RAMP: Restorative Approach to Multiple Proceedings

The findings of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children Restorative Inquiry, the Mass Casualty Commission, the National Inquiry into the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Children, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, confirm that family and gendered violence is a systemic issue that necessitates immediate innovative responses. One aspect of the structural perpetuation of gender-based violence is the complexity of the justice and legal systems in which people experience gender-based violence often find themselves. Too often people who experience gender-based violence are engaged in multiple court proceedings simultaneously. Those most directly impacted by family violence often find themselves having to simultaneously navigate the complexities of a criminal court process, family court process, and child and family wellbeing processes. During an extremely stressful period, families are also required to adhere to multiple, and sometimes contradictory, court orders and other requirements. The Restorative Approach to Multiple Proceedings (RAMP) initiative brings together system and community-based partners to trailblaze a restorative approach to cases of family violence involving multiple proceedings.

Faculty Supervisor:

Jennifer Llewellyn

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Partner:

Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland NS

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Dalhousie University

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