Lent Talks: Cherie Booth.
by Booth, Cherie
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) British Broadcasting Corporation. I’ve been sitting as a part time judge for ten years now and for me the most difficult part of the process is the sentencing. The defendant faces me from the dock while I explain to him (and it is usually a him) why he’s going to...
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A Journey Toward Healing. Restorative justice brings crime victims and perpetrators together to confront the loss. It’s helping one grieving widow find forgiveness.
by Warren, Jenifer
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Los Angeles Times. October 1, 2005. Deep inside this infamous old prison, Patty O’Reilly stands before eight men doing hard time, her shoulders slumped, a man’s gold wedding band hanging from a chain around her neck. Three of the inmates are sobbing. The others sit...
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Juvenile Delinquency and Community Prosecution. New Strategies for Old Problems.
by Harp, Karen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Alexandria,VA: American Prosecutors Research Institute. This monograph provides a brief explanation of community prosecution, an overview of the potential interface between community prosecution and juvenile justice, a discussion of the legal and systemic issues that APRI...
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Restorative Justice and Community Prosecution: Exploring the South African Model.
by Mabandla, Brigitte
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Address given at the Restorative Justice and Community Prosecution Conference held by the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa (NPA), on Wednesday, 21 February 2007,in Cape Town. Because we live in a country in which citizens are extremely concerned with the levels of...
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RJ in the Land of the Long White Cloud: New Zealand Embraces Restorative Justice for Adult Offenders.
by Wachtel, Joshua
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Restorative Practices E-Forum. 15 March 2007. Bethlehem, PA: International Institute for Restorative Practices. While it would be an exaggeration to say that restorative justice (RJ) has completely overtaken conventional forms of justice in New Zealand, RJ has made as much...
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‘We Are Still Struggling’: Storytelling, Reparations and Reconciliation after the TRC.
by Colvin, Christopher J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Cape Town: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. Since the inception of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the twin projects of ‘healing’ and ‘reconciliation’ have gained prominence as key elements of a particular model of socio-...
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Struggles in Peacetime. Working with ex-combatants in Mozambique: their work, their frustrations and successes.
by van der Merwe, Hugo
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Amsterdam: Netherlands institute for Southern Africa in co-operation with the CSVR (South Africa) and ProPaz (Mozambique). Form an image when you hear any of these words: “ex-combatantâ€, “war veteranâ€, “former combatantâ€,...
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Empowerment through Living Memory: A community-centred model for memorialisation.
by Naidu, Ereshnee
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) South Africa: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. Memory plays various but often significant roles within transitional justice societies. Since memory within a transitional justice society is often a social construct that is mediated between the state and the...
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The Ties that Bind: Strengthening the links between memorialisation and transitional justice.
by Naidu, Ereshnee
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) South Africa: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Transitional Justice Programme Research Brief. The lack of empirical research around memorialisation as a process within transitional justice has resulted in ad-hoc, often uncoordinated and unmonitored...
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Balancing Restorative Justice Principles and Due Process Rights in Order to Reform the Criminal Justice System.
by Ikpa, Tina S.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Washington University Journal of Law & Policy. 24:301-325. Part I of this Note explores the history and underlying principles of restorative justice. Part II will detail the various due process criticisms that have been leveled at restorative justice. Part III discusses New...
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Evaluation of the 2005 Ex-Combatants’ Dialogues.
by Greenbaum, Bryant
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Johannesburg, South Africa: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. In 2004, CSVR’s Ex-Combatants Reintegration and Restorative Justice Project successfully piloted eleven victim/ex-combatant dialogues that focused on past political violence in South Africa....
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Restorative Justice and Beyond — An Agenda for Europe.
by Walgrave, Lode
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Papers presented at the Fourth Conference of the European Forum for Restorative Justice, “Restorative justice: An agenda for Europeâ€, Barcelona, Spain, 15-17 June 2006. Restorative justice is obviously an attractive concept. So called restorative justice practices...
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Doing Nothing: A Comparison of the Effects of Early Restorative Intervention and Non-intervention on the Criminal Careers of Three Cohorts of ‘Early-stage” Young Offenders in England and Wales.
by Pitts, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Papers presented at the Fourth Conference of the European Forum for Restorative Justice, “Restorative justice: An agenda for Europeâ€, Barcelona, Spain, 15-17 June 2006. This paper reports the findings of a study of young offenders referred to three Youth Offending...
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Support and Supervision.
by Duffy, Liz
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Papers presented at the Fourth Conference of the European Forum for Restorative Justice, “Restorative justice: An agenda for Europeâ€, Barcelona, Spain, 15-17 June 2006. This workshop will outline Sacro’s support and supervision policy and procedures. It will...
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Becoming a Restorative School — What Training and Support do Educationalists Need?
by Hopkins, Belinda
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Papers presented at the Fourth Conference of the European Forum for Restorative Justice, “Restorative justice: An agenda for Europeâ€, Barcelona, Spain, 15-17 June 2006. An exploration of initial training needs and ongoing support, with reference to several existing...
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