“Why is Restorative Justice Important for Criminology?”
by Walgrave, Lode
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, Nov 01, 2006. Restorative justice not only offers an important pathway for innovation in dealing with crime, it also has potentials for a deep...
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“Imagining Restorative Justice in East Asia: Notes on the Korean Criminal Justice System”
by Chang, Won Kyung
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Law and Society Association, Renaissance Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, May 27, 2004. The most distinctive feature of restorative justice is its use of a victim-centered response to crime with the goal of successful reintegration of...
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“Punishment and Political Community: Restorative Justice and the Project of Criminal Justice Reform”
by Frederiksen, Erica A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the APSA 2008 Annual Meeting, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2008. Restorative justice has been the focus of much discussion and debate in the field of criminal justice since its emergence on the political and...
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“Victims’ and Offenders’ Perceptions of Restorative Justice within Criminal Justice”
by Shapland, Joanna
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Law and Society Association, TBA, Berlin, Germany, Jul 25, 2007 Drawing on an evaluation of three major restorative justice schemes for adult offenders in England and Wales, the paper will consider victims’,...
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“Rethinking Criminal Justice Policies: Afro-Restorative Justice as a Means to Address Disproportionate Minority Confinement”
by Jenkins, Morris
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC). Over the past few decades, DMC has been a persistent problem for both the Black (and other communities of color) and the criminal justice system. Restorative justice based in a culturally...
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“Reservations: Rhetoric of Justice or Restorative Justice?”
by Ramanujan, Adarsh
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Law and Society Association, TBA, Berlin, Germany, Jul 25, 2007. The present status of India’s competitive market has increased the demand for professionals. Higher educational institutions form the substrata to acquire and...
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Restorative Justice: When the Killing Stops.
by Williamson, Richard S.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) UNA-USA Ocassional Paper. New York:United Nations Association of the USA. When the killing stops, when tyrannical and brutal regimes fall, when war’s carnage ends, societies need to re-establish the rule of law fairly administered and see justice done. Records of past...
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Reparative versus Standard Probation: Community Justice Outcomes.
by Burford, Gale
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) Vermont Department of Corrections. The purpose of this investigation is to assess the relative merits of reparative versus standard probation for the reduction in criminal re-offending. Data provided by the Vermont Department of Corrections, which included information from all...
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2a. Restorative justice.
by Legislature, State of Vermont
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) Title 28: Public Institutions and Corrections. Chapter 1: Purposes, Construction And General Definitions.The Vermont Statutes Online. It is the policy of this state that principles of restorative justice be included in shaping how the criminal justice system responds to persons...
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Restorative Justice for the Girl Child in Post-conflict Rwanda.
by Feliciati, Clara Chapdelaine
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Journal of International Women’s Studies. 7(4): 14-35. The girl child suffers from both sexism and “childism†for she is at the intersection of women’s rights and children’s rights. The question of her fate in post-conflict Rwanda is particularly...
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New Research Shows that Social and Emotional Learning Improves Academic Achievement.
by Mirsky, Laura
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Restorative Practices E-Forum. 28 January. The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) is publishing a four-year study confirming that school-based social and emotional learning programs that help students build positive relationships, develop empathy,...
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Restorative Practices in Australia’s Schools: Strong Relationships and Multi-School Summits Help Schools “Be and Learn†Together.
by Welden, Lynn M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Restorative Practices E-Forum. 14 January 2008. Two Australian educators are making an important difference in the emotional and academic vitality of the schools in their regions. Lyn Doppler has been principal of the award-winning Rozelle Public School in Sydney, New South...
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Justice and Injustice: Homelessness, Crime, Victimization, and the Criminal Justice System.
by Novac, Sylvia
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Research Paper 207. Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto with the John Howard Society of Toronto. Using the situation in Toronto as a case study, this multiâ€method study explores various aspects of the relationship between homelessness and the...
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The effect of diversion from court: a review of the evidence.
by McGrath, Andrew
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. 15(2):317-339. Diversion from court has become a popular solution to perceived weaknesses in the traditional justice system, particularly in recent years with the advent of family group conferences. But evidence for the detrimental effect of court...
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Decisions to participate in restorative justice conferences: effects of convenor identity and power-distance.
by Sivasubramaniam, Diane
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. 15(2):301-316. One procedural feature on which restorative justice conferencing models differ is the identity of the convenor, with some conferencing models being administered by police. This study investigates how convenor type affects decisions...
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