Restorative Justice: A New Paradigm?
by Monterosso, Stephen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Western Australia, Curtin University of Technology. “This paper examines the merits or otherwise of restorative justice within criminal justice systems. The overpopulation of prisons remains a major global issue along with increasing rates of recidivism. In stark contrast...
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Last Words and the Death Penalty
by Vollum, Scott
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) New York, USA: LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC. “…In this book, the voices of these groups are examined via the unique communique that exists in the moments directly surrounding an execution: the last statement of condemned inmates and statements made by co-victims at...
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Changing Paradigms
by Redekop, Paul.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Scottdale, PA, USA: Herald Press. “After several decades of working in the field of restorative justice, Paul Redekop concludes that punishment is a major obstacle to healthy societies, families, and schools. Punishment can be so damaging, cruel, and barbaric, especially...
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The Little Book of Dialogue for Difficult Subjects.
by Schirch, Lisa.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Intercourse, PA: Good Books. “Authors Schirch and Campt present a transforming and freshly hopeful approach to handling tension-filled topics using principles of dialogue. For conversations around the table, in the boardroom, within the community, or across the globe,...
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The Pocket Guide to Restorative Justice
by Wallis, Pete
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) London & Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. “This book covers every stage of the process, from how a facilitator should prepare for taking on a new case, through initial contacts with victim and offender and facilitating meetings, to recording and...
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Building Bridges: Integrating Restorative Justice with the School Resource Officer Model.
by Swanson, Cheryl
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) International Police Executive Symposium Working Paper No. 1. This working paper uses a comprehensive literature review to assess the potential to improve school safety and the delivery of services by school resource officers through the integration of the school resource...
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Addressing Crimes Against International Law:Rwanda’s Gacaca in Practice.
by Ridell, Jennifer G.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Thesis presented for the degree of LL.M at the University of Aberdeen. Rwanda experienced horrific genocide in 1994. In its aftermath, national and international trials were established but these trials failed to deal expeditiously with the large numbers of suspects awaiting...
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Restorative Justice, Diversion and Social Control : Potential Problems.
by Griffin, Diarmuid
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Paper presented at the National Conference on Young People and Crime: Research, Policy and Practice at the Centre for Social and Educational Research, the Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland on the 13th September 2005. This paper will highlight some potential dangers of...
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Restoring Peace in a Wartorn Country: Peacekeepers and Afghanistan.
by Gohar, Ali
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) International Journal of Restorative Justice. May (2007):100-107. Over and above local, regional, and national systems of criminal justice, the world community, today, helps to ensure peace through the deployment of United Nations peacekeepers. Unfortunately, such peacekeepers...
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Guilt and Shame as Predictors of Recidivism: A Longitudinal Study With Young Prisoners.
by Hosser, Daniela
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Criminal Justice and Behavior. 35(1):138-152. Shame and guilt are moral emotions that result from deviations from internalized standards. Both constructs differ with respect to their genesis, to the emotions accompanying them, and to their behavioral consequences. Shame is...
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Adhere to Procedural Fairness in the Justice System.
by Rottman, David B
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Criminology & Public Policy. 6(4): 835-842. The central message of research on procedural fairness in the criminal justice system is the importance of the quality of the interaction between the public and the representatives of criminal justice institutions. A large and...
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“”It’s Not Easy to Know Who I Am”: Gender Salience and Cultural Place in the Treatment of a “Delinquent” Adolescent Mother”
by Robinson, Robin A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Feminist Criminology. 2(1): 31-56. This article explores meanings of subjective gender and cultural place of a biracial, bicultural, unmarried 15-year-old mother with a substantial trauma history and court involvement. The treatment, which took place in a church-run maternity...
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“Youthfulness, responsibility and punishment”
by Kupchik, Aaron
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Punishment & Society. 6(2): 149–173. This article describes interaction in a criminal (adult) court in which adolescents are punished. As a result of the particular set of courtroom dynamics and the youthfulness of the defendants in this court, two potentially...
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“Youth sex offenders in Court”
by Bouhours, Brigitte
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Punishment & Society. 9(4): 371–394. Sexual offending by young people is increasingly viewed as a social problem that requires a strong response, but there is little research on the legal treatment of youthful sex offenders. On the one hand, these youths may be...
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“Youth Development and Reentry”
by Mears, Daniel P.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. 2(1): 3-20 The transition of young people ages 24 and younger from juvenile and adult correctional settings back into schools, families, communities, and society at large—a process termed youth reentry—is one of the critical...
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