Victim needs and conjugal violence: Do victims want decision-making power?
by Wemmers, Jo-Anne
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) Conflict Resolution Quarterly. 22(4):493-508. Do victims of domestic violence want to retain decision-making power, which critics say may be taken away by no-drop, mandatory-arrest procedures? Using procedural justice theory as a theoretical framework for the discussion, the...
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Restorative justice: Beyond victim-offender mediation.
by Zehr, Howard
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Conflict Resolution Quarterly. 22(1-2):305-315. abstract...
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Restorative practices in Australian schools: Changing relationships, changing culture.
by Shaw, Gary
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Conflict Resolution Quarterly. 25(1):127-135. The application of restorative justice principles and practices in schools is beginning to consolidate as an area of educational interest and reform. Although there is enthusiastic support for a philosophy that focuses on problem...
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Crime, Aboriginality and the Decolonisation of Justice
by Blagg, Harry
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Sydney, Australia: Hawkins Press. “Crime, Aboriginality and the Decolonisation of Justice explores contemporary strategies which might diminish the extraordinary levels of imprisonment and victimisation suffered by Aboriginal people in Australia. Harry Blagg’s book...
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Violent Partners: A Breakthrough Plan for Ending the Cycle of Abuse
by Mills, Linda G.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) NY, USA: Basic Books, A member of the Perseus Books Group. “Most of us are aware that millions of women struggle with domestic violence. But Linda Mills — feminist, scholar, activist, and survivor — challenges the prevailing orthodoxies surrounding this...
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From Canada: Is There a Place for Dreaming? Restorative Justice and International State Conflict
by Wayne Northey, Jon.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Justice Reflections. Issue 17. JR. 126 “…Can you get a little sense at least of how something can seem SO right, scientifically, anthropologically, culturally, and so on, because of lifetime and ofter multi-generational societal formation and reinforcement, which...
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From England: Restorative Justice: What’s That Then?
by Debra Clothier, Jon.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Justice Reflections. Issue 17. JR. 125. “…Our criminal justice system is built around the ethos of crime being against the state, not against the person; and about punishment, not problem-solving. It is adversarial; it does not bring people together. For RJ to work...
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Spiritually Sensitive Victim Services, Part II
by Janice Harris Lord, Jon.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) The Crime Victims Report 12(2) Pp. 19. “This is the final segment of an article urging victims’ advocates to approach their roles with sensitivity to a victim’s spiritual needs. The first segment, which appeared in the last issue of CVR, discussed the...
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A Need to Be Heard: Victim-Centered Victim Offender Dialogue in Father -Daughter Incest Cases
by Wilson, Jon.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) The Crime Victims Report. 12(2): Pp. 17, 18, 20, 31. “…They do not want to meet simply to let him know what he did to their hearts and their minds and their bodies, though that is cetainly important to them. They want to meet because they have struggled to comprehend...
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A Study of Volunteers in Community-Based Restorative Justice Programs.
by Dhami, Mandeep K
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice. 50(1):31-58. Community-based restorative justice (RJ) programs rely heavily on volunteers to perform a range of duties, including facilitating case conferences. We surveyed 76 volunteers from 12 RJ programs throughout British...
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Enhancing Victim Restitution and Offender Accountability.
by Brown-McBride, Suzanne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) The Crime Victims Report. 11(6):83,84,86. For many victims, one meaningful step in mitigating the harm they have endured is to ensure they are paid the restitution they are owed. Having their financial losses (such as damaged property and lost wages) repaid through restitution...
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Democratic Professionalsim: Citizen Participation and the Reconstruction of Professional Ethics, Identity, and Practice
by Dzur, Albert W.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Pennsylvania, USA: The Pennsylvania State University Press. “Bringing expert knowledge to bear in an open and deliberative way to help solve pressing social problems is a major concern today, when technocratic and bureaucratic decision making often occurs with little or no...
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Restorative Justice: Victims, Offenders, and School Communities
by Sandra Pavelka O'Brien, Theo
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) In The Crime Victims Report. 11(6):88, 93-95. “As increased levels of student enrollment, behavior issues, and alcohol and other drug problems plague school communities, administrators and teachers are faced with resolving conflict in an expeditious and peaceful manner,...
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Vermont Model – Victim-Centered Approach to Restitution
by Elaine Boyce, Theo
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) In The Crime Victims Report. 11(6):81, 82,94. “Vermont is the first state to establish a restitution fund in order to ensure that at least a portion of criminal restitution ordered will be received by crime victims and servivors. … Finally, she observed that the...
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Spiritually Sensitive Victim Services
by Janice Harris Lord, Theo
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) In Crime Victims Report, Vol 12(1):1,2,4. “Following is part one of a two-part article emphasizing the need for caregivers to approach their clients with a sensitivity not only to their emotional and social needs, but also to the concerns arising from diverse cultural...
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