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Sexual Trauma and Abuse: Restorative and Transformative Possibilities? – Facing Forward, Dr.Marie Kennan and Bernadette Fahy collaborative research project. At the time the National Commission on Restorative Justice reported in 2009, it said “While no offence should in principle be excluded from the restorative process, certain serious offences such as sexual assaults should be excluded from the initial phases of implementation” (NCRJ2009, p. 81). The evidence from the research presented in this study indicates that this cautious approach to restorative justice in sexual crime is now no longer appropriate. Download full report here
Dialogical Progress Examined: A Victim Offender Dialogue Case study. Author: Barbara Walshe & Janine Geske featured in The Edward M Kennedy Institute for Conflict Intervention Journal of Mediation & Applied Conflict Analysis. This article outlines the evolution and development of Victim Offender Dialogue now seen as a growing part of the Restorative Justice movement worldwide. A case study outlines the rationale given by both victims and offender for participation and the necessary preparation undertaken to conduct an authentic process with both. An examination is made of the nature and extent of the issues explored during the dialogue and the process and outcome of the dialogue itself. Read more here