Lei Maria da Penha e Justiça restaurativa.
by Gomes, Luiz Flávio
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Ultimia Instancia. Revista Juridica. maior parcela dos conflitos penais (dos crimes) envolvendo o homem e a mulher, no âmbito doméstico, familiar ou Ãntimo, antes do advento da Lei Maria da Penha (Lei nº 11.340/2006), era decidida pelos juizados criminais (Lei nº...
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“Legal Commentary `Robbery: Applying the New Guidance’ and `Remittal to the Youth Court: Sometime, Never?'”
by Stone, Nigel
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Youth Justice. 7(1): 139–147 Given the scope thus indicated for the exercise of powers available to the youth court in respect of robbery at the lower end of the spectrum, it is to be anticipated that the Guideline will prompt challenge of decisions by youth courts to...
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“Learning From The Scottish Juvenile Justice System”
by Smith, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Probation Journal. 47: 12. David Smith argues that the distinctive welfare orientation of the Juvenile Justice System in Scotland allows for progressive and developmental practice in a context of voluntarism, and an inter-agency commitment to welfare principles. He sees this as...
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Circle of Justice
by Ebbels, Kelly
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) The McGill Daily. 26 November 2007. Volumve 97, Number 23. Twenty years ago, elders and community leaders at Hollow Water teamed up with social services counsellors and launched what Hardisty describes as a comprehensive networking and healing system, called Community Holistic...
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“Korrectional Karaoke: New Labour and the Zombification of Youth Justice”
by Pitts, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Youth Justice. 1(2): 3-16. This article examines the strategies developed within and around government to achieve a homogeneous youth justice service in England and Wales. It examines the ways in which political imperatives have shaped the theories and ideas which have informed...
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“Juvenile Offenders With Mental Health Needs: Reducing Recidivism Using Wraparound”
by Pullmann, Michael D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Crime & Delinquency. 52(3): 375-397 The rate of youth with mental health needs is disproportionately high in juvenile justice. Wraparound planning involves families and providers in coordinating juvenile justice, mental health, and other services and supports. This study...
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“Juvenile Justice Code Purpose Clauses: The Power of Words”
by Hemmens, Craig
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Criminal Justice Policy Review. 8: 221-246. The perception that juvenile crime is out of control and that the juvenile justice system is too lenient on offenders has led to a reevaluation, in popular discourse and academic scholarship, of the goals of the juvenile justice...
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Restorative justice.
by Keenapan, Nattha
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) UNICEF Thailand. Originally published in the Bangkok Post . Wit’s case was diverted to the Family and Community Group Conferencing (FCGC), a “child-friendly†government programme that deals with children who have committed minor crimes. In addition to...
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“Juvenile Justice and Due Process Rights of Children in India and the United States”
by Kethineni, Sesha
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) International Criminal Justice Review. 15(2): 131-146. This article offers a cross-cultural comparison of current and past juvenile court systems in India and the United States. Issues such as juvenile court development, differences and similarities in juvenile court...
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Pennsylvania Juvenile Delinquency Benchbook
by Grim, Judge Arthur
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission. The Pennsylvania Juvenile Delinquency Benchbook is intended to serve as a practical tool for working judges throughout this Commonwealth, offering them convenient access to all the information they need to...
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Breaking Bows and Arrows.
by Thompson, Liz
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Probation Journal. 49: 167. This documentary offers a gripping and powerful picture of the traditional processes that have helped build peace in Bougainville after the civil...
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A Restorative Community Circle: A Neighborhood Takes Charge
by Welden Lynn M., Nenad
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Restorative Practices E-Forum. 20 November 2007. When ongoing vandalism by local youth — graffiti, broken windows, littering — affected Buxmont Academy Trevose and the surrounding neighborhood of families and shop owners, school coordinator Ed Krajewski decided to...
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“Justice beyond Blame: Moral Justification of (the Idea of) a Truth Commission”
by Dimitrijevic, Nenad
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Journal of Conflict Resolution. 50(3):368-382. Truth commissions have existed as mechanisms of transitional justice in some of the societies confronted with legacies of the criminal past. The author focuses on the question of the foundational justification of the idea of a truth...
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Second Periodical Report on Crime and Crime Control in Germany.
by Ministry of Interior, Marek M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Federal Ministry of the Interior, Germany. Victim-offender mediation gives the parties involved the opportunity to settle the conflicts associated with offences (i. e. those that lead to the offence or that arise as a result of the offence or its consequences) in a manner that...
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