Anselm’s Cur Deus Homo For a Peace Theology: On The Compatability of Non-Violence and Sacrificial Atonement
by Rachel Reesor -Taylor, Jakob
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Thesis submitted to McGill University for Doctorate of Philosophy. Although the interpretation of Anselm’s Cur Deus Homo in the tradition of Albrecht Ritschl,Adolf Von Harnack and Gustav Aulen has led to a suspicion about its usefulness for a Peace Theology, a reading...
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Outlining the Shadow of the Axe—On Restorative Justice and the Use of Trial and Punishment.
by von Holderstein Holtermann, Jakob
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Criminal Law and Philosophy. 3(2):187-207. Most proponents of restorative justice admit to the need to find a well defined place for the use of traditional trial and punishment alongside restorative justice processes. Concrete answers have, however, been wanting more often than...
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Restorative Justice, Therapeutic Jurisprudence and the Rise of Emotionally Intelligent Justice.
by King, Michael S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Melbourne University Law Review. 32(3):1096-1126. Over the past 20 years, court and legal practices have changed due to the influence of more emotionally intelligent and less adversarial approaches to resolving legal disputes. Restorative justice encounters involving victims and...
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The Moroccan Equity and Reconciliation Commission: Three-part Summary of the Final Report.
by Kingdom of Morocco, Doina
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) International Centre for Transitional Justice. Taking into account that the period covered by the Equity and Reconciliation Commission (IER) is the longest of any comparable experiences (43 years); that the various crises of political violence that caused gross human rights...
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“What! What kind of apology is this?”: The nature of apology in victim offender mediation.(Report).
by Choi, Jung Jin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Children and Youth Services Review. 31(7):813-821. This qualitative study examined the multiple perspectives of participants’ experiences of a Victim Offender Mediation (VOM) program operating in a Midwestern city. Thirty-four face-to-face interviews were conducted with 37...
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VICTIM OFFENDER COMMUNICATION IN FELONY CASES: AN ARCHIVAL ANALYSIS OF OHIO’S OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES DIALOGUE PROGRAM
by Ian M. Borton, Doina
June 4, 2015
In this dissertation, I studied victim offender dialogue files archived by Ohio‟s Office of Victim Services (OVS). The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction runs OVS. The Office of Victim Services has processed 349 individual dialogue cases. The OVS director was interested in...
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Descriptive Analysis of the Portrayal of Restorative Justice in the B.C. Newsprint Media
by Scott N. MacMillan, Doina
June 4, 2015
Potrayals of restorative justice in British Columbia newsprint media are subjected to a descriptive content analysis.Fundamental aspects of the restorative justice perspective, and its many manifestations,are examined to assess how this perspective is portrayed to the public as a series of...
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Restorative Justice ,Interaction Ritual and the Micro Potential for Emotional Transformation
by Meredith Rossner, Doina
June 4, 2015
This research integrates knowledge from the sociology of emotions,micro-sociology and criminology to understand if and how a restorative justice conference can be a transformative event for offenders,with the potential to reduce offending Using a micro-sociological framework,with a focus on...
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A First Time Felony Offender Program Evaluation: Pretrial Diversion Program ,Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Montgomery, Alabama
by Jeanell J. Norvell, Doina
June 4, 2015
This study was a program evaluation of an Adlerian based,restorative justice,pretrial diversion program.The researcher examined changes in offenders’ self concepts,dissociations and recidivism rates.Instruments included the Tennessee Self -Concept scale:Second Edition, the Dissociative...
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Exploratory Study on the Effect of Restorative Justice on School Success and Disciplinary Incidents
by Alexis Nichole Norris, Doina
June 4, 2015
This study examines whether a restorative justice(RJ)intervention compared to the traditional school discipline process,improves the commitment and attachment to school for middle school students,leading to an increase in academic achievement and a decrease in anti-social behavior.Previous...
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Evaluating Victims Experiences in Restorative Justice
by Anthony Pemberton
June 4, 2015
Although restorative justice is often presented as a victim oriented reform of criminal justice procedures, there is a relative dearth of research and theory into the experiences of victims within restorative justice.Recently Heather Strang,Lawrence Sherman and their...
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Evaluating Victims Experiences in Restorative Justice
by Anthony Pemberton
June 4, 2015
Although restorative justice is often presented as a victim oriented reform of criminal justice procedures, there is a relative dearth of research and theory into the experiences of victims within restorative justice.Recently Heather Strang,Lawrence Sherman and their...
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European Perspectives on the Evaluation of Restorative Justice: Empathy , Offending and Attitudes ,A Promising New Avenue for Research
by Prof. Brian Williams, Doina
June 4, 2015
While references are frequently made in the restorative justice literature to the desirability of eliciting empathy to their victims from offenders, little is known about whether it is in fact worthwile to do so. Does empathy towards victims influence offenders future behaviour? Empathy itself...
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Epistemological Reflections on the Evaluation of Restorative Justice Practices
by Jaques Faget, Doina
June 4, 2015
This paper presents a reflection on the reasons which motivate the evaluation of restorative justice practices. In a social and institutional domain crowded with believes and symbols it debates what this need for understanding means. With the help of simple questions:who evaluates for what...
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Parole Decisions in New Jersey:Effects of Positive and Negative Victim and Non-Victim Input
by Joel M Caplan, Doina
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) Dissertation in Social Welfare This study uses a retrospective analysis of existing administrative data to determine the extent to which input (for and against release) affected parole release decisions in New Jersey – where both victims and non-victims could submit input...
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