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PROGRAMS
CJI’s programs include the Victim-Offender
Reconciliation Program (VORP) that deals with minor criminal offences, the
Victim-Offender Mediation Program, designed to meet the need for healing and
closure in people affected by the most serious crimes in the Canadian Criminal
Code, and Educating for Peacebuilding, a restorative action program in Langley
schools.
- Victim-Offender Reconciliation
Program (VORP)
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The
idea of victim-offender reconciliation had a Canadian
genesis. It was the brainchild of Dave Worth and Mark Yantzi,
two young Kitchener, Ontario men. The program functions to address the
facts and feelings in a case from the point of view of each of the
principal participants (use this link for information about the VORP
process). While impressive statistics have been posted
regarding completion by offenders of agreements negotiated in these
meetings, the primary benefit recorded by both victims and offenders
was “the opportunity for the offender to meet the one he or she had
wronged” (Gibson, 1986). CJI
has been operating its Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program in
Langley for 20 years, making it one of the oldest continuously
operating programs of its kind in North America. CJI’s program also
serves the communities of Surrey, White Rock and Delta.
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- Victim-Offender Mediation Program (VOMP)
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This program brings victims of serious crimes together with the offenders in a process that participants have often described as
"healing”.
- Educating for
Peacebuilding
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Since January 2000, CJI has been
collaborating with the Langley School District #35 on a multi-year
project to create a culture of respect at every level in the school
district. The goal is to create a climate that will encourage and
promote the application of restorative justice principles and values.
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