1. Restoring Relationships: Addressing Hate Crime Through Restorative Justice

2. The Project ► Three Phases  1) Literature Review  2) Interviews  3) ‘Toolkit’

3. Phase One ► Desk Research  Restorative Justice  Hate Crime  Legislation  ‘Gaps’  Typology  International Examples

4. Restorative Justice ► Definition ► Dominant informal-justice system ► Where it is implemented  Schools  Criminal Justice System ► Major concern has been the difficulty in quantifying results and inconsistency of approach

5. Restorative Justice ► More qualitative than quantitative ► Ductility of RJ positive

6. Hate Crime ► Definition ► Stephen Lawrence Inquiry ► Victims ► Offender ► Gaps

7. Four Key Meetings ► MPA Race Hate Crime Forum ► Southwark Mediation ► Lambeth Youth Justice ► Restorative Justice Consortium

8. ► Metropolitan Police Authority Race Hate Crime Forum  Improve co-ordination  Prevent and reduce hate crime  Satisfaction of victims

9. ► Southwark Mediation Centre  RJ in practice  Hate Crime  Victim-Offender Mediation  Group Conferencing

10. ► Lambeth Youth Justice  Programs for young people  Reduce re-offending  Multi-agency approach  Community safety

11. ► Restorative Justice Consortium  Promote RJ  Criminal Justice System  Workplace  Community

12. Publications ► Stockholm Criminology Presentation ► “Restorative Justice Theory and Practice: Addressing the Discrepancy” ► ROTA Policy Journal ► Monthly Policy Updates – ROTA Newsletter

13. British Journal of Criminology   “RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND HATE CRIME: ADDRESSING THE GAP BETWEEN PRACTICE AND POLICY” (Forthcoming)  Recommendations made in Paper ► Multi-agency approach to defeat hate crime ► Need a definition for hate crime ► Adapt the CJS to combat hate crime ► Assessment of both punitive and preventive measures ► Funders supporting innovative projects ► Practitioners and Academics need to work together ► Support for long-term solutions

14. Amendment to Phase II- Comparative Element ► Meeting W/Practitioners, Offenders and Victims in the U.S. ► Ample RJ programmes in the U.S.  Balanced and Restorative Justice: An Information Manual for California.  BARJ (Balanced and Restorative Justice Project)  VORP’s In California

15. Implementation of CASE Grant in the U.S. ► Meeting with JRP – Lisa Rea ► UCLA ► Emailed Boalt Hall at Berkeley ► Youth Justice NGO in California

16. Benefits for Students ► LSE Students learn:  Policy updates  Key stakeholders  Collaboration  Research  Teamwork  Briefings

17. Living Knowledge Conference ► Collaboration with academia  Working with NGO’s  Advanced training  Practical use of skills  Network

18. ROTA Volunteer Appreciation

19. CASE Grant Success ► Carter Grant allowed us to:  Learn about important social issues  Gain VCS experience  Conduct a socially progressive project  Advance key policy issues