The Navajo Peacemaker Court: Deference to the Old and Accommodation to the New
by Zion, James W.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) In, Nielsen, Marianne O. and Zion, James W., editors, Navaja Nation Peacemaking. Living Traditional Justice. The University of Arizona Press. Tucson pp.65-80 The Navajo Peacemaker Court is an experiment in blending the procedures of the Navajo common law with Anglo methods, and...
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“Life Comes from It”:Navajo Justice Concepts
by Yazzie, Robert
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) In, Nielsen, Marianne O. and Zion, James W., editors, Navaja Nation Peacemaking. Living Traditional Justice. The University of Arizona Press. Tucson pp. 42-57 Navajo justice is unique because it is the product of the experience of the Navajo people. Prior to contact with...
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The Process of Decision Making in Tribal Courts: A Navajo Jurist’s Perspective
by Tso, Tom
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) In, Nielsen, Marianne O. and Zion, James W., editors, Navaja Nation Peacemaking. Living Traditional Justice. The University of Arizona Press. Tucson pp 29-40 In this essay, I would like to discuss the process of decision making in tribal courts. I will speak about the Navajo...
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Navajo Nation Peacemaking. Living Traditional Justice
by Nielsen, O. Marianne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) The University of Arizona Press, Tucson This book is about peacemaking as it exists in the Navajo Nation today, describing its origins, history, context, and contributions with an eye toward sharing knowledge between Navajo and European-based criminal justice systems. It...
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Restorative Justice in Prisons. A Guide to Making it Happen
by Edgar, Kimmett
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Waterside Press, Winchester This book sets out to translate theory and fine words into mainstream practice. It will be of interest to a wide range of prison and RJ practitioners as well as other people such as judges, magistrates, police officers and probation officers who deal...
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Coclusion: Reshaping Juvenile Justice
by Chan, Janet
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) In,Chan, Janet B.L. editor, Reshaping Juvenile Justice. The NSW Young Offenders Act 1997 The institute of Criminology Series No 22, Sydney pp. 187-195 As pointed out in the introduction to this volume, the most innovative aspect of the juvenile justice reform in New South Wales...
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Impact of the Young Offenders Act
by Chan, Janet
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) In,Chan, Janet B.L. editor, Reshaping Juvenile Justice. The NSW Young Offenders Act 1997 The institute of Criminology Series No 22, Sydney pp. 171-185 This chapter summarises statistics for the three years prior to and three years following the introductions of the Young...
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Comparing Reoffending
by Luke, Garth
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) In,Chan, Janet B.L. editor, Reshaping Juvenile Justice. The NSW Young Offenders Act 1997 The institute of Criminology Series No 22, Sydney pp.141-169 The Young Offenders Act 1997 commenced on 6 April 1998 creating the sanction of a youth justice conference for young offenders...
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Restorative Justice in Action
by Bolitho, Jane
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) In,Chan, Janet B.L. editor, Reshaping Juvenile Justice. The NSW Young Offenders Act 1997 The institute of Criminology Series No 22, Sydney pp.119-140 The YOA was a response to a perceived need for alternative methods of dealing with young people in trouble. While clearly its...
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Stories from the Field
by Bargen, Jenny
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) In,Chan, Janet B.L. editor, Reshaping Juvenile Justice. The NSW Young Offenders Act 1997 The institute of Criminology Series No 22, Sydney pp.105-115 Between early 1998 and mid 2004, youth justice conference administrators recruited and trained over800 ‘ordinary’...
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Participants’ Views of Youth Justice Conferencing
by Trimboli, Lily
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) In,Chan, Janet B.L. editor, Reshaping Juvenile Justice. The NSW Young Offenders Act 1997 The institute of Criminology Series No 22, Sydney pp.73-99 A youth justice conferencing is a decision-making forum in which the young offender his/her family/support group meet face-to-face...
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The Operation of Warnings, Cautions and Youth Justice Conferences
by Clancey, Garner
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) In,Chan, Janet B.L. editor, Reshaping Juvenile Justice. The NSW Young Offenders Act 1997 The institute of Criminology Series No 22, Sydney pp.47-72 This chapter provides an overview of the diversionary options available under the YOA. The first section describes key aspects of...
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Implementation of the Young Offenders Act
by Chan, Janet
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) In,Chan, Janet B.L. editor, Reshaping Juvenile Justice. The NSW Young Offenders Act 1997 The institute of Criminology Series No 22, Sydney pp.25-45 This chapter discusses the implementation of the YOA using documentary, interview and focus group data presented in Chan et. al....
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Development of the Young Offenders Act
by Bargen, Jenny
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) In,Chan, Janet B.L. editor, Reshaping Juvenile Justice. The NSW Young Offenders Act 1997 The institute of Criminology Series No 22, Sydney pp. 17-24 Following the evaluation of the CYC pilot scheme, a cross government committee, the Minor Offenders Punishment Scheme (MOPS)...
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Reshaping Juvenile Justice. The NSW Young Offenders Act 1997
by Chan, Janet B.L.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) The institute of Criminology Series No 22, Sydney Reshaping Juvenile Justice examines reforms in New South Wales under the Young Offenders Act 1997. The Act institutionalizes a fresh approach to juvenile justice – one that regulates police discretion at the gate-keeping...
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