Community Involvement in Restorative Justice

Winter 2005, Number 19 Promoting and enhancing Restorative Justice dialog, principles and practice A publication of Victim Offender Mediation Association Advocates of Restorative Justice often speak of it as benefiting victims, offenders and the Community ; it makes a neat triangle on a flip chart. But some people have ques-tioned what the word Community means. In modern cities, neighbours often do not know each other. There may be a com-munity of people living far from each other with shared interests such as playing tennis or using the internet, a religious Community who go to a place of worship, a spiritual Community who practise yoga, or commu-nities of people with other shared charac-teristics, such as being Scottish, or gay.

CONNECTIONS VOMA 3 i e A d o i r w p n Historical Roots, Contemporary Proposals Search for Restorative Justice History Leads Back into the Future by Russ Immarigeon

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