Restorative justice.
by Virginia State Crime Commission
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Report Document No. 48. Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. Senate Joint Resolution 362 (SJR 362) was introduced by Senator Norment during the 2009 Regular Session of the General Assembly.2 Although SJR 362 was left in House Rules, the Executive Committee of the Crime Commission...
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The Sanctuary Model: A restorative approach for human services organizations.
by Mirsky, Laura
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Restorative Practices E-Forum. 3 March. The Sanctuary Model is a non-hierarchical, highly participatory, “traumainformed and evidence-supported†operating system for human services organizations, which helps them function in a humane, democratic and socially...
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Paramilitary demobilisation in Colombia: Between peace and justice.
by Gómez Isa, Felipe
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Working Paper 57. Madrid: Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE). As well as the global human rights treaties ratified by Colombia, the international context can count on the Basic principles and guidelines on the right to a remedy and...
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Colorado Children’s Code authorizes restorative justice conferences for adjudicated youth (Part 2 of 2).
by Wachtel, Joshua
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Restorative Practices E-Forum. 17 July. It’s no accident that Colorado is the first U.S. state to mandate that judges advise adjudicated youth of the possibility of participating in restorative justice (RJ) conferences or other programs if they become involved in the...
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Commitment to parallel justice.
by Victim Support
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Wellington: The New Zealand Council of Victim Support Groups, Inc. Victim Support calls for a system of Parallel Justice. This is a system that gives the victim a separate path to justice alongside the criminal justice system. It distinguishes the needs of the victim from...
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Exploring viability of introducing ADR in criminal law.
by Shankar, Uday
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) The Icfai University Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution. 7(3):37-48. Alternative Dispute Redressal (ADR), which refers to the process of dispute resolution, denotes the idea of making the system of delivering justice friendly to the disputed parties and ensuring quick...
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Evidence-based practice in group work with incarcerated youth.
by Quinn, Ashley
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 32:288–293. As a result of the Youth Criminal Justice Act’s increased focus on restorative justice, treatment, rehabilitation, and reintegration of youth, many more juvenile offenders require mental health services while...
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Epistemological reflections on the evaluation of restorative justice practices.
by Faget, Jacques
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) British Journal of Community Justice. 6(2): 77-83.. This paper presents a reflection on the reasons which motivates the evaluation of restorative justice practices. In a social and institutional domain crowded with beliefs and symbols it debates this need for understanding...
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Empirical research on forgiveness with Christians: What have we learned?
by Worthington, Everett L
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Journal of Psychology and Christianity. 27(4):368-370. To date, there has been a paucity of empirical research aimed explicitly at discovering how Christians forgive. I briefly review sixteen studies in the Summer and Winter issues of the Joumal of Psychology and Christianity...
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European perspectives on the evaluation of restorative justice: Empathy, offending and attitudes, a promising new avenue for research?
by Williams, Brian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) British Journal of Community Justice. 6(2): 85-92. While references are frequently made in the restorative justice literature to the desirability of eliciting empathy towards their victims from offenders, little is known about whether it is in fact worthwhile to do so. Does...
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Desarrollo internacional de un concepto de reparación a las vÃctimas de violaciones a los derechos humanos e infracciones al derecho internacional humanitario: complementos a la perspectiva de la ONU.
by Vera Pineros, Diego
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Papeles PolÃticas. 13(2):739-773. En la lenta configuración de un derecho formal para la reparación a las vÃctimas de violencia politica y abuso de poder, reconocido y protegido en el ámbito internacional, puede considerarse un importante hito de evolución...
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Development of Restorative Justice in Northern Ireland.
by Doherty, Kelvin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) In, Wayne Taylor, Rod Earle, and Richard Hester, eds, Youth justice handbook: Theory, policy, and practice. Portland: Willan Publishing. pp.243-251. The signing of the Belfast Agreement by all the major political parties in the province and the British and Irish Governments...
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Restorative Justice at the Heart of the Youth Community.
by Mahaffey, Helen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) In, Wayne Taylor, Rod Earle, and Richard Hester, eds, Youth justice handbook: Theory, policy, and practice. Portland: Willan Publishing. pp. 123-131. Restorative justice (RJ)is rooted in a wide range of community practices, most notably in the indigenous communities of Australia...
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Indigenous Sentencing Courts.
by Marchetti, Elena
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Brief 5. Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse. This brief focuses on Indigenous sentencing courts, which operate in all Australian states and territories except Tasmania. These courts have been established according to protocols and practices, and can be distinguished from more...
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Defendants in the Circle: Nowra Circle Court, the presence and impact of Elders, and re-Offending.
by Daly, Kathleen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Brisbane: School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University. The first Indigenous sentencing court was established in 1999 in South Australia, and as of mid-year 2008, about 40 adult courts are operating around Australia. A growing literature has mapped...
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