Video Review: Widening the Circle: The Family Group Decision Making Experience
by Parker, Lynette
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Restorative Justice Online April 2007 Edition. The use of restorative process to address domestic violence has been hotly debated. This 43 minute video begins with a dramatization of one case of family violence and shows how Family Group Conferencing offers families the...
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Book Review: Criminal Punishment and Restorative Justice
by Assur, Eric
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Restorative Justice Online April 2007 Edition. In criminal justice debates, punishment is often defended as an end in itself. Eric Assur reviews a book that explores the need to move beyond punishment to a restorative...
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Lee County Victim Offender Conference Program
by Huffman, Mary
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Restorative Justice Online April 2007 Edition. The Lee County Victim Offender Conference (VOC) Program is a relatively new outgrowth of the Illinois Balanced and Restorative Justice Initiative. VOC provides victims with an opportunity to meet with first time young offenders as a...
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Organizing Ex-Combatants for Peace in Mozambique
by Parker, Lynette
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Restorative Justice Online April 2007 Edition. As violent civil conflicts end, ex-combatants are sometimes treated as a risk to social peace and stability. Yet, as one organization in Mozambique demonstrates, ex-combatants can be key players in the peacebuilding process,...
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Video Review: Beyond Conviction
by Parker, Lynette
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Restorative Justice Online March 2007 Edition. Beyond Conviction tells the stories of three Pennsylvania prisoners who met with their victims or victim survivors to answer questions and take responsibility for their...
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Book Review: Handbook of Restorative Justice
by Marshall, Chris
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Restorative Justice Online March 2007 Edition. The international restorative justice movement continues expanding in scope of practice and scholarship making it almost impossible to keep up with the existing literature. Chris Marshall reviews this collection of new essays...
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The Effect of Article 10 of the EU Framework Decision on the Standing of Victims.
by van der Does, Vera
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Restorative Justice Online March 2007 Edition. In 2001, the European Union adopted the Framework Decision on the Standing of Victims in Criminal Proceedings with article 10 calling Member States to promote the use of mediation in response to criminal offences. This article by...
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New Study Shows Benefits of Restorative Justice
by Editor
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Restorative Justice Online March 2007 Edition. Last month a London based think tank, the Smith Institute, released a study on the benefits of programmes with “good quality restorative justice practice.†The findings, drawn from 36 studies in the UK and...
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Juvenile Re-Offending after Family and Victim Offender Conferences
by Cunningham, Teresa
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Restorative Justice Online March 2007 Edition. In 2000, the Australian state of Northern Territory implemented a juvenile pre-court diversion scheme. Teresa Cunningham summarizes her research study into the scheme’s impact on...
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Video Review: Complete Victim Offender Mediation and Conferencing Training
by Parker, Lynette
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Restorative Justice online February 2007 Edition. Bringing victims and offenders together in face-to-face meetings requires sensitivity to the needs of each throughout the process. This 117-minute training video provides a glimpse into the dynamics of these types of meetings by...
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Book Review: The Little Book of Restorative Justice for People in Prison
by Parker, Lynette
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Restorative Justice online February 2007 Edition. Restorative justice is often implemented in community settings. In this short book, Barb Toews discusses its application when the offender has been...
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Government Report Urges Expanding Restorative Justice Services in Ireland
by Parker, Lynette
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Restorative Justice online February 2007 Edition. In January, a parliamentary committee released a report exploring the current use and possible expansion of restorative justice throughout Ireland. The report concludes with 12 recommendations for strengthening restorative...
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RJ City Website Launched
by Van Ness, Daniel W
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Restorative Justice online February 2007 Edition. Would you like to work in RJ City? This is an imaginary City that has decided to respond to all conflict, crime, victims and offenders as restoratively as possible. A conceptual foundation has been laid suggesting how this might...
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United Nations Publishes Handbook on Restorative Justice
by Parker, Lynette
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Restorative Justice online February 2007 Edition. In December 2006, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime published the Handbook on Restorative Justice Programmes. One in a series of tools developed to assist governments with criminal justice reforms, the Handbook offers...
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Beyond the Prison Paradigm: From Provoking Violence to Preventing It by Creating “Anti-Prisons†(Residential Colleges and Therapeutic Communities).
by Gilligan, James
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Annals of the New York Academy of Science. 1036:300-324. Prisons were supposedly created for the purpose of the tertiary prevention of violence (i.e., reducing the frequency and severity of future violence on the part of people who have already become violent). However, there is...
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