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Each year more than 10,000 offenders are ordered to pay their victim reparation, with the highest single amount since 2019 $900,000. But as one offender p
The Victorian Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes is set to receive a crucial report next month recommending the state widely embrace restorative justice for victim-survivors of sexual assault. What does it look like in practice?
. The criminal justice system’s response to sexual harm fails most victim/survivors. Reports of victim/survivors’ experiences in workplaces, homes and in public indicate that a single, criminal justice response to this pervasive behaviour will not meet many victim/survivors concepts of justice. We need a range of responses to address the justice gap experienced by victim/survivors of sexual harm. Restorative justice can offer processes that meet the unmet justice needs of victim/survivors in ways that don’t perpetuate further harm. In this discussion, practitioners and experts from t...
Forgiveness is often hard. It's not always possible. But it can begin a process of healing Posted SatSaturday 13 updated SunSunday 14 FebFebruary 2021 at 9:58pm Daniel and Leila Abdallah have chosen to forgive the driver who hit and killed three of their children. ( Print text only Cancel As a clinical psychologist who works with couples, Everett Worthington was used to talking a lot about forgiveness. But it wasn't until there were two sudden deaths in the Virginia-based psychologist's family that he began to develop a profound understanding of his life's work firsthand. "I had started doin...