Corporate Circles: Transforming Conflict and Building Trusting Teams.
by Fitzgerald, Maureen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Vancouver,BC: Quinn Publishing. Corporate conflict costs organizations millions of dollars in lost productivity, increased turnover and litigation. This book provides a step-by-step technique for creating conversations that resolve conflict and build trusting relations. In a...
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Victim Offender Mediation in Juvenile or Criminal Courts.
by Umbreit, Mark S.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) In, Donna Stienstra and Susan M. Yates, eds., ADR Handbook for Judges. Chicago: American Bar Association. pp. 225-236. In providing an overview of the victim offender mediation process, this chapter will attempt to present a relatively “generic” description of...
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Facilitated Dialogue on Death Row: Family Members of Murder Victims and Inmates Share Their Experiences.
by Vos, Betty
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) In, James R. Acker and David R. Karp, eds., Wounds that Do Not Bind: Victim-Based Perspectives on the Death Penalty. Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press. PP. 349-375. The Texas Victim Offender Mediation/Dialogue Program chose to act upon the requests of the four...
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Arab Offenders Meet Jewish Victim: Restorative Family Dialogue in Israel.
by Umbreit, Mark S.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Conflict Resolution Quarterly. 24(1): 99-109. A case example of restorative family dialogue involving young Arab offenders who committed an armed robbery against a Jewish victim in Israel who experienced the crime as an act of terrorism was found to be highly effective in...
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Responding to Hate Crimes Through Restorative Justice Dialogue.
by Vos, Betty
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Contemporary Justice Review. 9(1): 7-21. Hate promotes violence. Dialogue among conflicting parties and groups is one way to decrease hate and help prevent bias-motivated crimes. Restorative justice has emerged in the last three decades as a means of giving all who are...
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Victim Forgiveness in Restorative Justice Dialogue.
by Armour, Marilyn Peterson
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Victims and Offenders. 1(2):123-140. The burgeoning interest in the healing potential of victim forgiveness has predictably pulled the field of restorative justice into the limelight because of its ability to achieve emotional repair for crime victims in ways that influence a...
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The Effect of Victim Offender Mediation on Juvenile Offender Recidivism: A Meta-Analysis.
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Conflict Resolution Quarterly. 24(1): 87-98. This article reports the results of a meta-analysis of the effects of victim offender mediation (VOM) on juvenile recidivism. Analyses were conducted on fifteen studies consisting of 9,172 juveniles in twenty-one service sites in the...
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Young Offenders Speak About Meeting Their Victims: Implications for Future Programs.
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Contemporary Justice Review. 9(3): 243-256. Victim-offender mediation (VOM) programs have gained considerable popularity in juvenile courts, yet little is known about how these programs actually influence offenders. This paper explores young offenders’ subjective...
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Mindfulness, Deep Listening and Stories: The Spiritual Core of Peacemaking.
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) ACResolution. Fall 2005: 26-27. Creating a safe, if not sacred, place where people in painful conflict can tell their story, without interruptions, has been at the core of healing throughout the ages. Arguments and positions keep us in the head, while telling stories touches our...
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An Empirical Review of Family Group Conferencing in Juvenile Offenses.
by Bradshaw, William
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Juvenile and Family Court Journal. Fall 2005: 21-27. This study reports the results of an effect size analysis of the effectiveness of family group conferencing (FGC) on recidivism and satisfaction in juvenile offenses. Analyses were conducted on nine studies consisting of 2,880...
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The Paradox of Forgiveness in Restorative Justice.
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) In, Everette L. Worthington, Jr., ed., The Handbook of Forgiveness. Routledge. pp. 491-502. The growing clinical and scholarly interest in the healing potential of forgiveness has pulled restorative justice into the limelight because of its ability to achieve emotional repair...
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Victim-Offender Mediation: Three Decades of Practice and Research.
by Vos, Betty
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Conflict Resolution Quarterly. 22(1-2): 279-303. The outcome variables assessed in the studies under review include participants’ satisfaction, variously reported as satisfaction with their meeting, with the program, with the agreement, with their preparation for the...
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Victim Offender Mediation: Evidence Based Practice Over Three Decades.
by Vos, Betty
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) In, Michael L. Moffitt and Robert C. Bordone, eds., The Handbook of Dispute Resolution. Josey Bass Publishers. PP. 455-470 More than fifteen hundred VOM programs in seventeen countries have developed in the past three decades, and more than fifty empirical studies of VOM have...
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Restorative Justice Dialogue: A Review of Evidence-Based Practice.
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Offender Programs Report. Social and Behavioral Rehabilitation in Prisons, Jails and the Community. 9(4):49-50,59-63. This article examines participation rates in restorative justice programs, the reasons for such participation, participant satisfaction, participant perception...
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Victim Forgiveness in Restorative Justice Dialogue
by Armour, Marilyn Peterson
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Victims and Offenders. 1(2):123-140. The crucial dimension of victim forgiveness of an offender is a shift in the victim’s perception of the offender as having a worth beyond the behavior that harmed the victim, as well as the victim’s perception of himself/herself...
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