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Experience report of a participant
"Throughout the entire process of the first Bielefeld perpetrator-victim circle, the collaboration with Ms. Hirt was based on the shared, deep conviction that a safe, protected and accompanied discussion space for both groups can mean the chance for further development in the individual healing process or resocialization process. Our special thanks go to Ms. Hirt for the competent, warm, sensitive and respectful collaboration, combined with a clear and firm stance on the "Restorative Justice" approach."
Wulfert, director of the Bielefeld-Brackwede prison
Rieka Hermann | Film length 15 minutes
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"Throughout the entire process of the first Bielefeld perpetrator-victim circle, the collaboration with Ms. Hirt was based on the shared, deep conviction that a safe, protected and accompanied discussion space for both groups can mean the chance for further development in the individual healing process or resocialization process. Our special thanks go to Ms. Hirt for the competent, warm, sensitive and respectful collaboration, combined with a clear and firm stance on the "Restorative Justice" approach."
Wulfert, director of the Bielefeld-Brackwede prison
"Im Rahmen unseres Projektes "Gewaltberatungen für Männer mit Migrationshintergrund" hat Daniela Hirt einen Ausbildungstag für die angehenden Gewaltberater „Körperwahrnehmung und Achtsamkeit“ durchgeführt. Die Körperarbeit in der Täterarbeit/Gewaltberatung im Kontext häusliche Gewalt ist unverzichtbar. Daniela gelang es mit Humor und viel Fachwissen, die Teilnehmenden dafür zu sensibilisieren und damit positiv in ihrer Arbeit zu stärken. Wir hoffen, dass Daniela uns auch im nächsten Ausbildungsdurchgang mit ihrem Wissen und ihrer Fachkompetenz unterstützen wird."
Mike Mottl, Geschäftsleiter mannebüro züri, Zürich / Schweiz
"I got to know Daniela Hirt during my scientific support of the pilot project "Victims and Perpetrators in Dialogue". As a social anthropologist who has dealt with issues of trauma, violence and social justice in Germany for many years, I would like to emphasize that experts like Daniela Hirt are needed to develop and expand restorative approaches. Her many years of experience, the ability to engage in critical self-reflection, her great competence in supervising groups, never losing sight of the individual people and their needs, and always creating a safe space and stability for those present, make up the great quality of her process-oriented work."
Dr. Judith Albrecht
Understanding Perpetrators and Victims – Restorative Justice in the Film “All Your Faces”
Abolish prisons - How do we punish criminals? | 13 questions
Most people agree: If someone has committed a serious crime, they belong in prison. But is rehabilitation in prison even possible? Or should we abolish prisons and invent new punishments? What sounds completely absurd now can suddenly be conceivable after this episode of 13 QUESTIONS. “School of crime” says one side, “place of rehabilitation” says the other. Among others, ex-prisoner Maximilian Pollux and victim of a serious violent crime, former boxing world champion Rola El-Habibi, discuss the sense and nonsense of today's justice system!
I was a guest on this show and was able to make many interesting contacts there.
Punishment without prison? What then?
Let's assume there were no more prisons: How would offenders be punished? Would the chances of rehabilitation be greater or smaller? And what does that mean for the victims? A thought experiment
