All probation services in England and Wales hope to have introduced the restorative justice scheme by the end of the financial year.
The restorative justice scheme means people who have admitted their crimes are allowed to meet their victims, or make amends by doing some sort of remedial work.
It was only when they were able to meet the burglar face-to-face in May 2007 as part of the restorative justice programme, Laura said they were able to put what had happened behind them and live a normal life again.
Thames Valley Probation was the first in the country to offer restorative justice to the courts in 2009, as part of a community or prison sentence.
Mr Grayling has said he is a supporter of what's called the "rehabilitation revolution" - looking at ways to prevent reoffending with "more effective" sentencing policies, particularly the use of restorative justice and robust community sentences delivered by the private and voluntary sectors on a payments by results basis.
Gloucestershire Police said the fall was due to the introduction of restorative justice and an overall drop in youth offending.
Other key initiatives include greater police officer visibility, more foot patrols, increasing the use of restorative justice and commissioning services which support those leaving prison.
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The Fellowship also runs a restorative justice course for prisoners in Bury St Edmunds called The Sycamore Tree.
"Firstly it's the victim that's approached, " added Insp Davies, who leads the force's restorative justice scheme.
Panellist Geoff Whitehead, who leads community safety at Pendle Council, said the scheme would take restorative justice techniques and use them in community settings.
That article, Shame by Any Other Name, Lessons for Restorative Justice from the Traditions, Principles and Practices of Alcoholics Anonymous, explores the folk healing practices of A.A. Though recovery stories told to me by friends certainly informed that paper, I did an enormous amount of research about the reasons why A.A. is efficacious and the reasons it fails.
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She met the criminal after he had been sentenced but, in many cases, restorative justice has also been used instead of the court process.
"I know at first hand the governor's commitment to restorative justice, " he said on Twitter.
Mrs Foxley is an advocate of restorative justice approach since meeting the man who burgled her home.
Of those offenders in the community who have taken part in restorative justice, there has been a 55% reduction in re-offending.
If restorative justice is to work, the public will have to get used to some new responsibilities.
Pendle councillor Margaret Foxley is chairing the Colne Community Advisory Panel which will apply restorative justice principles to tackle crime.
Unionists fear that a mixture of locally recruited community police officers and locally-based restorative justice projects will provide republicans with the power, as the DUP's Sammy Wilson puts it, "to police their own areas".
My purpose here, however, is not to talk about restorative justice, but to give our readers the basics of the A.A. program before I write my final few posts in this series about fearless authenticity as the key to becoming a great negotiator.
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The following discussion is drawn from my article on shame, restorative justice and Alcoholics Anonymous.
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In the U.K., the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has taken up a type of restorative justice in its penalty of defense contractor BAE.
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Other questions during the session were on individual voter registration, recognising Saudi Arabian driving licences and restorative justice.
The force deals with approximately 5, 000 crimes a year, including assault and actual bodily harm, through restorative justice.
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