include 15 lashes. In a better world, 'restorative justice' would allow him to do something positive to counter the social ills that led to his actions.

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    Rwandan mist

    • Michele Gierck
    • 31 May 2006

    Ten years after the genocide Rwanda still mourns its dead.

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