An End in Itself: The Role of Religion in the Texas InnerChange Freedom Initiative, 1997-2007
June 4, 2015
“In April 1997, Texas began a controversial faith-based prison program in the Jester II Unit, a prison in Richmond1 (near Houston), which inmates meeting certain criteria could volunteer to join. Originally called the “InnerChange†Pre-Release Program, the Prison Fellowship...
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An interpersonal-developmental perspective on juvenile justice systems.
by Florsheim, Paul
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Journal of Law & Family Studies. 10(1): 147-171. The central theme of this paper is that an interpersonal-developmental model could help provide a core set of unifying principles for addressing several critical issues facing the juvenile justice system, including: (a) the...
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Knowledge production, framing and criminal justice reform in Latin America.
by Macaulay, Fiona
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Journal of Latin American Studies. 39(3): 627–651. This commentary surveys some of the trends and gaps in current research on criminal justice reform in Latin America – with a focus on Brazil, and on two specific areas : police and prison/penal reform. It explores...
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Intuitions of justice: Implications for criminal law and justice policy.
by Robinson, Paul H.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Southern California Law Review. 81(1): 1-68. Recent social science research suggests that many if not most judgments about criminal liability and punishment for serious wrongdoing are intuitional rather than reasoned. … But there exist a wide variety of reasons that have...
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Justicia juvenil. Tendencias internacionales: hacia la Justicia restaurativa.
by Zermatten, Jean.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Organisé par l’Institut international des Droits de l’Enfant (IDE) avec l’appui de la Direction du Développement et de la Coopération (DDC) de Suisse. Cada sistema tiene sus lÃmites y defectos. Pero nosotros nos hallamos aquà para reflexionar...
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About the Jumpstart Programme of the Zöld kakas lÃceum.
by Kerényi, Mária
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Paper from “Improving Citizenship & Restoring Community,” the 10th International Institute for Restorative Practices World Conference November 7—9, 2006, Budapest, Hungary. Looking for new solutions is how we found restorative techniques — conflict...
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Sub-Report on Delivery: Restorative Justice.
by Victor, Alicia
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Pretoria: The National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa. This report explores the development of the restorative justice paradigm in South Africa. Since 1994 there have been numerous policies that have sought to incorporate restorative principles. Notwithstanding its...
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Integrating a Victim Perspective in NSW Homicide Cases.
by Kirchengast, Tyrone
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) QUT Law and Justice Journal. 7(2):280-294. In Australia, where a victim dies as a result of an offence, a family victim impact statement may be tendered detailing the trauma occasioned to family members. All states except New South Wales (NSW) allow such statements to be...
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Restorative Justice : Forgiveness and Terrorism.
by Van Ness, Daniel W
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Washington, DC: Prison Fellowship International. As my airplane traveled toward Prison Fellowship’s International Council Meeting in South Africa, I was struggling with what bearing witness to the truth meant for me. It was September 18th, one week after the terrorist...
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Sexual behavior intervention program: an innovative level of care in male sex offender treatment.
by Roseman, Christopher P.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Journal of Mental Health Counseling. 30(4):297-310. The literature does not provide practical, targeted alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for sexual offenders deemed at low risk for recidivism. The Sexual Behavior Intervention Program (SBIP) is an innovative level of...
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Beyond the offender: Group counselling for victims of crime.
by Muylkens, Leen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Newsletter of the European Forum for Restorative Justice. 9(2): 3-4. The project ‘Slachtoffer in Beeld’ (Victim in Focus) has been working with offenders for the last twelve years. Like most initiatives which follow the idea of restorative justice, the focus is often...
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Apologies and plea bargaining.
by Etienne, Margareth
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Marquette Law Review. 91(1): 295-332. Theoretically, encouraging apologies early in the criminal process may be a laudable goal given the potential benefits of apologies to victims, offenders, and communities. … Given the overwhelming portion of cases that are resolved...
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Criminal justice policy in France: Illusions of severity.
by Roche, Sebastian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Crime and Justice. 36(1): 471-550. Penal policies and politics in France since the 1960s have followed their own distinct patterns. Though crime rates rose steeply, legislators enacted harsher maximum penalty laws, and prison sentence lengths increased, the prison population...
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Prosecution of grave violations of human rights in light of challenges of national courts and the International Criminal Court: The Congolese dilemma.
by Katshung, Joseph Yav
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Human Rights Review. 7(3): 5-25. The war in the DRC has resulted in one of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis with over 3.4 million displaced persons scattered throughout the country. An estimated 4 million people have died as a result of the war. The most pressing...
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Do truth commissions heal? The East Timor experience.
by Silove, Derrick
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) The Lancet. 367(9518):1222-1224. East Timor’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CAVR) submitted its final report to the country’s new parliament in 2005.1 The President, Xanana Gusmao, objected to the report’s call for an international war-crimes...
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