Justice through consensus: Shared identity and the preference for a restorative notion of justice.
by Wenzel, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) European Journal of Social Psychology. DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.657. We propose a concept of restorative justice as a sense of justice deriving from consensus about, and the reaffirmation of, values violated by an offence (in contrast to punishment-based retributive justice). Victims...
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Social work and the shift from ‘welfare’ to ‘justice’.
by Bradt, Lieve
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) British Journal of Social Work. 39:113-127. It has become increasingly clear that the emancipatory capacity of social work has been eroded. Several scholars link this to the influence of neo-liberal and ‘Third Way’ thinking. However, it has recently been argued that...
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Separate and unequal: The disparate impact of school-based referrals to juvenile court.
by Cobb, Heather
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. 44:581-596. Part II of this Response focuses on the ways in which punitive school discipline policies-which include excessive security procedures and police involvement-feed this school to prison pipeline, and the disparate impact...
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From paramilitaries to peacemakers: The gender dynamics of community-based restorative justice in Northern Ireland.
by Ashe, Fidelma
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) The British Journal of Politics and International Relations. 11:298-314. Community-based restorative justice (CBRJ) schemes emerged in Northern Ireland during the ‘peace process’ to provide an alternative to paramilitary systems of justice. These initiatives have...
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The limits of retributive justice. Findings of an empirical study in Bosnia and Hercegovina.
by Clark, Janine Natalya
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Journal of International Criminal Justice. 7:463-487. Notwithstanding the recent proliferation of war crimes tribunals, a fundamental question remains: whether the confidence that such institutions have generated among their supporters is, in fact, justified. Using the...
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Restorative justice in schools. Guidance.
by Howard, Paul
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Reading, UK: CFBT Education Trust. Successful development of restorative practice not only entails the acquisition of new skills and techniques but also requires schools to reflect on their value base and culture. If restorative approaches are introduced without such reflection,...
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Peace versus justice? The dilemma of transitional justice in Africa.
by Lekha Sriram, Chandra
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Scottsville: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press The so-called peace versus justice dilemma arises following violent conflict, in which victims and their families, local and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and other actors in the international community often...
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Internally displaced people in Colombia, victims in permanent transition. Ethical and political dilemmas of reparative justice in the midst of internal armed conflict.
by Jiménez Ocampo, Sandro
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Cartahena: Grupo de Investigación en Desarrollo Social – GIDES, Universidad de San Buenaventura. This document examines three core aspects to this investigation: the first discusses how the “transition†discourse is added to and used as a tool in the...
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International and hybrid criminal jurisdictions: Stigmatizing or reconciling?
by Aptel, Cécile
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Research Brief. June. New York: Center for Transitional Justice. International and hybrid jurisdictions have been created in response to the commission of heinous international crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, including mass rape. This article shows...
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Staging violence, staging identities: Identity politics in domestic prosecutions.
by Wilke, Christiane
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Research Brief. June. New York: Center for Transitional Justice. Trials re-enact periods of violence and state repression in order to submit them to authoritative judgment. The legal judgment is, however, only one aspect of such trials, which have broader educational and...
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Security system reform and identity in divided societies: Lessons from Northern Ireland.
by O'Rawe, Mary
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Research Brief. October. New York: International Center for Transitional Justice. When a divided society attempts to make the transition from violent confl ict to peace, it must engage with what in past governance arrangements made harmonious communal living so dysfunctional and...
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Indigenous peoples and reparations claims: Tentative steps in Peru and Guatemala.
by Rubio-MarÃn, Ruth
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Research Brief. June. New York: Center for Transitional Justice. In situations of large-scale violence and repression, reparations are best conceptualized as rights-based political projects aimed at giving victims due recognition and at enhancing civic trust both among citizens...
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Truth-telling, identities and power in South Africa and Guatemala.
by Fullard, Madeleine
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Research Brief. June. New York: Center for Transitional Justice. Truth commissions can provide a stage for a potentially powerful encounter with the past (and present) at the level of public discourse. While their capacity to effect transformation in societies marked by patterns...
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Silences, visibility and agency: Ethnicity, class and gender in public memorialization.
by Jelin, Elizabeth
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Research Brief. June. New York: Center for Transitional Justice. After periods of extended political conflict and of repression or state terrorism, there is an active political struggle about the meaning of what occurred. Alternative and even rival interpretations of the recent...
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“Fear of the future, lived through the past”: Transitional justice in the wake of ethnic conflict.
by Arthur, Paige
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Research Brief. October. New York: International Center for Transitional Justice. Surprisingly little attention has been paid to understanding the ways ethnic identities might matter for transitional justice—even when the justice in question is a response to clear-cut...
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