The 6th International Conference on Restorative Justice. June 1-4, 2003. Vancouver, British Columbia. The conference featured six plenary sessions which included public/private partnerships in restorative justice programming, youth justice and the new Canadian Youth Criminal Justice Act, restorative justice in public schools, Aboriginal justice, victims' perspectives and trauma recovery, evaluation of restorative justice processes and practices. For more information:
http://www.sfu.ca/conferences/restorativejus-tice/overview.htm
July 13-16, 2003. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Topics of discussion include child maltreatment, partner violence, elder abuse, and sexual assault. For more information:
http://www.unh.edu/frl/conference2003/index.html
July 28-30, 2003. Washington, DC. The focus of this conference is to review what works in the criminal justice field as well as to learn effective methods for conducting criminal justice research and evaluations. For more information:
http://www.nijpcs.org/RE/RE2003/index.htm
August 28-30, 2003. Veldhoven, Netherlands. This conference aims to promote a commitment to restorative practices and family empowerment by allowing participants to make presentations in addition to the presentations made by special guests. For more information:
http://www.restorativeprac-tices.org/Pages/nl03advnot.html
November 5-8, 2003. Vancouver, British Columbia. The theme of this conference is Hope Beyond the Hurt: Drugs, Crime, and Canadian Society. For more information:
http://www.ccja-acjp.ca