Mediators’ Communication in Victim Offender Mediation/Dialogue Involving Crimes of Severe Violence: An Analysis of Opening Statements.
by Szmania, Susan J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Conflict Resolution Quarterly. 24(1):111-127. This study investigates, through descriptive examples taken from actual mediation cases, mediators’ opening statements in one victim offender mediation/dialogue program involving crimes of severe violence. Three distinctive...
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Justice in Transition: The Micropolitics of Reconciliation in Postwar Peru.
by Theidon, Kimberly
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Journal of Conflict Resolution. 50(3):433-457. This article draws on anthropological research conducted with communities in Ayacucho, the region of Peru that suffered the greatest loss of life during the internal armed conflict of the 1980s and 1990s. One particularity of...
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Justice in History: An Examination of ‘African Restorative Traditions’ and the Emerging ‘Restorative Justice’ Paradigm.
by Omale, Don John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies. 2(2): 33-63. The internationalisation of restorative justice is a welcomed development. But restorative justice literature would be incomplete if the contribution of African restorative traditions to the emerging restorative...
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Justice From the Victim’s Perspective.
by Herman, Judith Lewis
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Violence Against Women. 11(5):571-602. What are the meanings of justice, as seen from the perspective of victims of violent crime? Are victims’ visions of justice represented by the conventional legal system? Are they represented by restorative justice? The author engages...
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Is Diversion the Appropriate Emphasis for South African Child Justice?
by Stout, Brian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Youth Justice. 6(2):129-142. Diversion is central to the aim of achieving a South African child justice regime that is compliant with constitutional and international obligations. Future plans for South African child justice are dependent on large numbers of child offenders...
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Is Compensation Enough? Relational Concerns in Responding to Unintended Inequity.
by Okimoto, Tyler G.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. 10(3):399-420. Traditional justice models suggest that monetary compensation is an adequate response to unintended distributive harm. This perspective is widely accepted in real world settings, and is manifested in policies ranging from...
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Indian Residential School Survivors and State-Designed ADR: A Strategy for Co-Optation?
by Funk-Unrau, Neil
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Conflict Resolution Quarterly. 24(3):285-304. The use of ADR as a government response to residential school survivors illustrates the danger inherent in the reshaping of ADR to fit the adversarial legal context of North American court processes. Under such conditions, the ADR...
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The Impossible Dreams and Modest Reality of Restorative Justice.
by Thorburn, Malcolm
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Queen’s Law Journal. 30(2):863-882. This review essay explores the many criticisms of restorative justice focusing on the book Compulsory Compassion by Annalise...
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Restorative Service and the Transformation of Criminal Justice Intervention
by Maloney, Dennis M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) The Crime Victims Report. 11(1): Pp. 1, 11-14. “The purpose of this article is to offer a strategy that holds hope for developing a new consensus about what should be accomplished in the aftermath of an incident of crimnial wrongdoing.”...
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Restorative Justice Dialogue: A Multi-Dimensional, Evidence-Based Practice Theory
by Vos, Betty
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Contemporary Justice Review 10(1): Pp. 23-41. “This article describes the underlying characteristics of authentic restorative justice dialogue, including specific indicators of its presence. The article provides assistance to practitioners and policymakers who seek to...
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Challenges to Establishing Volunteer-Run, Community-Based Restorative Justice Programs
by Joy, Penny
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Contemporary Justice Review 10(1): Pp. 9-22. “In this article we use a case study of the Restorative Justice-Victoria program in British Columbia, Canada, to identify these challenges and suggest how they may be overcome. We focus on: (1) defining and educating the...
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Doing Justice Better: The Politics of Restorative Justice
by Cornwell, David J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Winchester, United Kingdom: Waterside Press. “An uncompromising appraisal of the unprecedented penal crisis affecting the United Kingdom and other Western-style democracies. Escalating resort to prisons, longer sentences, overcrowded and ineffective regimes, high rates of...
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A Guide to Psychological Debriefing: Managing Emotional Decompression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
by Kinchin, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) London, UK and Philadelphia, PA, USA: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. “This book offers a practical introduction to PTSD and psychological debriefing, and outlines an enhanced model of PD: ‘Emotional Decompression’. Structured like a deep-sea dive, it incorporates...
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Restorative Justice: building a basic library
by Carter, Rod
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) Kingston Ontario, Correctional Service of Canada Rev. Carter has categorized a list of books on Restorative Justice (RJ) to aid interested parties in gaining knowledge of the different aspects of RJ. “It is subjective, although I have tried to list books that present...
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The implementation of restorative justice in the Republic of Moldova
by Popa, Diana
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) Newsletter of the European Forum for Restorative Justice. 8(1) Pp. 7-8. “In the Republic of Moldova the implementation of restorative justice started in 2001, when a working group on alternatives evaluated the possibilities of implementing alternatives to detention, and...
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