When offenders and victims sit down and talk.
by Leonard, Dagny
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) CQ Researcher 5 Mar. 2010: 206+ Restorative justice has become a popular alternative to the judicial process in the United States. Restorative justice involves dialogue between the offender and the victims. The process encourages offenders to take responsibility for their...
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The Justice Dilemma in Uganda.
by Worden, Scott
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) USIPeace Briefing. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace. On February 18, 2008 the Ugandan government and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) reached agreement on an accountability and reconciliation accord that would provide for prosecution in Uganda of senior...
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Restoring Justice (Ubuntu): An African Perspective.
by Elechi, O. Oko
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) International Criminal Justice Review. 20(1):73-85. This study examines the principles and practices of the African concept of justice in contemporary times, and explores the possibility of using these concepts in the United States and other countries. The goal of justice-making...
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‘Joe everyday, people off the street’: a qualitative study on mediators’ roles and skills in victim-offender mediation.
by Jung Jin Choi
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Contemporary Justice Review. 13(2):207-227. This qualitative study examined multiple perspectives of participants who experienced a Victim-Offender Mediation (VOM) program in a Midwestern city in the United States. Of particular interest are the roles and skills of mediators....
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Gendering violence, remorse, and the role of restorative justice: deconstructing public perceptions of Kelly Ellard and Warren Glowatski
by Kilty, Jennifer
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Contemporary Justice Review. 13(2):155-172. Fourteen year old Reena Virk was beaten by a group of teenagers and then drowned by two members of the group (Kelly Ellard and Warren Glowatski) on 14 November 1997, in Saanich British Columbia, Canada. While there has been much...
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Anomie and violence:Non-truth and reconciliation in Indonesian peacebuilding.
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Canberra: ANU E Press. This book argues that between 1997 and 2004, theoretically, Indonesia experienced a period of anomie (Durkheim 1897): a breakdown of the regulatory order that secured the institutional order (the rules of the game). A security sector that pursued its own...
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Do reentry courts reduce recidivism? Results from the Harlem Parole and Reentry Court.
by Hamilton, Zachary
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) New York: Center for Court Innovation. The Harlem Parole Reentry Court was established in June of 2001 in response to the high concentration of parolees returning to the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. Created by the Center for Court Innovation in cooperation with the New...
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Handbook of crime prevention and community safety.
by Tilley, Nick
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Devon, UK: Willan Publishing. This Handbook provides a detailed overview of the main theories and perspectives informing crime prevention policy and practice, and contains chapters covering the means and methods used in crime prevention, and how these are applied in practice to...
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Handbook on prisons.
by Jewkes, Yvonne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Cullumpton, Devon: Willan Publishing. This Handbook provides a broad and wide-ranging account of prisons and imprisonment and represents one of the most ambitious books on the subject yet published. It aims to convey the reality of imprisonment, and to reflect the main issues...
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Living gently in a violent world. The prophetic witness of weakness.
by Hauerwas, Stanley
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Rather than contending for privilege by wielding power and authority, we can witness prophetically out of our brokenness. The church has much to learn from an oft-overlooked community — those with disabilities, who point us anew to...
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Reconciling all things: A Christian vision for justice, peace, and healing.
by Katongole, Emmanual
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Emmanual Katongole and Chris Rice, codirectors of the Center for Reconciliation at Duke Divinity School, cast a vision for reconciliation that is biblical, transformative and holistic, helping Christians imagine a new creation in their...
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The case for restorative justice — A change is gonna come.
by Workman, Kim
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Presentation at the Taranaki Restorative Justice Conference, New Plymouth on Wednesday, 24th March. Eighteen months later, my critics are silent. Apart from the initial promise of the ‘Drivers of Crime’ initiative, most of the focus has been to introduce legislation...
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Drug Courts for DWI Offenders?: The Effectiveness of Two Hybrid Drug Courts on DWI Offenders.
by Bouffard, Jeffrey A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Journal of Criminal Justice. 38(1):25-33. The effectiveness of drug courts for illegal drug-involved offenders has been well documented (Belenko, 1998, 2001; Wilson, Mitchell, & MacKenzie, 2006); however, few studies had examined whether they work for repeat “driving...
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Towards a restorative society: A problem solving response to harm .
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) London: Make Justice Work. This pamphlet will consider, first, the confused logic on which present policies are based; second, measures that could make a difference within the existing range of policies; third, how a restorative approach could make a difference, with a look at...
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Police diversion of young offenders and Indigenous over-representation.
by Allard, Troy
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Trends and Issues in crime and justice. No. 390. This study aimed to contribute to the emerging literature examining disparity in the use of police diversion and whether the impact of police diversion on re-contact varies based on Indigenous status. The study addressed three...
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