“Young and Persistent: Recent Developments in Youth Justice Policy and Practice in Scotland”
by Whyte, Bill
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Youth Justice. 3(2): 74-85 This paper draws on a Scottish study of young people persistent in their offending to examine recent policy developments aimed at improving the effectiveness of response to youth crime. Developments include: the establishment of national objectives and...
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“What’s Really Wrong With Shaming Sanctions”
by Kahan, Dan M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Texas Law Review. 84(7): 2075-2095. I’ll start, in Part I, with a brief overview of the “shame debate” within the legal academy and what it has taught me — namely, that my earlier argument reflected too crude an understanding of the political economy of...
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“Working with sex offenders in context: Which way forward?”
by McCulloch, Trish
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) The Journal of Community and Criminal Justice. 54(1): 7–21. This article explores the context and content of behaviour change interventions with sex offenders, giving attention to the contemporary climate, evolving theoretical frameworks and practice realities....
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“Will New Youth Justice Work?”
by Stanley, Chris
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Probation Journal. 48: 1-9 Chris Stanley outlines the development of the modern youth justice agenda and assesses the new arrangements in the light of historical experience. He argues that, in its eagerness to construct a coherent system for the future, the government has given...
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Falling Between the Cracks of Retributive and Restorative Justice: The Victimization and Punishment of Aboriginal Women.
by Balfour, Gillian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Feminist Criminology. 3(2):101-120. In 1996, the Canadian government introduced progressive sentencing law reforms that called for special consideration of the conditions in Aboriginal communities as legacies of colonialism and to limit the use of incarceration. At the same...
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“Which way probation? A correctional or community justice service?”
by Harding, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) The Journal of Community and Criminal Justice. 50(4): 369–373. Martin Narey’s appointment as the Commissioner for Correctional Services is likely to have a profound effect on the development of the probation service over the next five years. His responsibilities in...
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“Which Substance and What Community? Differences in Juvenile Disposition Severity”
by Terry-McElrath, Yvonne M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) CRIME & DELINQUENCY. 51(4): 548-572. There is a need in the literature for research describing disposition severity differences between specific drug and alcohol law violations within the context of community characteristics. We conducted an exploratory study of...
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“Where Next with Liaison?”
by Caddick, Brian
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Probation Journal. 42: 135-139. Brian Caddick, Lecturer in Social Work at Bristol University, discusses his recent research on out-of-court liaison between sentencers and probation officers in the light of the changed climate since implementation of the Criminal Justice Act 1991...
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“What Works At One Arm Point? A Study In The Transportation Of A Penal Concept”
by Worrall, Anne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Probation Journal. 47: 243 The state of Western Australia, which has a Criminal Justice System similar in many respects to that of England and Wales, has imported and adapted the What Works orthodoxy developed in North America and the UK. Drawing on exploratory research in this...
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“Welfare versus Justice – Again!”
by Smith, Roger
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Youth Justice. 5(1): 3-16. This article reviews recent developments in government policy designed to provide an integrated framework for children’s services, in the light of the continuing and long-running debate between principles of welfare and justice. It is noted that...
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“Weak Nations, Political Repression, and Punishment”
by Ruddell, Rick
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) International Criminal Justice Review. 17(2): 84-107. This study examines the influence of political repression on the use of punishment in 100 of the world’s richest nations. Consistent with earlier empirical work, high levels of violent crime and population...
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“Walking Together in a Good Way: Indian Peacemaker Courts in Michigan”
by Costello, Nancy A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) University of Detroit Mercy Law Review. 76: 875-901 The Peacemaker Court, established by the Grand Traverse Band in 1996, allows disputes that would otherwise be handled by judges and attorneys to be settled by tribal members who simply “talk things out” with the...
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“Volatile and Contradictory Punishment”
by O'Malley, Pat
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Theoretical Crimminology. 3(2): 175-196. Crimologists have recognized that contemporary penal policy and practice are characterized by an unusual degree of incoherence and volatility. Garland (1996) sees this as evidence of the limits of the sovereign state, Simon (1995) as a...
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“Address by the Judge President: Mafkeng High Court.
by Mogoeng, Mogoeng Wa
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Seminar on Restorative Justice and Non-Custodial Sentences in the North West Province. Mmabatho Convention Centre. 27 and 28 July 2007. A host of experts are here who will deal elaborately with restorative justice and non-custodial sentences. For me, it suffices to echo the...
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“Comment: Victims of exclusion”
by Sheridan, Chris
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Probation Journal. 54(4): 423–433 In an intensely personal account the author provides a first-hand account of his experiences of the criminal justice system from the perspective of offender, victim and probation officer. Using these insights he reflects on crime and...
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