Archive for February, 2009
Positive Justice and Forgiveness
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009“Often, different organisations are dealing with victims at different stages of their journey. Sensible Sentencing Trust and Victim Support, have their initial contact with victims shortly after the offence has been committed. Women’s Refuge often deal with people who have been regularly victimised over a period of some years. Prison Fellowship’s encounters tend to take […]
Toward a Positive Justice
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009“Most people think of justice as a public legal process which is concerned with fairness and equality of rights. For others, it is mainly about the punishment of offenders, and taking revenge for harm. Yet others think in terms of restoration of relationships between victims, offenders and the wider community. In Biblical times, the […]