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San Francisco District Attorney’s Office presentation to B’MAGIC

San Francisco District Attorney’s Office presentation to B’MAGIC. July 15, 2014. What Questions Do We Ask About Wrongdoing?. What law was broken? Who broke it? How should they be punished?. Restorative Justice Asks:. Who has been harmed? What are their needs?

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San Francisco District Attorney’s Office presentation to B’MAGIC

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  1. San Francisco District Attorney’s Officepresentation to B’MAGIC July 15, 2014

  2. What Questions Do We Ask About Wrongdoing? • What law was broken? • Who broke it? • How should they be punished?

  3. Restorative Justice Asks: • Who has been harmed? • What are their needs? • Whose obligation is it to meet those needs?

  4. What is Restorative Community Conferencing? • New Zealand’s Family Group Conferencing (FGC) • Howard Zehr and Allan MacRae’s Little Book of Family Group Conferences: New Zealand Style • Grew from Maori desire to decrease DMC • Pilot went nationwide via NZ’s Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act of 1989 • Juvenile incarceration nearly obsolete through diversion and FGC • Adapted in Alameda County after extensive collaborative planning process; currently being replicated in San Diego & Long Beach

  5. What is Restorative Community Conferencing? • Case is referred to RCC in lieu of traditional prosecution • Participation by young person and victim is voluntary • Model includes three key components: • Facilitated face-to-face session including victim, young person, their supporters • Session results in a consensus-based agreement to repair the harm • Young person fulfills agreement with support of an “Agreement Monitor”

  6. San Francisco Pilot • Focus groups and 1-on-1 interviews in 2012-2013 • RFP issued in May 2013 to select service providers for facilitator & agreement monitor responsibilities • Community Works &CARC selected through RFP • DA’s Office& NCCD developed pilot eligibility criteria and evaluation methodology • DA, JPD and Public Defender developed protocols – finalizing MOU • DA’s Office began reviewing cases for referral on October 15, 2013 • NCCD will be evaluating the pilot as part of a multi-site evaluation

  7. For more information, contact: Katy Miller Chief of Alternative Programs & Initiatives SFDA katherine.miller@sfgov.org (415) 553-1110 Tanea Lunsford Restorative Community Conferencing Facilitator Community Works tlunsford@communityworkswest.org (415) 509-8088

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