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Healing circles have a long tradition in EUROPEAN | ABORIGINAL cultures and ofer a NONCONFRONTATIONAl | ADVERSARIAL alternative to the criminal justice process.
1.aboriginal 2.nonconfrontational
Healing circles serve THE COMMUNITY | ONLY THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED, treat all participants DIFFERENTLY | EQUALLY, and focus on SENTENCING| PEACEMAKING.
1.the community 2.equally 3.peacemaking
Healing circles are FORMALLY | INFORMALLY structured in THREE | FOUR stages, and they ENCOURAGE/DISENCOURAGE storytelling.
1. informally 2.four 3.encourage
Healing circles are conducted by a FACILITATOR | JUDGE who TAKES | DOES NOT TAKE an active role in the process.
1.facilitator 2. does not take
The talking piece ensures THAT THE FACILITATOR HAS CONTROL OF THE PROCESS | THAT EVERYONE RESPECTS AND LISTENS TO THE SPEAKER.
that everyone respects and listens to the speaker.
Decisions are made by the FACILITATOR | CONSENSUS.
consensus
Healing circles are MORE LIKELY| LESS LIKELY to be successful for THE VICTIM | THE OFFENDER | BOTH VICTIM AND OFFENDER.
1.more likely. 2. both victim and offender.
Healing circles and restorative justice are used only IN CANADA | INTERNATIONALLY.
internationally
a situation of angry disagreement or opposition
confrontation
restore friendly relations between people
reconcile
be more significant than
outweigh
opinion not based on reason
prejudice
inhabiting a land from the earliest times
aboriginal
done on purpose
deliberate
regard or consider in a particular way
deem
give authority or power to someone
empower
