Putting victims at the heart of justice: making amends in Northern Ireland.
by Lyon, Juliet
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Resolution (News from the Restorative Justice Consortium). 34:5. Promises to put victims at the heart of the justice system sound good but can have a hollow ring. Too often people find themselves lost in a maze of unfamiliar, complex and bureaucratic criminal justice process and...
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Justice reinvestment.
by Editor
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Resolution (News from the Restorative Justice Consortium). 34:4. Two very significant reports on Restorative Justice have been published in the last few weeks. The Irish Government published the final report of their National Commission on Restorative Justice – established...
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Faith and restorative justice — A Muslim perspective.
by Delic, Zijad
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Canadian Islamic Congress Friday Magazine. In the context of Islam (as well as in other major faiths), the ultimate goal of Restorative Justice is the prevention of crime, whether in our families, neighborhoods, educational institutions, communities, or society at large. We are...
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The Chicago principles on post-conflict justice.
by International Human Rights Law Institute, Kimmett
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Chicago: The International Human Rights Law Institute. The Chicago Principles on Post-Conflict Justice are designed to address these problems. Part I provides an overview of the fundamentals of the field, presenting post-conflict justice as a set of ideas and practices based...
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A fair response: Developing responses to racist incidents that earn the confidence of black and minority ethnic prisoners.
by Edgar, Kimmett
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) London: Prison Reform Trust. Black and minority ethnic (BMe) prisoners, consulted by the Prison Reform Trust, described changes they would like to see in the systems prisons use to respond to racist incidents. in a 15 month project, supported by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable...
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PolÃticas públicas en mediación penal y conflictos sociales.
by Riva, Ricardo
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Justicia Restaurativa En Linea Para instrumentar un Programa de Mediación Penal tuvimos en cuenta las necesidades de las vÃctimas, generar una oportunidad para desarrollar un sentido de comunidad y sensibilizar al más amplio espectro de la población con el objetivo...
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Punishment and beyond: Achieving justice through the satisfaction of multiple goals.
by Darley, John M
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Law and Society Review. 43(1):1-37. We investigated the hypothesis that people’s need for punishment does not preclude a desire for restorative sanctions that address the repairing of the harm to victims and communities caused by wrongdoing. Study 1 showed that although...
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Using feminist methods and restorative justice to interview capital offenders’ family members.
by Beck, Elizabeth
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work. 21(1):59-70. Researching sensitive topics is critical to understanding women’s lives. However, this research often carries the risk of retraumatization and exploitation. This article examines the development of a sensitive-topic...
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Technology, religion, and justice: The problems of disembedded and disembodied law.
by Foltz, Franz A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society. 26(6):463-471. In this article, the authors explore how technology has helped erode society’s conceptions of justice. Law, via juridification, has replaced the concept of justice with one of efficiency. The authors argue that...
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Explorations into the sociology of criminal justice and punishment: leaving the modernist project behind.
by Karstedt, Susanne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) History of the Human Sciences. 20(2):51-70. Law has been a close partner to sociology from its very beginning, and the partnership often has proven to be extremely prolific for sociology. Grand theories as well as vital conceptual tools can be counted among its offspring. Both...
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The effects of transitional justice mechanisms. A summary of empirical research findings and implications for analysts and practitioners.
by Thoms, Oskar N.T.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Centre for International Policy Studies. Univesity of Ottawa. The last two decades have witnessed a remarkable proliferation of “transitional justice†(TJ) processes in post-conflict and post-authoritarian societies. TJ mechanisms include trials and other judicial...
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Disrupting the informal-formal justice complex: on the transformative potential of civil mediation, restorative justice and reparations politics.
by Woolford, Andrew
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Contemporary Justice Review. 13(1):5-17. Among the many ‘informal’ conflict resolution practices currently available within the vast justice market, three stand out: civil mediation, restorative justice and reparations politics. These, in our estimation, are among...
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Community-based restorative transitional justice in Sierra Leone.
by Park, Augustine S. J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Contemporary Justice Review. 13(1):95 – 119. Community-based restorative transitional justice is an important feature of peace consolidation, maximizing access to justice and facilitating reconciliation. Examining post-conflict Sierra Leone as a case study, the author...
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Hull — Towards a restorative city.
by Finnis, Mark
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Presentation at the “Becoming a Restorative County/Local Authority” conference. 15 July. Cardiff City Hall, Cardiff, Wales. Restorative practices in Hull officially began in August 2007 with the creation of Hull Centre for Restorative Practices (HCRP). The centre...
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Unpacking the impact of Restorative Justice in the RISE experiments: Facilitators, offenders, and conference non-delivery.
by Woods, Daniel J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Publicly accessible Penn Dissertations. Paper 73. Restorative Justice (RJ) programs are often evaluated in terms of their outcomes, with little attention to the process. Typically we analyze average effects across individuals who experience RJ differently. The present...
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