Dispute resolution in criminal law.
by O'Hear, Michael M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Marquette Law Review. 91(1): 1-8. This issue of the Marquette Law Review features papers presented at the Marquette Law School Conference on Plea Bargaining on April 14, 2007. … Although we believe that criminal law and dispute resolution scholars have much to learn from...
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The Innocent Prisoner’s Dilemma: Consequences of Failing to Admit Guilt at Parole Hearings
by Medwed, Daniel S.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Iowa Law Review 93:491 The granting of parole in the criminal justice system is often viewed as an act of grace: the dispensation of mercy by the government to an individual prisoner deemed worthy of conditional release prior to the expiration of his sentence. … Next, Part...
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Indigenous Sentencing Courts: Towards a Theoretical and Jurisprudential Model
by MARCHETTI, ELENA
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) The Sydney Law Review 29:415ff Since 1999, a number of Indigenous sentencing courts have been established in Australia that use Indigenous commu-nity representatives to talk to a defendant about their offending and to assist a judicial officer in sentencing. The courts are often...
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Figs Out of Season.
by Van Ness, Daniel W
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Washington, DC: Prison Fellowship International In this devotional talk, Dan Van Ness reflects on restorative justice, Biblical Justice and the events of September 11,...
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Youth and the Criminal Justice System: Context and Practices Within Asia.
by Youngquist, Neal
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Paper prepared for VIVA Asia Cutting Edge Conference in Bangkok, Thailand on 19 – 23 November 2007. Within the Asian kaleidoscope, the trails leading youth to prison are varied. Out of dire circumstances to maintain basic needs or a debilitating addiction, youth may...
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Restorative Reintegration – A New Approach to Prisoner Aftercare in New Zealand.
by Workman, Kim
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Auckland, NZ: Prison Fellowship New Zealand. The first 3 – 6 months is the crucial period for released prisoners. Many prisoners walk out of prison, determined to make a new start. The first 3 – 6 months are critical. They need help with housing, employment, debt...
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Reentry Skills Building Handbook.
by Georgia Department of Corrections
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Atlanta, GA: Georgia Department of Corrections. The skills needed to prevail against the challenges reentry may pose are explained. Chapters following an introduction about getting organized are: identification; housing; employment; careers; work ethics; transportation; money...
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Re-entry Skills Building Handbook.
by Smith, Arnold
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Georgia State Department of Corrections. The skills needed to prevail against the challenges reentry may pose are explained. Chapters following an introduction about getting organized are: identification; housing; employment; careers; work ethics; transportation; money...
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Changes in Governance: A Background Review.
by Kempa, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Prepared for the Salzburg Seminar on the Governance of Health. Schloss Arenberg. December 5-8. There is widespread agreement that governance is important and that it is changing. But exactly how is it changing, and how are actors at various levels of social organization...
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Summary Report: Introduction of Restorative Justice in the Ukrainian Legal System.
by Vos, Betty
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) International conference held in Kyiv, April 20-21, 2006. Independent evaluators Betty Vos, Ph.D., Mark Umbreit, Ph.D., and Toran Hansen, M.S.W. from the Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking (CRJ&P), University of Minnesota, USA, conducted the evaluation...
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The search for post-conflict justice in Iraq: A comparative study of transitional justice mechanisms and their applicability to post-Saddam Iraq.
by Hollywood, Dana Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Brooklyn Journal of International Law. 33(1): 59-124. Few societies have suffered as has contemporary Iraq. … In particular, mechanisms aimed at national reconciliation could do much to allay sectarian divisions in Iraq, notably those created by the Sunni minority’s...
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Conceptualising connectedness: Implications for policy and practice.
by Barnes, Marian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Social Policy and Society. 6(2): 199-208. This paper reviews four texts that address connectedness in social relationships. It considers concepts of care and social capital and how these are applied in policy and practice. It argues the importance of understandings deriving from...
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Comparative penology in perspective.
by Brodeur, Jean-Paul
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Crime and Justice. 36(1): 49-91. Being shaped by penal policies, prison rates are cultural constructs that may be determined by the qualitative meaning of events–their emotional resonance–rather than by their relative frequency. … Canada–most particularly...
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Faith in community: Representing “colored town”: “What about this isn’t community?”.
by Alfieri, Anthony V
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) California Law Review. 95(5): 1829-1878. Community lawyering is all about faith, faith in others and faith outside the law. … ‘” CEDAD’s work in Coconut Grove Village West, Overtown, and Liberty City illustrates the broad range of race-conscious legal and...
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Sticks, stones, and schoolyard bullies: Restorative justice, mediation and a new approach to conflict resolution in our schools.
by Christensen, Leah M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) ExpressO. One of the most damaging and increasing problems in our schools today is student teasing and bullying. The research is clear: victims and bystanders of bullying will experience emotional scars with long-term effects. This Article discusses the failure of the...
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