Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Shame: Three Key Variables in Reducing School Bullying.
by Ahmed, Eliza
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Journal of Social Issues. 62(2): 347-370. This study examined the relationships between forgiveness, reconciliation, shame and school bullying. The sample consisted of 1,875 Bangladeshi adolescents (60% girls) in grades 7 to 10 (M=8.28). In a structural equation model, both...
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A Half Century of Randomized Experiments on Crime and Justice.
by Farrington, David P
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Crime and Justice. 34:55. The number of randomized experiments on crime and justice with a minimum of 100 participants more than doubled between 1957 and 1981, when there were thirty-seven, and between 1982 and 2004, when there were eighty-five. There was an increase in very...
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Restorative Justice and Youth Courts: An Examination of Implementation Intensity, Recidivism, and Accountability.
by Ventura, Holly Elizabeth
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) PhD Dissertation. Department of Sociology. University of South Carolina. Offered here is an evaluation of the restorative approach in the context of juvenile diversion, specifically, youth courts. Youth courts have emerged as a leading application of restorative justice over the...
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Impact of Crimes on Victims: An Evaluation Study of a Victim Awareness Class Based on a Balanced and Restorative Justice Model.
by Chi Do, Thanh
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) PhD Dissertation. California School of Professional Psychology. Alliant International University. The aim of this study was to understand the effects of a Victim Awareness Class implemented in Santa Clara County, California. This Victim Awareness Class was the result of the...
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Families of Homicide Victims Speak: An Examination of Perceptions of the Criminal Justice System and Capital Punishment.
by Burns, Jaime Lynn
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) PhD Dissertation. Graduate College of Oklahoma State University. The goal of this project was to explore the sentiments of murdered victims’ families where the offender received the death penalty. Specifically the research aimed to: (1) examine the experiences of murdered...
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Peacebuilders Healing Trauma: The Journey from Victim to Survivor to Provider.
by Sider, Nancy Good
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) PhD Dissertation. Graduate College. Union Institute and University. Cincinnati, OH. Using grounded theory methodology (Glaser’s building theory from a data base), this research examines how peacebuilders heal violent trauma they have personally endured, with the aim of...
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Victim/Offender Mediation in St. Louis: An Assessment.
by Urban, Lynn S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Justice Research and Policy. 8(2): 89-113. This evaluation of St. Louis’ Victim/Offender Mediation Program (VOM) determined whether juvenile participants had fewer subsequent referrals to the court. If the goal of VOM was to reduce the number of subsequent court referrals,...
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Circles of Support and Accountability: Engaging Community Volunteers in the Management of High-Risk Sexual Offenders.
by Prinzo, Michelle
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Howard Journal of Criminal Justice. 46(1): 1-15. The main goal of the COSA model is to reduce the risk of future sexual offending by assisting and supporting released men as they attempt to integrate into the community. The program originally targeted offenders released at the...
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Remorse in the Context of Restorative Justice: The Experience of At-Risk Adolescents Aged 18 Through 21.
by Higgins, Georgane R.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) PhD Dissertation. Faculty of Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center. Within the criminal justice system, programs in restorative justice hold great promise where punitive regimes often fall short, but remorse appears to be a key element in their success. This study...
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Domestic Violence and Restorative Justice: A Promising New Direction or a Dangerous Practice?
by Hogan, Patricia M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Position Paper. Master of Arts degree in Social Policy Studies. State University of New York, Empire State College. The restorative justice movement has continued to grow and develop in this and other countries. Proponents of this informal justice system believe that the time...
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. Implementation and Effects of a Restorative Justice Program in a Correctional Facility.
by Nelson, David E.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Master of Science Thesis. Department of Criminal Justice. Central Missouri State University. Restorative justice is one of the varied processes utilized by prison and jail administrators to bring about a change of offender attitude while incarcerated, in efforts to return a...
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Restorative Justice and Girls: The Effects of Restorative Justice on Girls in a Group Home.
by Lundebrek, Lynn R.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Action Research Project. Master of Science in Education. Education Department. Southwest Minnesota State University. Marshall, Minnesota. This research project examined the effects of restorative justice, a philosophy of restoring harm created by an offender to a victim, on...
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Trust and Power-Distance: A Psychological Perspective on Fairness in Restorative Justice Conferences.
by Sivasubramaniam, Diane
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. 13(2):203. 219. Psychological research indicates that trust in the independent third party affects the way in which disputants rate the fairness of legal procedures. This article addresses procedural variation in restorative justice practices, in...
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In the Shadow of Death: Restorative Justice and Death Row Families.
by Beck, Elizabeth
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. This is not a typical book about the death penalty debate that focuses specifically on the pros and cons of capital punishment. Rather, our purpose is to highlight the experiences of capital offenders’ family members. And while...
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Charting Progress, Mapping the Future: Restorative Justice in South Africa.
by Skelton, Ann
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Pretoria: Restorative JusticeCentre and Institute for Security Studies. This publication is based on a project that sought to document current projects implementing restorative justice in South Africa. As is the case in many other countries, a number of significant attempts have...
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