Restorative Justice: Two Examples from New Zealand Schools
by Janice Wearmouth, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) British Journal of Special Education. 34(4): 196-203. In this article Janice Wearmouth, formerly professor of education at the University of Wellington, New Zealand and now at Liverpool Hope University, Rawiri McKinney, an advocate for Rangatahi who has recently completed his...
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Justice for Women:Seeking Accountability for Sexual Crimes in Post-Conflict Situations.
by Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE), John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Seminar, Brussels, 13-14 May 2008. Confernece Report. Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE). While significant advances have been achieved in global women’s rights law, many experts point to the shortcomings in national penal...
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Restorative Practices and the Transformation at West Philadelphia High School
by Mirsky, Laura
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Restorative Practices E-Forum. 22 June West Philadelphia High School has undergone a transformation. It has been on Pennsylvania’s “Persistently Dangerous Schools†list for six years, but the implementation of restorative practices and strong leadership,...
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THERAPEUTIC JURISPRUDENCE MISUNDERSTOOD AND MISREPRESENTED: THE PRICE AND RISKS OF INFLUENCE
by Ian Freckelton, John
June 4, 2015
Therapeutic jurisprudence has been described as a mechanism, vector, prism, lens, and heuristic for viewing the content of law and legal process, and as having the potential for reform of the law. It has been highly influential and, if anything, its influence is gathering momentum. However, in...
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Transitional Justice in Postconflict Contexts: The Case of Sierra Leone’s Dual Accountability Mechanisms
by Lydia Apori Nkansah, John
June 4, 2015
Literature on in-depth studies of dual transitional justice mechanisms in postconflict settings is inadequate. This qualitative case study sought to understand the practice of dual transitional justice by examining the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Special Court engaged for...
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Supporting Young Offenders Through Restorative Justice:Parents As (In)Appropriate Adults
by Carolyn Hoyle, John
June 4, 2015
Set within the wider context of responsibilising youth justice policies, this article heeds academic calls for further research into parent/child dynamics within restorative justice processes(Prichard,2002;Bradt et al.,2007),by critically analysing and evaluating the role of parents as...
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Restorative Justice in South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commision
by Kimberly Spiers, John
June 4, 2015
This thesis examines the founding documents of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commision(SATRC) to assess if the commission was founded on restorative justice values(RJ).Following this,a discourse analysis is employed to examine a sample of transcripts from the victims’...
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Restorative Justice and Educating for Peace
by Heather Metz, John
June 4, 2015
An ethnographic case study of a classroom for children with behavioral disorders was conducted in order to explore the question: In what ways does restorative justice empower students to respect each other’s physical and emotional well-being? Results demonstrate that when restorative...
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Protocols for Evaluating Restorative Justice Programmes
by Paul McCold, John
June 4, 2015
This article provides a review and critique of the current research findings about restorative justice. It is suggested that some of the positive findings are not due to programme efficacy, but rather to well-known threats to validity. The effect of case attrition on selection bias is...
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Protecting Muslim Civil and Human Rights in America:The Role of Islamic, National, and International Organizations
by Aisha Pena, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. 27(3):387-400. The focus of this article is on examining the civil and human rights of Muslims in America and the bias and prejudice that they encounter in their local communities. The paper includes a list of Muslim, national, and...
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REPAIRING THE PAST : Polarities of Restorative Justice
by Donald W Shriver, John
June 4, 2015
Forging links between academic analysis and the hard, practical work of politicians is a neglected art. Behind the difficulty are the threats of ambiguity. Making a decision to do something is different from thinking about doing. There is a “leap”, H. Richard Niebuhr used to say,...
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The Place of Shame in Responses to Anti-Social Behaviour
by Ian Edwards, John
June 4, 2015
Government responses to ‘anti-social behaviour’have included,amongst others,two trends that employ shame in pursuit of crime prevention:”naming and shaming” of those subject to anti-social behaviour orders(ASBOs) on one hand and restorative justice on the other. This...
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A Pilot Study of a Faith-Based Restorative Justice Intervention for Christian and Non-Christian Offenders
by Marilyn Peterson Armour, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Journal of Psychology and Christianity. 27(2):159-167 As prison populations continue to rise, faith-based and restorative justice programs show promise in influencing offenders’ internal motivations and external behaviors. Using a one-group, pretest-posttest design, this...
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Restorative Justice for Banks Through Negative Licensing.
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) British Journal of Criminology. 49(4):439-450. The most general lesson of the crime prevention literature is taken to be that repeat victimization and repeat offending are concentrated in time and space; early intervention to prevent wider inflammation of such hot spots is more...
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Rethinking drug courts: restorative justice as a response to racial injustice.
by O'Hear, Michael M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Stanford Law and Policy. 20(2):463-500. Since their first appearance in Miami in 1989, specialized drug treatment courts have grown phenomenally popular, with nearly 2,000 now in existence. Although their effectiveness is a matter of debate among academics, (2) their political...
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