Human Rights and Prisons: A Pocketbook of International Human Rights Standards for Prison Officials
by United Nations, Dirk
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) United Nations Publication. This Pocketbook is one component of the four-part publication Human Rights and Prisons – a human rights training package for prison officials. The four components are designed to complement each other and, taken together, provide all necessary...
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Les Droits de L’Homme et Les Prisons: Manuel de formation aux droits de l’homme à l’intention du personnel pénitentiaire
by United Nations, Dirk
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) United Nations Publication. Le présent Manuel est l’un des quatre volets de la publication intitulée Les droits de l’homme et les prisons – un ensemble de documents de formation aux droits de l’homme à l’intention du personnel...
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Human Rights and Prisons: Manual on Human Rights Training for Prison Officials
by United Nations, Dirk
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) United Nations Publication. This manual was produced by the United National Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) in collaboration with PRI and the International Centre for Prison Studies. It is one component of the four-part publication, Human Rights in...
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Handbook on prisoner file management
by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Dirk
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Criminal Justice Handbook Series, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The maintenance of prisoner files is easily associated with the realms of prison administration and bureaucracy—often a burdensome task for overworked prison staff. The role of prisoner files in...
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A Compendium of Comparative Prison Legislation
by van Zyl Smit, Dirk
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Penal Reform International. The objective of this Compendium is to provide legislative draftsmen, legislators, line ministries, prison administrations and those concerned with prison and penal reform with examples from around the world of drafting that is ‘positive,...
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Alternative Dispute Resolution – Community-based Mediation as an Auxiliary to Formal Justice in Bangladesh: The Madaripur Model of Mediation (MMM)
by Editor, Franklin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Penal Reform International. All people deserve to have access to formal systems of justice, but for many reasons there are many that do not have that access. Alternative dispute resolution programs can work in those settings to bring resolution to communities and individuals....
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A Model for Good Prison Farm Management in Africa
by Editor, Franklin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Penal Reform International. In most prison services throughout Africa, the main expense aside from staff salaries is food for the prison ration which is invariably purchased from outside contractors. The funds allocated for these rations are often only sufficient for one meal...
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Application of Outcome Mapping in Transitional Justice Context: Social Transformation in Post-Conflict Liberia Building Community, Fostering Peace and Reconciliation
by Editor, Franklin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Canada: The International Development Research Centre. Dagomba International is working in three communities-Voinjama, Salayea, and Zorzor- in Lofa County to strengthen the prospects for peace, stability and foster a culture of reconciliation in the era of post-conflict...
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A Review of the Literature on Reconciliation: What do we understand by ‘Reconciliation’? (Emerging Definitions of Reconciliation in the Context of Transitional Justice)
by Oduro, Franklin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Canada: The International Development Research Centre. There seem to be visible competing understandings of reconciliation in societies undergoing transitional justice experiences. How these societies perceive reconciliation as a development outcome of transitional justice...
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Evaluating Experiences in Transitional Justice and Reconciliation: Challenges and Opportunities for Advancing the Field
by Editor, Amanda B.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Center for the Study of Violence, South Africa, & International Development Research Centre, Canada. From the 2nd to the 4th of April 2007, practitioners in the field of Transitional Justice convened in a workshop in Cape Town, South Africa, to consider the challenges and...
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Best Practices Avoiding Failures of Implementation: Lessons from Process Evaluations.
by Cissner, Amanda B.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) New York: Cetner for Court Innovation. This paper is part of a multi-faceted inquiry into failed criminal justice experiments undertaken by the Center for Court Innovation and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance. This paper primarily examines...
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Striking a balance: Restorative justice brings offenders face-to-face with their victims.
by Derosa, Katie
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Times Colonist. 16 August. In the emotional saga following the brutal murder of 14-year-old Reena Virk in 1997, her traumatized parents went through markedly different experiences with their daughter’s two killers: One of denial and self-pity with Kelly Ellard, and one of...
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Understanding Problem-Oriented Policing
by Editor, Kayleen M
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) AICrime reduction matters no. 17, Australian Institute of Criminology. Problem-oriented policing is an attitudinal shift that asks police to respond to situations in such a way that they respond to the underlying conditions that gave rise to the behavior, not just to the...
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Crime prevention for Aboriginal communities
by Hazlehurst, Kayleen M
June 4, 2015
Source: (1990) Crime Prevention Series, no. 2, Australian Institute of Criminology. In the past many programs designed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities have failed because they lacked an understanding and respect of local culture and tradition. They have not recognised the...
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