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Uruguay police officers training in 'restorative justice' methods in Cambridge
Fourteen police officers from Uruguay are currently attending courses at the Criminology Institute at Cambridge University, as part of their training for the country's Citizens' Security program, implemented with the support from the Inter American Development bank. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesNo need for the Uruguayan police to beg for forgiveness, just jail the ones responsable...
Jan 17th, 2014 - 08:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0I no longer believe that the United Kingdom can arrogantly hold itself up as a paragon of 'good practice' on policing. I wonder if the Uruguayans attending this course will be informed that 1,476 people died in police custody in England and Wales from 1991-2013, and only eleven cases were found to be 'unlawful killings'. But the most terrible fact is that NOT ONE police officer has been convicted and imprisoned in any of these cases. If this happened in Latin America, we in Britain would be the first to condemn the lack of police accountability. The trouble is that we have been molded to believe that our “oldest democracy” is still the best in the world. The sad fact is that it isn't at all.
Jan 17th, 2014 - 11:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0@2 Pytangua
Jan 17th, 2014 - 12:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You want to be a little careful relying on that particular statistic.
The normal statistic given from FoI requests is the number of deaths in or (up to 24 hours) after contact with the police, not necessarily deaths in custody. So if I were to ask a constable the time and get mown down crossing the next road there's a reasonably good chance that I'd be included in the statistic. It'd also mean that if I were involved in a bar brawl, and sustained what later turned out to be lethal head injuries then I'd still be counted if the police arrested me when they came to restore order.
'... These restorative methods can consist in money compensation to the victims'
Jan 17th, 2014 - 05:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Small change in the assets of drug lords - even if it's compensation for a homicide.
'... showing audiovisuals to those who committed the crime and their victims, with testimonies from other victims and encouraging group discussions in which offenders and victims can be accompanied by whom they chose.'
My, this will really cause the drug lords to turn to Christianity!
Well, maybe there are some smart Uruguayans after all.....they know they can learn something from the English...
Jan 17th, 2014 - 06:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Try Castiglioni...
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