'Why do we continue to punish these vulnerable, much-damaged individuals rather than trying to heal them?' Photo: by Zika Radosavljevic on Unsplash

‘The key question is not “What did you do?” but “What has happened to you?”’

Harm’s way: Martin Schweiger & Melanie Jameson’s QICJ report

‘The key question is not “What did you do?” but “What has happened to you?”’

by Martin Schweiger & Melanie Jameson 1st April 2022

Adverse Childhood Experiences are clearly not ‘ACE’ – far from it! That was the main message from presenters to the annual conference of Quakers in Criminal Justice last month.