Restorative Justice: the views of victims and offenders.
by Bailey, Harriet
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Resolution. News from the Restorative Justice Consortium. 26 (Summer 2007):5. As many readers will be aware, a major evaluation of Restorative Justice involving adult offenders in England and Wales has been taking place since 2001. The third report from that evaluation has just...
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“Straight Thinking In New Zealand/Aotearoa”
by Gibbs, Anita
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Probation Journal. 47: 250. Anita Gibbs and Russell Beal combine practice and academic insights to evaluate the recently implemented Straight Thinking Programme in New Zealand. They examine a range of issues, including the cultural appropriateness of a programme developed...
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“Interviniendo en el conflicto de victima/ofensor”
by Zehr, Howard
June 4, 2015
Source: (1990) Comite Central Menonita. 1: 1-32. Este folleto tiene como intención introducir brevemente el concepto del Programa de Reconciliación de Victima/Ofensor. Mucho de este material está basado en el modelo del Programa de Reconciliación de Victima/Ofensor según fue...
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“Some Brief Observations on the Significance of Deterrence in Braithwaite’s ‘Pre-empting Terrorism”
by Findlay, Mark
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Crimminal Justice. 17: 120-121 The regulatory model preferred by John Braithwaite, over what he sees as ‘crude’ criminal justice or war models for preventing and controlling terrorism, has its own limitations. These limitations evidence in the model’s essential...
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“Social Control in the People’s Republic of China”
by Rojek, Dean G.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1989) Criminal Justice Review. 14(2): 141-153 The American and Chinese approaches to social control offer two fundamentally different philosophical and experiential perspectives. While the rights of the individual are of paramount importance in the United States, and an exceedingly...
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“Sheffield Victim Offender Mediation Service’s Two Hour Victim Awareness Programme”
by Fordham, Carol
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Probation Journal. 48: 43. Carol Fordham describes a creative brief intervention programme which involves young offenders subject to indirect reparation orders in victim awareness work, even where the victim does not want to engage in direct reparation or...
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“Setting Aside Criminal Convictions in Canada: A Successful Approach to Offender Reintegration”
by Ruddell, Rick
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) The Prison Journal. 86(4); 452-469. Expunging a criminal conviction in the United States is a rare event and often limited to persons who committed offenses as juveniles or adult misdemeanants. Criminal convictions in Canada, however, are routinely set aside through pardons...
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“White Privilege, Color Blindness, and Services to Battered Women”
by Donnelly, Denise A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Violence Against Women. 11(1); 6-37. White privilege is a system of benefits, advantages, and opportunities experienced by White persons in our society simply because of their skin color. In this article, the authors present the results of a descriptive, exploratory study of...
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“Secondary Prevention Services for Clients Who Are Low Risk in Drug Court: A Conceptual Model”
by DeMatteo, David S.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Crime & Delinquency. 52(1): 114-134 The drug court model assumes that most drug offenders are addicts, and that drug use fuels other criminal activity. As a result, drug court clients must satisfy an intensive regimen of treatment and supervisory obligations. However,...
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Returning to the Circle: The Reemergence of Traditional Dispute Resolution in Native American Communities
by Metoui, Jessica
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Journal of Dispute Resolution. Volume 2007, Number 2: 517-540. You have noticed that everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. . . . The Sky is round, and I have heard that the...
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“Rural Courts in Alaska : Keeping Peace – The Melding of Western and Native Values and Procedures”
by Rieger, Lisa
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. 10(2): 123-134 This article explores the melding of traditional Native and western values in rural state magistrate courts and village tribal courts. Whether Native personnel function in the state system or in tribal courts based on...
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“The Role of Dispute Resolution in the Criminal Justice Curriculum:Some Critical Issues”
by Volpe, Maria R.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1989) Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. 5: 51-59. As the field of dispute resolution grows, criminal justice educators will be confronted with some important concerns such as curriculum, resources, personnel, internships and student enrollments. This paper provides an overview...
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“The Role of Crime Victims Under the Youth Crimminal Justice Act”
by Roach, Kent
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Alberta Law Review. 40(4): 965-989. The author analyzes the role of victim involment in extrajudicial and judicial measures under the Youth Crimminal Justice Act and the overall direction of victim involvement and its possible impact on the development of youth justice. Unlike...
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“Restorative Justice in Canada and the United States: A Comparative Analysis”
by Katz, JoAnne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Journal of the Institute of Justice and International Studies. 6: 187-196 In both the United States and Canada, the legal system, through both legislation and case law, has rooted the growth of restorative justice. However because of Canada’s legal structure, and the...
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“Rethinking Youth Justice: Comparative Analysis, International Human Rights and Research Evidence”
by Goldson, Barry
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Youth Justice. 6(2): 91–106 Derived from a more ambitious international youth justice research project, this article aims to critically interrogate the direction of contemporary youth justice policy in England and Wales and the political priorities that underpin it. By...
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