Just Deserts or Shalom.
by Smidstra, Henk
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Justice Reflections Issue 17. Posted at M2/W2 Restorative Christian Ministries. Our western criminal justice system has also been heavily influenced by the darker side of ancient Roman legal and military practices about which much has been written.6 I wish to focus on how...
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Port Lincoln Aboriginal Conference Pilot: Review Report.
by Marshall, Jayne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Adelaide: Office of Crime Statistics and Research. The Port Lincoln Aboriginal Adult Conference Pilot commenced in September 2007, with the first conference and sentencing hearing held in November 2007. Under the Port Lincoln conference model, Aboriginal defendants who reside in...
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Crime and Reconciliation: Experimental Criminology and the Future of Restorative Justice.
by Sherman, Lawrence W
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Acta Criminologica. 22(1). The South African Truth and Reconciliation story has provided a moral inspiration for the rest of the world to reconsider reconciliation. Under the name of ‘restorative justice’ (RJ), the spirit of ubuntu has opened a world-wide window for...
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A jury of their peers: teen courts help communities get smart about being tough.
by Garrett, Ronnie
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Law Enforcement Technology. 36(7):44-50. At its core, youth court has two main goals: (1) Response to the behavior. That’s its forte, says Jack Levine, president of Tallahassee, Fla.’s 4Generations Institute, a non-profit organization designed to bridge the gap...
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Verdad, justicia y reparación: DesafÃos para la democracia y la convivencia social.
by Pacheco Oreamuno, Gilda
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Stockholm: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance. Este libro nos permite entender mejor la situación en various paÃses de la región latinoamericana. Si bien hay contextos diferentes, vemos un importante tema en común: todos hemos luchado por...
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Making Reconciliation Work: the Role of Parliaments.
by Freeman, Mark
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Stockholm: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance. This handbook examines the issue of reconciliation in two contexts: transitions from authoritarian rule to democracy, and transitions from war to peace. Since the early 1970s, the world has witnessed a...
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The Role of Parliaments in the National Reconciliation Process in Africa.
by Editor
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) REGIONAL SEMINAR ORGANIZED JOINTLY BY THE PARLIAMENT OF BURUNDI, THE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION AND THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE BUJUMBURA, 7-9 NOVEMBER 2005. Published by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and International Institute for...
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Getting beyond the crime
by Goodwin, Jan
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) O (Oprah Magazine). 143-147. An article with two stories as examples about how restorative justice practices, particularly victim offender mediation, can bring peace to the victim and/or the victim’s family and teach the offender empathy by showing him or her the direct...
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Mediation offers education for offenders, crime victims
by Mastbaum, Larry
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Minnesota: The Journal. Victims of crime seldom have a voice in events that can affect their lives for weeks, months, or even years afterwards. In Brown county, however, a new program offers victims of certain crimes a personal stake in the legal process and a chance to ask...
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Listening and justice for all: program promotes justice
by Stodghill, Mark
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Duluth: Duluth News-Tribune. A conferencing program in Duluth teaches juvenile offenders about the effects of their actions and provide satisfaction to the victims by giving them a safe place to express how they were...
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Family group conferencing for quality-of-life crimes: the Minneapolis experience
by Pranis, Kay
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Humanity & Society, vol. 22, issue 1. 118-122. Quality-of-life crimes are crimes which are too small to merit serious police attention but still affect the whole community – like soliciting prostitutes, vandalism, public urination, and driving with a suspended...
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Family confronts loss, convicted killers in search for answers
by Franklin, Robert
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Minneapolis: The Star Tribune. After their daughter was killed, Don and Mary Streufert, made the choice to go and visit the two convicted killers in prison. For six years, they have been a part of victim offender mediation with Guy Sullivan and James Swanson. It has been a...
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Conferencing and the community
by Pranis, Kay
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Corrections. Relationships are the threads of community. The interweaving of relationships is the fabric of the community. Mutual responsibility is the loom on which the fabric of community is woven. Crime represents a failure of responsibility...
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Beyond punishment – workplace conferencing: an effective organisational response to incidents of workplace bullying
by Thorsborne, Margaret
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Presented to the Beyond Bullying Association’s “Responding to Professional Abuse†Conference St John’s College, University of Queensland, Brisbane July 1999 and again to the Anzela Conference Adelaide, 2000. More and more organisations have policies and...
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Workplace conferencing: an effective organisational response to transforming workplace conflict
by Thorsborne, Margaret
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Corrections. While many organisations have adopted policies and procedures to deal with difficult people and situations, rarely are they able to deal effectively with the emotional impact of this harmful behavior and its aftermath. Their...
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