In 2004 Jo Nodding was raped by a boy she knew. At first he didn’t plead guilty to the rape, so Jo was faced with the extra stress of the trial. That changed, however, once Darren was presented with the DNA evidence and admitted his guilt. The first time Jo faced Darren was in Court… more
Photography by Timothy Pinault Lorenn Walker JD, MPH, is a Hawai’i-based health educator with extensive legal and social service experience. In 1976 she was brutally attacked while on holiday in Waikiki Hawai’i. The trauma of the attack began a lifelong path of healing. You can find further information at lorennwalker.com. I was visiting my sister for… more
Photography Brian Moody Susie Lomax was living in Wellington, New Zealand in the mid 1990s, when two young men broke into her car. Following the incident, a Family Group Conference was set up between her and one of those responsible. For the young man it was a chance to put his past behind him, for… more
At midnight on 14th March 2004 Denise Rhodes was walking home with a friend in North London when she saw a young man breaking and entering into the top floor window of a three-storey block of flats. A woman in her eighties could be seen at an adjacent window, screaming for help. Denise gained access… more
Photography by Brian Moody On Sept 11th 2001 Elizabeth Turner’s husband, Simon Turner, was at a breakfast meeting at the World Trade Centre in New York when the twin towers were attacked. Pregnant with their first child, Elizabeth’s life was catapulted into a new direction. She has since written The Blue Skies of Autumn -… more
Brendan McCauley and his wife Noelle were in their back garden when two young men came out of their house – one running out of the back door, the second crawling through a bathroom window. Brendan gave chase, and then returned to discover that cash, a laptop and two cameras had been stolen. Weeks later,… more
In August 2009, Deborah Hollywood answered the door of her Belfast home to a 16-year-old boy called Jordan. He was drunk and threatening to hurt Deborah’s teenage daughter. He refused to leave, broke the wing-mirror off the family car, and was eventually arrested. Deborah agreed to meet him at a restorative justice conference facilitated by… more
Photography Brian Mooody Matthew James and his partner, Katy, were burgled twice within a three-month period by the same offender. The couple began to feel ‘under siege’ and unsafe in their own home. When the young man was arrested they were approached to meet him in a restorative justice conference at Pentonville Prison. In May… more
Photography by Brian Moody In November 2008, Margaret Foxley interrupted a burglary in her own home. As she came through the backdoor, the burglar left through the front. He had taken a laptop full of family photos and jewellery commemorating her daughter’s 18th birthday. Eight months later her daughter was killed in a car accident.… more
Photography by Brian Moody Kathleen Key had been with her husband and father of her four children for 28 years when he was killed in a road accident. The man responsible for his death was immediately arrested and later found guilty of dangerous driving. Kathleen asked for a restorative justice meeting with the offender, and… more