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Computer recycling / Therapeutic justice
Sep. 8th, 2009 09:04 amSo it's eDay this Saturday and Christchurch actually has a drop-off point this year. Unfortunately I'll be out of town.
Fortunately Christchurch has Molten Media, because I have a hallway stacked with old computer bits which need to be cleared - now before mid-November :D Does anyone else have old computer parts they'd like to include in the load (which will happen ... sometime before mid November)?
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Sometimes I think there's hope for our judicial system. Last week the Herald published an article on a therapeutic justice youth court in Auckland targeted at the kids who are assessed as likely to become among the country's worst future offenders.
There's another 'problem solving' court in Christchurch which I read about a while ago targeting drug offenders. They're not always successful but nevertheless still getting results which beat the financial and social expense of locking these kids up for the rest of their lives.
It's probably going to take a culture shift in NZ before these courts get the support they deserve, as a country we still seem to be wedded to an 'out of sight out of mind - lock 'em up' approach to dealing with those who break the law in a serious fashion.
Fortunately Christchurch has Molten Media, because I have a hallway stacked with old computer bits which need to be cleared - now before mid-November :D Does anyone else have old computer parts they'd like to include in the load (which will happen ... sometime before mid November)?
~~~
Sometimes I think there's hope for our judicial system. Last week the Herald published an article on a therapeutic justice youth court in Auckland targeted at the kids who are assessed as likely to become among the country's worst future offenders.
There's another 'problem solving' court in Christchurch which I read about a while ago targeting drug offenders. They're not always successful but nevertheless still getting results which beat the financial and social expense of locking these kids up for the rest of their lives.
It's probably going to take a culture shift in NZ before these courts get the support they deserve, as a country we still seem to be wedded to an 'out of sight out of mind - lock 'em up' approach to dealing with those who break the law in a serious fashion.
