Making Progress in Restorative Justice: a qualitative study.
by Bacon, John R.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Thesis submitted for Master’s Degree in Applied Criminology . University of Cambridge. This is an exploratory study into how restorative justice (RJ) facilitators made progress before and during a RJ conference. It draws specifically on the experiences of Justice Research...
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Evaluation of the Children in Trouble Programme.
by Halsey, Karen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) (LGA Report). Slough: National Foundation for Educational Research. The Children in Trouble programme – a joint project supported by the Local Government Association (LGA) and the Howard League for Penal Reform – set out to encourage, develop and showcase different...
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Music that will bring back the dead? Resurrection, reconciliation, and restorative justice in post-apartheid South Africa.
by Danaher Jr, W.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Journal of Religious Ethics. 38(1):115-141. This essay explores how the doctrine of the Resurrection informs theological reflection on reconciliation in post-Apartheid South Africa. It begins by establishing the fragile and liminal state of reconciliation, despite the efforts of...
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“Effects of race, sex, and victims’ reasons for victim-offender dialogue.”
by Borton, Ian M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Conflict Resolution Quarterly. 27(2):215. This study focuses on victim-offender dialogue files archived by Ohio’s Office of Victim Services (OVS). The OVS director was interested in knowing why only one in four initiated dialogue files complete actual face-to-face...
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Judges’ Attitudes about and Experiences with Sentencing Circles in Intimate-Partner Abuse Case.
by Belknap, Joanne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice.52(4):369-395. During the 1980s and 1990s, two important changes that occurred in criminal processing were seemingly at odds for intimate-partner abuse cases. The first was the move to treat offender-violence cases more...
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Restorative Justice’s Impact on Participants’ Psychological and Physical Health.
by Rugge, Tanya A
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Corrections Research: User Report.Ottawa: Public Safety Canada. Research on restorative justice has cited many positive benefits for participants. For example, restorative justice processes are satisfying to both victims and offenders. However, despite references made to...
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When and Why It Started: Deconstructing Victim-Centered Truth Commissions in the Context of Ethnicity-Based Conflict.
by Nwogu, Nneoma V
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) International Journal of Transitional Justice, doi:10.1093/ijtj/ijq010. This article argues that truth commissions as a transitional justice mechanism have fallen short of what is achievable within the context of their own aspirations, particularly with respect to cases...
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Guidelines for Family Group Decision Making in Child Welfare.
by FGDM Guidelines Committee, Anita
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Englewood, CO: American Humane Association. These guidelines address family group decision making as a critical practice within child welfare agencies and community-based agencies that work with public child welfare systems. In developing these guidelines, American Humane...
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At War with the Past? The Politics of Truth Seeking in Guatemala.
by Isaacs, Anita
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) International Journal of Transitional Justice, doi:10.1093/ijtj/ijq005. Truth seeking in postwar Guatemala is a political battleground in which perpetrators intent on guarding against accountability confront victims’ associations equally intent on exposing abuses endured...
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Review of effective practice in juvenile justice.
by Murphy, Peter
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Manuka ACT:Noetic Solutions Pty Limited. This report identifies and describes effective practice in juvenile justice. The report reviews important international and Australian juvenile justice systems and draws from the ‘what works’ literature to evaluate a range of...
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Comparing coercive and non-coercive interventions.
by McGuire, James
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) London: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. What follows is divided into four sections. The first section briefly summarises basic evidence concerning the circumstances of youth justice in England and Wales, drawing on relevant comparative data in as digestible a form as...
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A strategic review of the New South Wales Juvenile Justice System.
by Murphy, Peter
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Manuka ACT:Noetic Solutions Pty Limited. In approaching this task, the Review consulted widely including representatives from NSW agencies, academia, the Non-Government sector, other jurisdictions and with members of the Government and Opposition. Members of the public also made...
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Evaluating the neighbourhood justice cenre in Yarra.
by Anonymous
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Melbourne, Victoria: Victorian Department of Justice. The NJC is located in a purpose-built site in the suburb of Collingwood, within the City of Yarra. The Centre offers a range of justice and social services including: • Magistrates’ Court of Victoria with...
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Punishing costs: How locking up children is making Britain less safe.
by Knuutila, Aleski
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) London: New Economics Foundation For this study, we reviewed the available evidence to estimate the full impact of prison sentences on children. We looked at research that compared the life of those sentenced to prison to similar groups that did not receive a prison sentence or...
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