Campus sexual harm is a widespread problem that demands approaches that focus on prevention, alongside those that respond to specific incidents of harm. This article presents the outcomes of a proactive initiative – a sustained restorative dialogue – that uses restorative circle practice in the university setting to better understand the issue of sexual harm, and identify practical steps that focus on its reduction. Speech data from post hoc interviews with participants of the dialogue is analysed in order to demonstrate the outcomes of the process, and highlight the value of using a dialogic model to address the issue on campus. Findings suggest that the process has very real potential for enhancing understanding and awareness and increasing communication on the topic, these being important precursors to transforming the cultural norms and campus climates that foster sexual harm. |
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Sustained restorative dialogue: exploring a proactive restorative process to help address campus sexual harm |
Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 3 2021 |
Keywords | restorative justice, restorative dialogue, campus sexual violence, sexual harm, sociolinguistics |
Authors | Amy Giles-Mitson |
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“What Does He Think This Is? The Court of Human Rights or the United Nations?”(Plain) Language in the Written Memories of Arbitral Proceedings: A Cross-Cultural Case Study |
Journal | European Journal of Law Reform, Issue 3 2014 |
Keywords | arbitration, legal language, plain language, specialised discourse, corpus linguistics |
Authors | Stefania Maria Maci |
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Arbitration as an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is an extra-judicial process resolved privately outside an ordinary court of justice. As such, the award has the same legal effects as a judgment pronounced by a court judge. Arbitration can be preceded by a pre-trial process in which arbitrators try to reach a conciliation agreement between the parties. If an agreement is not reached, the arbitration process begins with the gathering of the parties’ memories. In both oral and written evidence, language is used argumentatively, and above all persuasively, by all sides or parties involved. |