Criminal Justice and Good Lives
by Eccleston, Lynne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) In Anthony J. W. Taylor, ed., Justice as a Basic Human Need. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Pp. 49-60. “Concern for rehabilitating offenders leads to a consideration of the ethics and morality of punishment and of the various models of sentencing that have emerged...
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From Darwin to Piaget: The Development and Acquisition of Moral Beliefs
by Jose, Paul
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) In Anthony J. W. Taylor, ed., Justice as a Basic Human Need. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Pp. 39-47. “If justice is a basic moral need, as Taylor (2003) has argued, then one should be able to find evidence for it early in a person’s developmental history....
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The Meaning of Justice: Insights from the Biblical Tradition
by Marshall, Christopher D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) In Anthony J. W. Taylor, ed., Justice as a Basic Human Need. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Pp. 25-38. “The aim of this chapter is to identify some characteristic features of the Bible’s teaching on justice. It observes that the Bible has had a lasting...
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Being Human and the Need for Justice
by Tolman, Charles W.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) In Anthony J. W. Taylor, ed., Justice as a Basic Human Need. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Pp. 13-23. “The characteristics that distinguish us as human beings from other animals derive from the social relations in which we produce the conditions of life. Central...
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Doing Justice to Justice
by Anthony J. W. Taylor
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) In Anthony J. W. Taylor, ed., Justice as a Basic Human Need. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Pp. 1-12. “Although clinical, community, developmental, forensic, and social psychologists have been concerned for a long time with different aspects of justice —...
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Justice as a Basic Human Need
by Taylor, Anthony J. W.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) New York: Nova Science Purblishers, Inc. “Psychologists in different tributaries of the discipline have long been preoccupied with aspects of ‘Justice’, but none previously has addressed the essential question raised in this book — namely of justice being...
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Ethnic and Gender Differences in Offending Patterns: Examining Family Group Conferencing Interventions among At-Risk Adolescents.
by Baffour, Tiffany D
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. 23(5-6):557-578. This secondary study looked at the importance of ethnicity and gender in influencing the relationship between Family Group Conferencing and (FGC) recidivism. The FGC is a mediation procedure involving offenders, their...
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Professionally-Facilitated Volunteerism in the Community-Based Management of High-Risk Sexual Offenders: Part One – Effects on Participants and Stakeholders.
by Wilson, Robin J
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) The Howard Journal. 46(3):289-302. This study presents evaluation data from the Circles of Support and Accountability (COSA) pilot project in South-Central Ontario, Canada – specifically regarding the effect that COSA has had on the community and those personally involved...
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Doing Justice After Conflict : The Case for Ghana’s National Reconciliation Commission.
by Ameh, Robert Kwame
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Canadian Journal of Law and Society. 21(1):85-109. But the introduction of the National Reconciliation Bill in Parliament and eventual passage of the National Reconciliation Act (Act 611) engendered great controversy and lively debate not only between the political parties in...
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Desistance Within an Urban Aboriginal Gang.
by Deane, Lawrence
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) 54(2): 125–141. The research presented in this paper is related to an ongoing program in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada involving members of an urban Aboriginal street gang. Gang members recently released from prison have for a variety of reasons become interested in leaving...
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Implementing “Corrections of Place” Ideas. The Perspectives of Clients and Staff.
by Lane, Jodi
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Criminal Justice and Behavior. 34(1):76-95. Restorative justice has recently become popular among practitioners, but there have been few rigorous evaluations of programs. For approximately 5 years, Ventura County, California, probation staff and other local organizations worked...
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The Contributions of Truth to Reconciliation:Lessons from South Africa.
by Gibson, James L.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Journal of Conflict Resolution. 50(3):409-432. The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is undoubtedly the most widely discussed truth and reconciliation process in the world, and by many accounts, the TRC is among the most effective any country has yet...
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Conflict Within the Structure of Peer Mediation: An Examination of Controlled Confrontations in an At-Risk School.
by Nix, Chris L.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Conflict Resolution Quarterly. 24(3): 327-348. The purpose of the research reported in this article was to examine the conflict mediation process among middle school students through critical observations and by addressing the disputants’ perceptions of their experiences....
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Community Support and Diversionary Measures for Juvenile Offenders in Hong Kong: Old Legacy, New Age.
by Wing Lo, T
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Asian Criminology: 1:9-20. This paper begins by examining the arguments that led to the change of emphasis from residential training and detention to community-based measures in Hong Kong. Police cautioning and community support services are introduced. An evaluation of the...
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Communities and drugs: Beyond the rhetoric of community action.
by McKeganey, Neil
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Probation Journal. 51(4):343-361. Involving communities in developing locally based initiatives to tackle the problem of illegal drugs is a cornerstone of the UK drug strategy. Whilst the notion of rebuilding communities is very much at the heart of New Labour polices, the...
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