Handbook of Restorative Justice
by Johnstone, Gerry
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Cullompton, Devon: Willan Publishing. “Aimed at students, practitioners, policy-makers, researchers — and, indeed, anybody curious about restorative justice and the future of criminal justice — the Handbook: explains how the campaign for restorative justice...
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Restoration and Retribution: How Including Retributive Components Affects the Acceptability of Restorative Justice Procedures
by Darley, John M
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Social Justice Research. 19(4):395-432. This study examined whether adding retributive components to restorative justice procedures would impact citizen’s perceptions of the acceptability of restorative justice procedures for handling crimes of differing severity. The...
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Restorative Justice and College Student Misconduct.
by Karp, David R
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Public Organization Review: A Global Journal. 5: 315–333 ( This article reports the findings of a restorative justice program to address student disciplinary problems at Skidmore College. Based on the model of ‘‘Community Reparative Boards’’...
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Restorative Justice Programs, Gender, and Recidivism.
by Elis, Lori
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Public Organization Review: A Global Journal. 5: 375–389. Restorative justice programs, which attempt to reintegrate offenders into society by building and strengthening interpersonal relationships, may provide the juvenile justice system with an effective option for...
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Practicing Restorative Justice in School Communities: The Challenge of Culture Change.
by Morrison, Brenda
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Public Organization Review: A Global Journal. 5: 335–357. The practice of restorative justice in schools has the capacity to build social and human capital through challenging students in the context of social and emotional learning. While restorative justice was...
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Community is Not a Place But a Relationship: Lessons for Organizational Development.
by Boyes-Watson, Carolyn
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Public Organization Review: A Global Journal.5: 359–374. The premise of this article is that organizations need to be ‘‘organized’’ differently if we want to reinvigorate the power of community in contemporary life. A central theme within the...
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Transitional Justice: A Holistic Interpretation.
by Boraine, Alexander
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Journal of International Affairs. 60(1):17-27. It is when we come to the term “justice” that the issue of meeting the challenges of the future becomes more controversial. There are different types of justice. Justice is often referred to as retributive, restorative...
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“Is reconciliation possible after genocide? The case of Rwanda.”
by Amstutz, Mark R.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Journal of Church and State. 48(3):541-565. This essay explores the nature and role of the political reconciliation in reckoning with widespread regime atrocities. The role of truth is then examined in healing deeply divided societies. Because truth telling is regarded as...
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A Gift of Listening for Hawaii’s INmates.
by Walker, Lorenn
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Corrections Today. December: 58-61. “Restorative Justice as a Solution-Focused Approach to Conflict and Wrongdoing†facilitator training is a 12-week program designed to help inmates learn self-control and getting along with others. The total 24 hours of training are...
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Reason, peace, transitional justice, and punishment.
by Blatz, Charles V.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) International Journal of Peace Studies. 11(1):59-89. Moving from repression or tyranny toward the rule of law and reason is fraught with difficulties. One question of transitional justice is whether those responsible for the horrors of the previous regime should be punished or...
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Beyond Apologia: racial reconciliation and apologies for slavery.
by Hatch, John B
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Western Journal of Communication. 70(3): 186-211. Reconciliation apologies such as Representative Tony Hall’s proposed congressional apology for slavery and his own apology at a reconciliation conference in Benin, West Africa raise questions about the means and standards...
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“The gendered dimensions of conflict’s aftermath: a victim-centered approach to compensation.”
by Zeigler, Sara L.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Ethics & International Affairs. 20(2):171-192. In this essay, we first identify the ways in which women’s interests are disregarded and sacrificed as peace agreements are reached, criminal courts and tribunals are established, and relief efforts are planned....
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“Lessons unlearned: women offenders, the ethics of care, and the promise of restorative justice.”
by Failinger, Marie A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Fordham Urban Law Journal 33(2): 487-526. This Article focuses on the reality that women’s relationality, and particularly their relationships with men in their lives, (44) profoundly affects the behavior that lands them in the criminal justice system. Covington has...
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“Punishing Monsters, Judging Aliens: Justice at the Borders of Community.”
by Hudson, Barbara
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology. 39(2): 232-247. The article asks the questions of how we could, and why we should, do justice to people who are outside the limits of our geographical, political, moral or cognitive communities. After looking at political,...
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Towards Implementing RJ in Nigeria: The Nigerian Criminal Justice Reform Bill (2005).
by Omale, Don John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Resolution. News from the Restorative Justice Consortium. Number 23. In the Nigerian criminal justice sector, the author would argue that the confidence of the Nigerian public in the criminal justice system is too low (just like it was argued in relation to England and Wales in...
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