Restoration Practices in schools
by Porter, Abbey J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) International Institute for Restorative Practice. Restorative Practices E-FOrum. 6 June 2007 As an increasing number of schools worldwide adopt restorative practices as a means of dealing with discipline and improving school culture, school leaders are beginning to analyze the...
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An Idealist Theory of Punishment
by Brooks, Thom
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) University of Newcastle.(February 1, 2006). Available from the Social Science Research Network. What is the most acceptable theory of punishment? Philosophers have advanced several competing models as answers, including retributivism, deterrence, rehabilitative theories,...
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Contrasting Juvenile and Program-Level Impacts on Diversion Service Provision: A Hierarchical Linear Analysis.
by Hogan, Michael J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. 3(1): 41-58. This study examined juvenile risk and program characteristics’ relative impact on the number of services provided to juveniles who exited Colorado diversion programs in the 1998-1999 fiscal year. Multivariate hierarchical...
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Book Review: Devils and Angels: Youth Policy and Crime.
by Assur, Eric
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Restorative Justice Online. May 2007 Edition. In recent years, youth justice in the UK has increasingly incorporated the language of restorative justice into policy and practice. In her book Devils and Angels, Julia Fionda explores the development of youth justice in the UK and...
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Private Criminal Justice
by Simmons, Ric
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Center for Interdisciplinary Law and Policy Studies Part I of the Article describes the failures of the public criminal justice system and show how many of these failures are due to the public monopoly on the provision of criminal justice services. Part II chronicles the...
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“In The Name of Reparation”
by Burnham, Dave
June 4, 2015
Source: (1984) Probation Journal. 31: 133-135. Reparation cannot be nor ever has been an alternative to punishment, argues the author in a ’clear-eyed’ analysis which puts the concept firmly in secondary position to the needs of the offender and the system. publisher’s...
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“Plea discount and minimum terms.”
by Stone, Nigel
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Probation Journal. 50(4):405-417. Nigel Stone, Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Work, University of East Anglia, reviews recent appeal judgements and other judicial developments that inform sentencing and early release. publisher’s...
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“Capitalist World-Economy, Globalization, and Violence: Implications for Criminology and Social Justice”
by Gillespie, Wayne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) International Criminal Justice Review. 16(1):24-44. During the past two decades, neoliberal economic policies have been enacted in many peripheral regions of theworld. Neoliberalism promotes free trade, deregulation, privatization, and welfare reduction; however, it does not...
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“Implementing Referral Orders: Some Key Issues”
by Peters, Elizabeth
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Probation Journal. 48: 139-142. Elizabeth Peters and Jennifer Walker discuss the experience of implementing Referral Orders in the pilot area of Kensington and Chelsea, focusing in particular on the role of Youth Offending Team workers and the implications of greater community...
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House Burglars and Victims
by Nation, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (1991) Probation Journal. 38: 63-67. After local research had shown that house burglary attracted the highest rate of custodial sentences, Plymouth probation officers David Nation and John Arnott developed a group programme designed to offer a credible non-custodial option and to...
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“A Historical Consideration of the Police and Prosecution/Courts in Northern Ireland”
by McGloin, Jean Marie
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) International Criminal Justice Review. 16(2):77-98. The Good Friday Agreement of 1998 was a catalyst of pervasive change for Northern Ireland. In setting the stage for a pluralistic democracy, it advocated for a change in the paradigm of policing, from the colonial toward the...
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“Punishment, Poverty and Responsibility: The Case for a Hardship Defence”
by Hudson, Barbara
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Social & Legal Studies. 8(4):583-591. I very much appreciate Neil Hutton’s attention to my argument for ‘principled parsimony’ (Hudson, 1995). I have suggested that sentencing ought to be able to accommodate differences in economic situation of...
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“Restorative Justice”
by Haith, Andrea
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Probation Journal. 47: 64-65. The report argues that there needs to be greater recognition of the incidence of abuse of adolescents, that family dynamics are a significant factor within this, and that whilst adolescents can take independent action, they are nevertheless...
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“Graduated Sanctions: Stepping Into Accountable Systems and Offenders”
by Taxman, Faye S.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) The Prison Journal. 79(2):182-204. Graduated sanctions are being promoted in many new crime control initiatives, such as Breaking the Cycle and Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT). Like many attractive concepts, graduated sanctions are poorly understood in theory and...
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“The Government of Youth:Disorder and Dependence?”
by Vaughan, Barry
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Social & Legal Studies. 9(3):347-366. This article is concerned with the Crime and Disorder Act, introduced by the Labour government in England & Wales. The Act’s central aim is the reduction of crime and disorder within local communities, and young people are...
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