Preventive law and creative problem solving: Multi-dimensional lawyering
by Barton, Thomas D
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) San Diego, CA: California Western School of Law, National Center for Preventive Law The authors of this essay explore the image of the lawyer in order to advance new dimensions of what it should mean to be a lawyer. If the conventional or traditional idea of a lawyer is that of...
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National Statistics Quality Review of the statistics on the efficacy of sentencing
by Allnutt, Denis
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) London: Home Office, Offenders and Corrections Unit. Downloaded 6 May 2004. On behalf of the Home Office (United Kingdom), Denis Allnutt conducted a review of statistics on the efficacy of sentencing. The purpose was to review the quality of relevant statistics in order to...
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Restorative justice: Polynesian style
by Aitken, Robert
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Turning Wheel, Fall 2001. Magazine of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. Downloaded 6 May 2004. In this paper the author highlights key ideas and processes of an approach to conflict resolution in traditional Polynesian culture, specifically in Hawaii. This approach shares...
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Book Review: Truth v. Justice: The Morality of Truth Commissions.
by Strong, Gregory
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Restorative Justice Online July 2002 Edition For societies emerging from an oppressive and a violent past to a more democratic political order, it has become relatively common to deal with traumatic conditions and wrongs of that past through some form of truth commission....
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Restorative Justice in New Orleans.
by Furman, Lou
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Restorative Justice Online July 2002 Edition Turning Point Partners is a restorative justice initiative in New Orleans, Louisiana. The group, led by Lou Furman and Jean Handley, has developed programs for the youth court, juvenile institutions, and a local charter school....
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Experimenting with Restorative Practices in Brazil.
by Parker, Lynette
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Restorative Justice Online July 2002 Edition Several Brazilian organizations are exploring restorative justice philosophy and processes as a means of changing justice...
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Restorative Practices and Reoffending.
by Parker, Lynette
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Restorative Justice Online July 2002 Edition Recently, a short article in The Report questioned Canada’s use and support of restorative justice programmes. The article quoted a claim in the May issue of Canadian Lawyer that after five years of use there was no proof that...
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Policing Domestic Violence: The Problem-Solving Paradigm
by Sherman, Lawrence W
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Paper presented at the conference ‘Problem-Solving Policing as Crime Prevention’. Stockholm, 1996. Policing domestic violence is the most scientifically developed application of the problem-solving paradigm. Its current state reveals many basic challenges to the...
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National Community Service Committee
by Deputy Chief Justice Of Uganda, Ernest J.P
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Speech given at the launching of Community Service Orders in Uganda. Community service is part of penal reform in this country, which will ultimately contribute to the improvement of the rule of law in the country. The decision to include community service among punishments for...
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Appropriate Approaches to Youthful Justice
by Muhly, Ernest J.P
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) EcoResolve Occasional Paper. Spring 2002. In this document, Muhly explores restorative and transformative justice in relation to juvenile justice. He maintains that much of the debate about juvenile justice ignores two significant considerations. (1) Youth offending mirrors...
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The Community Service Programme: An Update
by National Community Service Committee, Pedro
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) National Community Service Committee. an Act of Parliament, Act No.5 / 2000 was passed into law in 2000 to introduce Community Service as a penal sanction in Uganda. An Interim National Committee on Community Service consisting of about 16 members working on a voluntary basis...
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Workshop Report for the National Community Service Programme
by National Community Service Committee, Pedro
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Workshop to review the National Community Service Project. Kampala, Jokas Hotel. December 17-18, 2001. A workshop to review the National Community Service Project document covering the pilot phase was held on December 17-18, 2001 at the Jokas Hotel near Kampala. The workshop was...
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The Restorative Paradigm: Just Middle-Range Justice
by Scuro Neto, Pedro
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Fourth International Conference on Restorative Justice for Juveniles, Tübingen (Germany). Restorative justice is a middle-range paradigm, a promise of future systemic change, implemented on a lower level of abstraction with operational notions defined for restricted orders of...
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Crime Victims Compensation: Evaluation Findings on Policy and Program Administration Trends and Strategies for the Future
by Newmark, Lisa
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) US Dept of Justice National Institute of Justice. This Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Research in Progress Seminar video presents evaluation findings from the Urban Institute’s examination of crime victims’ compensation and victim...
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Suite Justice or Sweet Charity? Some Explorations of Shaming and Incapacitating Business Fraudsters
by Levi, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Punishment & Society. 4(2):147-163 In reviewing the extent to which fraudulent behavior attracts shaming responses and the extent to which fraudsters are likely to care about the shame imposed on them, this article explored the use of shaming and stigma against white-collar...
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