To reform or to abolish? Christian perspectives on punishment, prison, and restorative justice.
by Ballot, Jordan J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Ave Maria Law Review. 6(2):481ff. In this Essay, I will attempt to fill in a gap in preceding studies of restorative justice by paying special attention to the religious, most specifically to the Christian, perspectives on restorative justice. I will show that it is more...
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Shame and Guilt in Restorative Justice.
by Rodogno, Raffaele
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. 14(2): 142-176. In this article, I examine the relevance and desirability of shame and guilt to restorative justice conferences. I argue that a careful study of the psychology of shame and guilt reveals that both emotions possess traits that...
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Justice and Peace in a New Zimbabwe. Transitional Justice Options.
by du Plessis, Max
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Occasional Paper 164. Tshwane (Pretoria): Institute for Security Studies. The second round of Zimbabwe’s presidential election is scheduled for the end of June 2008. There has been a sharp increase in state sponsored violence since the first round in March (ICG May 2008),...
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Reconciliation and Iraq: Faith-based Advice for the Next President.
by Philpott, Daniel
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) The Review of Faith and International Affairs. 6(3):9-14. Is peacebuilding, in Iraq or anywhere else, a problem from which religious ethics can provide guidance? Christian and Jewish ethicists in the U.S. had more to say about the justice of defeating Saddam Hussein than about...
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Toward Juvenile Justice Reform.
by O'Brien, Sandra
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) The Crime Victims Report. 12(4):49, 50,52,56. Pennsylvania has emerged at the forefront of being a model for juvenile justice reform by addressing the needs of its crime victims and its communities by holding juveniles accountable for their crimes. In 1995, the state’s...
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Football as a Tool for Peacebuilding.
by Cwik, Leszek A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Peace Prints. South Asian Journal of Peacebuilding. 1(1). In the unpredictable and uncertain context of local peacebuilding, football may provide a sense of normality and inter-ethnic contact, which could extend beyond broken communication lines. Often ignored and overlooked,...
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Reconciliation in Gujarat.
by Parker, Priya
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Peace Prints. South Asian Journal of Peacebuilding. 1(1). While there are many reports covering the Gujarat riots of 2002, much less is known of its aftermath. Have the citizens of Gujarat returned to a state of normalcy? What kind of compensation have victims of the riots...
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Gender and Community Peacebuilding in Rural Afghanistan.
by Chen, Eirene
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Peace Prints. South Asian Journal of Peacebuilding. 1(1). This paper examines prevailing cultural attitudes towards Afghan women as peacebuilders and explores the impact that an innovative UNHCR-sponsored refugee reintegration program has had on gender dynamics in several rural...
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Strategic Peacebuilding: State of the Field.
by Schirch, Lisa.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Peace Prints. South Asian Journal of Peacebuilding. 1(1). What is peacebuilding? Is it post-war economic development, relationship building, or any project aimed at social change? Terminological confusion negatively impacts how the field is understood and funded. It makes it...
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Doing Justice, Healing Trauma: The Role of Restorative Justice in Peacebuilding.
by Zehr, Howard
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Peace Prints. South Asian Journal of Peacebuilding. 1(1). Tracing the origins and evolution of the restorative justice movement, this paper explores its relationship with the related frameworks of conflict transformation and trauma healing, within the broader field of...
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Mediating Citizen Complaints: The Denver Program.
by Clemmons, Ajenai
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) The Police Chief. 75(8):32-36. This article presents an overview of Denver’s successful conflict resolution program through the use of mediation, the Community-Police Mediation Program. The benefits of a community-police mediation program vastly outweigh the costs that...
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Justiça transicional na Ãfrica do Sul : restaurando o passado, construindo o futuro.
by MARTINS RODRIGUES PINTO, Simone
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Contexto internacional 29(2): 393-421. The democratic transition in South Africa was painful but peaceful. After years of state violent oppression in a society remarkably divided between blacks and whites, the transitional process allowed the emergence of a democratic society,...
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Truth, reconciliation, and the Ku Klux Klan.
by Cunningham, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Southern Cultures. 14(3):68-87. In March 2006, the University of Mississippi’s William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation hosted a “Regional Summit on Racial Violence and Reconciliation.” Representatives of over two-dozen organizations devoted to...
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“VICTIM-OFFENDER MEDIATION: A NEW WAY OF DISCIPLINING AMERICA’S DOCTORS”
by Farbiarz, Russell E.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Michigan State University Journal of Medicine and Law. 12(2):359-386. This Article argues that medical boards need to change their policies and integrate the views of aggrieved patients into the medical disciplinary process. Thus, the most effective way to accomplish this goal...
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EXPORTING WESTERN LAW TO THE DEVELOPING WORLD: THE TROUBLING CASE OF NIGER
by Kelley, Thomas A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) George Washington International Law Review 39:321ff As they wait for the Sarkin and the marabout to proceed, they hold the reeds between their chests, forming a rectangle in which the reeds are parallel to one another, about eight inches apart. … The Washington Legal...
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