History education reform, transitional justice, and the transformation of identities.
by Cole, Elizabeth A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Research Brief. October. New York: International Center for Transitional Justice. Th e essential goal of education is to transform children into citizens who can function beyond the circle of the family. Within education, history may be the discipline that is most inherently...
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Transitional justice for Indigenous people in a non-transitional society.
by Jung, Courtney
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Research Brief. October. New York: International Center for Transitional Justice. Th e framework of transitional justice, originally devised to facilitate reconciliation in countries undergoing transitions from authoritarianism to democracy, is increasingly used to respond to...
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Transitional justice and the rights of minorities and indigenous peoples.
by Chapman, Chris
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Research Brief. October. New York: International Center for Transitional Justice. Many of the situations that transitional justice has been called upon to address involve wholesale attacks on minority communities—not only through physical attacks but also by seizure of...
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Transitional justice, federalism and the accommodation of minority nationalism
by Kymlicka, Will
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Research Brief. October. New York: International Center for Transitional Justice. In societies scarred by ethnic animosity or religious intolerance, one goal of transitional justice is to help reshape identities. In particular the aim is to weaken aspects of identities that were...
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Identities in transition: Developing better transitional justice initiatives in divided societies.
by Arthur, Paige
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) New York: International Center for Transitional Justice. Identity refers to peoples’ membership in social groups. Such groups or social categories are probably infinite and include ethnic, religious, class and gender groups, but also subgroups within those groups: women,...
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An eye for an eye: Proportionality as a moral principle of punishment.
by Fish, Morris J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. 28(1):57-71. The lex talionis of the Old Testament has been widely perceived— understandably, but mistakenly—as a barbaric law of retribution in kind. It is better understood as a seminal expression of restraint and proportionality...
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Practice cultures and the ‘new’ youth justice in (England and) Wales.
by Field, Stewart
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) British Journal of Criminology. 47:311-330. This paper considers the extent to which the Government’s declared intentions to unite youth justice practice cultures around a common emphasis on preventing offending through early criminal justice intervention have been...
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Nurturing hostile environments: The problem of school violence.
by Fredland, Nina M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Family and Community Health. 31(1S): S32-41. Although school violence directly affects the overall health and well-being of children and adolescents, clear priorities have not been identified for dealing with the problem. Horrific events such as the 1999 Columbine High School...
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Memory as remedy for evil
by Todorov, Tzvetan
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Journal of International Criminal Justice. 7:447-462. It is often presumed that, if we remember the evil committed in the past, we can avoid it today. However, there is no reason to conclude that evil is generally, on the decline. If we observe the process of production of...
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Designing justice: Legal institutions and other systems for managing conflict.
by Bingham, Lisa Blomgren
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution. 24(1):1-51. My purpose with this essay is to raise, not to answer, this question. First, I briefly introduce the field of institutional analysis and design in social science. Second, I describe the field of DSD and apply elements of...
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Investigating probation strategies with juvenile offenders: The influence of officers’ attitudes and youth characteristics.
by Schwalbe, Craig S.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Law and Human Behaviour. 33(5):357-367. Probation officers are the focal point for most interventions with delinquent youths in the juvenile justice system. The present study examines probation strategies and interventions in a sample of 308 probation officers who completed the...
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Integrating wholesale restorative justice within Irish society: Issues and considerations facing policy makers.
by Haverty, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) ExpressO Available at: http://works.bepress.com/martin_haverty/1 Restorative Justice has grown from a few scattered experimental projects, into a social movement and an identifiable field of practice and study. While restorative justice is provided for within the Irish criminal...
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The prosocial, adaptive qualities of just world beliefs: Implications for the relationship between justice and forgiveness.
by Strelan, Peter
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Personality and Individual Differences 43:881–890. The relationship between belief in a just world (BJW) and forgiveness was examined in 275 participants. Personal BJW was positively related, and unjust world beliefs negatively related, to forgiveness of others. Personal...
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“What have I done?” A victim empathy programme for young people.
by Liebmann, Marian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) London and Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. What have I done? is a programme to encourage empathy in young people who have committed a specific crime or hurt others through their actions. It challenges the young person to face the harm they have caused and consider...
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Coming Together for Sam: FGDM (FGC) Helps a Family Find a Solution of Its Own.
by Welden, Lynn M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Restorative Practices E-Forum. 19 January 2010. The Gordon family (names are fictitious), of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA, recently experienced a life-affirming restorative process — a family group decision-making (FGDM) conference (also called family group...
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