Transformative Justice: Critical and Peacemaking Themes Influenced by Richard Quinney.
by Wozniak, John F
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. The criminological contributions of Richard Quinney over four decades have spawned and energized both critical and peacemaking intellectual and activist movements in the field. The introduction to Transformative Justice illustrates how each chapter...
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Comparing police- and civilian-run family group conferences
by Hipple, Natalie Kroovand
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management. 31(4):553-577. The purpose of this paper is to compare family group conferences (FGCs) facilitated by police officers with those facilitated by a civilian along several dimensions including process,...
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Evaluation of a Pilot Community Policing Program: The Pasadena Police-Community Mediation and Dialog Program.
by Buchner, Brian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Washington, DC: US Dept of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). This report presents the methodology and findings of the evaluation of a pilot community policing program in Pasadena, CA that combines mediation with community dialog in addressing...
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Police Training on Child Rights and Child Protection: Lessons Learned and Manual.
by Wernham, Marie
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) London: Consortium for Street Children This book is the final outcome of an 8-month project to evaluate and consolidate lessons learned in relation to police training and sensitisation in the international arena of work with street children. This project was developed in...
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Best Practices of Non-Violent Conflict Resolution in and out-of-school:Some examples
by Verdiani, Antonella
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Paris: United Nations Education Science and Culture Organization. “Good practicesâ€, “better practicesâ€, “best practicesâ€â€¦ these are words often used in the field of education and in international jargon when alluding to development...
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Participation in Victim-Offender Mediation: Lessons Learned From Observations.
by Gerkin, Patrick M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Criminal Justice Review 2008, doi:10.1177/0734016808325058 Victim–offender mediation has grown to establish itself among criminal justice practices as an alternative to traditionally retributive notions of justice. As the number of programs claiming to be restorative in...
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The three Rs: retributive justice, restorative justice, and reconciliation.
by Clark, Janine Natalya
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Contemporary Justice Review. 11(4):331 – 350. This article explores the relationship between retributive justice, restorative justice, and reconciliation. Using the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for...
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Shocking testimonies at Liberia’s TRC hearings.
by Editor, David N.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) New York Amsterdam News. 01/24-01/30, 2008. 99(5): 2. Jan. 22 (GIN)—”Ghastly, horrible testimonies” was how one newspaper described the public hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission now underway in Monrovia, Liberia. Confessions of killing,...
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Resolving the Gault dilemma.
by Sandberg, David N.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) New Hampshire Bar Journal. 48(2): 58-67. May 15, 2007 marked the 40th anniversary of In re Gault, the most important case in the history of the juvenile court. Even casual observers of the court know that Gault vested delinquents nationwide with constitutional protections for...
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The Second Chance Act and the future of reentry reform.
by O'Hear, Michael M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) Federal Sentencing Reporter. 20(2): 75-83. Mass incarceration in the 1980s and 1990s has spawned a prisoner reentry crisis in this decade. Although reentry has only recently gained currency as a national political issue, the problems associated with reentry were an utterly...
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Introduction and premises: The apology and medical malpractice.
by McNeil, Christopher B.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) ExpressO. Consider the apology: what an amazingly simple yet complex linguistic convention, particularly in the context of the practice of medicine. Through the words “I’m sorry,†a message is conveyed that can strengthen bonds of trust, can heal psychic...
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The therapeutic effects of managerial reentry courts.
by MILLER, ERIC J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) The Therapeutic Effects of Managerial Reentry Courts. 20(2):127-135. Of the over two million people in state and federal prisons and jails, about 630,000 are released annually back into the poor, inner-city communities from which they are drawn. More than one in five of those...
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Trauma, testimony, and truth: Contemporary South African artists speak.
by MILLER, KIM
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) African Arts. 38(3): 40-94. South African writer Antjie Krog’s words directly address the problematic and highly contested relationship between truth, trauma, and representation. Specifically Krog refers to traumatic experiences and notions of “truth” as...
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A truth and reconciliation commission for Palestine/Israel: Healing spirit injuries?
by Wing, Adrien Katherine
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems. 17(1): 139-164. The Palestinians may want to consider the possibility of using a device that has been used by many other countries for societal healing – a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) – to deal with the...
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Victims’ participation in the investigations of the International Criminal Court.
by SaCouto, Susana
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems. 17(73): 74-105. … However, as a practical matter, PTC I’s decision to extend Article 68(3) to the investigation phase of a situation has failed to serve the restorative function envisaged by the drafters of the...
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