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Restorative justice for children who sexually harm
"It is an area where practitioners have feared to tread in the past," says Vince Mercer, restorative justice co-ordinator at the AIM project, a Salford-based scheme advising professionals working with young people who behave in sexually harmful ways.
Updated: 06/03/2011 11:57A
Police Find Two Bags – Filled With Nearly $1 Million
Investigators say the man, who had a valid US visa, said he was given the bags for delivery in Houston. No further details were provided. The man was not arrested and left the hotel, abandoning more than $995000. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Updated: 06/03/2011 11:57A
EDWARDS INDICTED FOR USING ELECTORAL FUNDS FOR MISTRESS
The news was reported by the American Justice Department, specifying that the politician, whose extra-marital affair in 2008 cost him the candidacy for the White House, will have to defend himself from accusations of "violating the Federal Law on
Updated: 06/03/2011 11:56A
A big society or a breached social contract?
The attempt to control drug use through the criminal sanctions laid out in the Misuse of Drugs Act (MDA) has, for the last forty years, undermined trust in the criminal justice system. “The tests on the toilet seats of various clubs will tell you an
Updated: 06/03/2011 11:56A
John Edwards Indicted in Affair Cover-up
Edwards is scheduled to appear in federal court in Winston Salem, North Carolina, at 2:30 pm ET, according to a Justice Department official. A grand jury has been investigating that money given to support Edwards' mistress, Rielle Hunter,
Updated: 06/03/2011 11:56A
No evidence of ringworm outbreak at shelter where 57 animals euthanized
The review, conducted by former Ontario Veterinary College dean Alan Meek and former Ontario Superior Court chief justice Patrick LeSage, also found that the number of animals euthanized, previously reported as 99, was actually 57.
Updated: 06/03/2011 11:56A
California School District Funding Has No Correlation To Academic Success
The district has had to hire three full-time Spanish translators – mainly to translate lengthy special education reports as required by law – and has translators working in the school office, in classrooms and at parent meetings.
Updated: 06/03/2011 11:56A
Justice system under attack
A PERTH court case led to the SNP being accused of taking a 'soft touch' approach to criminal justice yesterday. Attacking the system of fiscal and on-the-spot fines, Tory community safety spokesman John Lamont said: “The country needs justice to be
Updated: 06/03/2011 11:56A
Campaign to Fight Drink-Driving
Sas Kravos of the Z glavo na zabavo foundation, an NGO fighting alcohol use among young people, noted that traffic accidents caused by drink drivers were only a part of a greater problem of high alcohol consumption in Slovenia.
Updated: 06/03/2011 11:55A
Bishops unfazed by divorce bill
Figura said the efforts of lawmakers to pass the controversial divorce bill are only “signs of the times, manifestation on how we handle our history as a people.” “We (the Church) are not alarmed by it, we are merely trying to remind ourselves what is
Updated: 06/03/2011 11:55A
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