Restorative services: Bringing a framework for improved school culture to public schools.
by Welden Lynn M., Jack
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Restorative Practices E-Forum. 21 September. A new program is bringing restorative practices to schools. Community Service Foundation and Buxmont Academy (CSF Buxmont) — which operate day-treatment schools, foster homes and supervision programs for at-risk youth in...
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Sample sermon focusing on restorative justice.
by Humphrey, Jack
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Alpha Australia Howard Zehr, in his “Little Book of Restorative Justice” says, “The field of restorative justice has grown so rapidly and in so many directions that it is sometimes difficult to know how to move into the future with integrity and creativity....
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Truth and reconciliation commissions, restorative justice, peacemaking criminology, and development.
by Ame, Robert K.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Criminal Justice Studies. 23(3):253-268. This paper argues that restorative justice approaches such as truth and reconciliation commissions (TRCs) and peacemaking criminology could greatly enhance a country’s democratic practice paving the way for wider societal...
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Working towards restorative justice in Ethiopia: Integrating traditional conflict resolution systems with the formal legal system.
by Macfarlane, Julie
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution. 8:487-509. This paper considers how the multiple realities of dispute resolution in any environment affect the work of conflict resolution practitioners. Conflict resolution practitioners are almost always invited in by representatives of...
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Huikahi restorative circles: A public health approach for reentry planning.
by Walker, Lorenn
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Federal Probation. 74(1). The Huikahi Restorative Circle is a group process for reentry planning that involves the incarcerated individual, his or her family and friends, and at least one prison representative. The process was developed in 2005 in collaboration with two...
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Improving accessibility of the legal system for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims/survivors of family violence and sexual assault.
by FVPLS Victoria, Susan
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Policy paper series June 2010. Collingwood, VIC: Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria. Each section of this paper focuses on areas of primary concern to FVPLS Victoria and its clients. Section 7 briefly considers restorative justice — FVPLS...
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Police-referred restorative justice for juveniles in Australia
by Richards, Kelly
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice. No. 398(July). During the 1990s, restorative justice became firmly established as a new approach for responding to juvenile crime. Restorative justice measures are most commonly used to divert juvenile offenders from the formal...
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Sulha: Palestinian traditional peacemaking process.
by Jabbour, Elias J
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) Montreat, NC: House of Hope Publications. The roots of sulha can be found partly in early Semitic writings and later in Christian Scriptures dating from around the first century A.D., and of course later found in pre-Islamic and Islamic literature. The point of this volume is...
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The internal logic of the cosmos as ‘justice’ and ‘reconciliation’: Micro-level perceptions in post-conflict Guatemala
by Viaene, Lieselotte
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Critique of Anthropology. 30(3):287-312. Recently there has been greater interest from academics and practitioners in the role of ‘traditional’ justice mechanisms in politics of peace, reconciliation and transitional justice efforts after a period of large-scale...
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Victim participation and therapeutic jurisprudence.
by Wemmers, Joanne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Victims and Offenders. 3(2&3):165-191. Research with crime victims suggests that victims seek participation and recognition in the justice system (Erez, 1999; Kilchling, 1995; Shapland, Willmore, & Duff, 1985; Wemmers, 1996). However, victim participation in the...
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RJ City: Phase 1. Final Report.
by Van Ness, Daniel W
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Washington, DC: Prison Fellowship International This is the Final Report of Phase One of the RJ City Project. The Project is a research and design effort to explore what seems to be a gap between the claims that restorative justice offers an alternative approach to conflict,...
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Parallel justice for victims of crime.
by Herman, Susan
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Washington, DC: National Center for Victims of Crime. THe concept of Parallel Justice is rooted in the belief that society has an obligation to provide justice to victims. When a crime has occurred, the social contract has been breached, and true justice requires attention to...
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Contrasting national jurisdictional and welfare responses to violence to children.
by Waldegrave, Charles
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Social Policy Journal of New Zealand. 27:57-76. This paper describes some approaches to addressing maltreatment of children in OECD countries and explores whether these approaches could be used to improve outcomes in New Zealand. Comparisons are made between the Anglo-American...
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Turning the corner: Beyond incarceration and re-offending.
by Shelupanov, Anton
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) London: The Young Foundation. This report makes the case for innovation in the justice sector – at policy, strategic and implementation levels, both locally and nationally. There is now widespread agreement that the system needs to change radically. But unfortunately there...
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Restorative justice in prisons
by Dhami, Mandeep K.
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) Contemporary Justice Review. 12(4): 433-448 Restorative Justice (RJ) has found significant utility outside the prison setting. For many reasons, it has not received the same level of consideration inside the institution…Although RJ has the potential to have a positive...
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