Approaching Mediation in Juvenile Court: Rationale and Methodological Aspects
by D. van Doosselaere, T
June 4, 2015
Source: (1992) In: H. Messmer and H.-U. Otto (eds.), Restorative Justice on Trial: Pitfalls and Potentials of Victim-Offender Mediation: International Research Perspectives. Dordrecht, NETH: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 501-512. A program tending to organize mediation between delinquent and...
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The Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program: A Message to Correctional Reformers
by Dittenhoffer, T
June 4, 2015
Source: (1983) University of Toronto Law Journal. 33:315-347. This study of two Ontario Victim/Offender Reconciliation Programs (VORP) question whether they are unintentionally “widening the net” of social control over offenders. VORP’s acceptance can largely be attributed to...
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Study of Barriers to the Use of Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution.
by Dispute Resolution Project, Jim
June 4, 2015
Source: (1984) South Royalton, VT: Vermont Law School Dispute Resolution Project. Five papers examine the barriers preventing the widespread use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). The emergence of disputes is traced. The question of whether bureaucrats will accept environmental mediation...
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Mediation Training.
by Dispute Resolution Centers, Jim
June 4, 2015
Source: (1984) Houston, TX: Dispute Resolution Centers. This manual explains the nature, benefits, and uses of neighborhood justice centers for mediating disputes and gives step-by-step instructions for mediators to use during the mediation process. The guidelines are based on the procedures...
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Mediating Personal Disputes.
by Dispute Resolution Centers, Jim
June 4, 2015
Source: (1984) Brooklyn, NY: Dispute Resolution Center, 91p. This report discusses the background of the Dispute Resolution Center (DRC) at Brooklyn College (Brooklyn, NY) and presents preliminary research results from a study of DRC. DRC became a source for family dispute referrals, with...
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“Community Justice Centres in New South Wales.”
by Anderson, K
June 4, 2015
Source: (1982) In: Community Justice Centres: Proceedings. Sydney University Law School Institute of Criminology. Pyrmont, AUS: New South Wales Government Printing Office, pp. 12-25. Community justice centers in New South Wales (Australia) appear to be achieving their primary objective: the...
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Repairing the Damage: An Evaluation of an Experimental Adult Reparation scheme in Kettering, Northamptonshire.
by Dignan, Jim
June 4, 2015
Source: (1990) Centre for Criminological and Legal Research, University of Sheffield, 51p. The author reports on the Kettering Adult Reparation Scheme in Northamptonshire, a three year experimental diversion and mediation for adult offenders begun in 1986. Most cases are pre-trial referrals...
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“Repairing the Damage: Can Reparation be Made to Work in the Service of Diversion?”
by Dignan, Jim
June 4, 2015
Source: (1992) British Journal of Criminology 32(4):453-472. A study evaluates the Kettering Adult Reparation Scheme, introduced for a 3-year trial period in Northamptonshire, UK beginning in 1986. The program was the forerunner of programs aimed at adult offenders. Interviews with 50...
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“Reintegration through Reparation: A Way Forward for Restorative Justice?”
by Dignan, Jim
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) In: A. Duff, S. Marshall, R.E. Dobash, et. al. (eds.), Penal Theory and Practice: Tradition and Innovation in Criminal Justice. Fulbright Papers, volume 15. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, pp. 231-244. The author argues that one of the main reasons why reparation...
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Disputing In Legal and Nonlegal Contexts: Some Questions for Sociologists of Law.
by Dickins, R
June 4, 2015
Source: (1981) Law and Society Review 15(3-4):681-706, 883-910. The focus of the sociology of law has shifted from distinctly legal institutions to the institutions and processes of disputing. It is probably fair to characterize much of the traditional sociology of law in the United States as...
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“Programs Advocating the Victim-Offender Relationship.”
by Deming, R.R
June 4, 2015
Source: (1977) Victimology 2(1):117-122. Various research projects concerned with victim-offender relationships are outlined. The projects’ positions are polemic to the conflict enhancement orientation typical of contemporary criminal justice service. The projects are based on the...
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Conflict Resolution and Restorative Justice: The Status of Delaware’s Efforts.
by Delaware Sentencing Accountability Commission, J
June 4, 2015
Source: (1993) Wilmington, DE: Delaware Sentencing Accountability Commission, 7p. The criminal justice system in Delaware has begun a restorative justice system as an adjunct to the retributive model of justice. In the restorative model, the victim is the paramount concern and the process is...
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“The Poverty of Punishment.”
by De Graaf, J
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) Current Issues in Criminal Justice 5(1):13-28. This paper investigates a case of resistance to the dominant culture in which the criminal justice system is claimed to lack jurisdiction by an indigenous offender. Analysis is then given to the claims of shaming theory, within the...
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“Mediation: The Brooklyn Experiment.”
by Davis, R C
June 4, 2015
Source: (1982) In: R. Tomasic and M. Feeley (eds.), Neighborhood Justice: Assessment of an Emerging Idea. New York, NY: Longman Inc, pp. 154-170. This study of mediation involving persons arrested for felony interpersonal conflicts found that the mediation process was perceived more positively...
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A Preliminary Study of Victim Offender Mediation and Reparation Schemes in England and Wales.
by Davis, G
June 4, 2015
Source: (1987) Research and Planning Unit, paper 42. London, UK: Home Office, 88p. A growing awareness of the needs of victims of crime has led in recent years to a growing stress on the possibilities of mediation or reparation schemes dealing jointly with victims and offenders. This report...
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