Justice from the Victim’s Perspective
by Lewis, Judith
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Violence Against Women. 11(5): 571-602. What are the meanings of justice, as seen from the perspective of victims of violent crime? Are victims’ visions of justice represented by the conventional legal system? Are they represented by restorative justice? The author...
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Defeating Hatred with Truth: An Argument in Support of a Truth Commission as Part of the Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
by Weiner, Matthew A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Connecticut Law Review Yet the notion of transitional justice has been all but absent in settlement discussions designed to end one of the most heated, violent, and deadly conflicts directly affecting Western society: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Although attempted...
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Implementing Balanced and Restorative Justice: A Guide for Law Enforcement Officers
by Ashley, Jessica
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Chicago, IL: Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Implementing balanced and restorative justice: A guide for law enforcement officers is specifically designed to provide practical BARJ strategies that can be utilized by law enforcement officers on a daily basis. A...
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Guest Editor’s Introduction
by Ptacek, James
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Violence Against Women, Vol.11 No.5 Searching for ways to expand options for women who are abused and increase accountability for men who are abusive, a number of feminists have been exploring restorative justice. At their best, the variety of informal conflict-mediation...
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Incorporating Custom Law into State Law in Melanesia.
by Howley, Patrick
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Paper presented as part of the International Diploma in Restorative Justice at Queens University, 10 July 2007. In this paper, Pat Howley tells the story of his involvement in the Bougainville peace process and the revival of custom law and practices in resolving...
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Gendered Violence and Restorative Justice
by Curtis-Fawley, Sarah
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Violence Against Women, Vol.11 No.5 The use of restorative Justice for gendered violence has been debated in the feminist literature for some time. Critics warn that it is inappropriate because the processes and outcomes are not sufficiently formal or stringent, and victims than...
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Civic Education and Peace by Michael Palmer
by Palmer, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Vermont Bar Journal and Law Digest. 31(3). Peace is not merely the absence of war. We have learned a few things in the last 350 years since Hobbes wrote his famous treatise. It is more than the cessation of hostilities or the suppression of violence. True...
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Risk Principle of Case Classification in Correctional Treatment. A Meta-Analytic Investigation
by Andrews, D. A
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) International Journal of Offender Therapy and Compartive Criminology. 50(1):88-100. Recent meta-analyses have documented considerable evidence demonstrating that correctional treatment programs are indeed effective for reducing recidivism in offender populations. The effect of...
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Restorative Justice and Family Violence, edited by Heather Strang and John Braithwaite.
by Smith, Andrea
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Violence Against Women Heather Strang and John Braithwaite’s edited anthology, Restorative Justice and Family Violence addresses the potential (or lack thereof) for restorative justice programs to combat family violence. The contributors include professors of law,...
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Video Reviews: Gacaca: Living Together in Rwanda? & In Rwanda We Say… The Family That Does Not Speak Dies
by Parker, Lynette
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Restorative Justice Online. May 2006 Edition. The Rwandan government chose to use an indigenous conflict resolution process to try many of the suspects held for genocide crimes. These two films provide a window into the human experiences of those crimes and the difficult task of...
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“Aboriginal People and the Criminal Justice Systems in Saskatchewan: What Next?”
by Chartrand, Paul L.A.H
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Saskatchewan Law Review. 68:253 The University of Saskatchewan, College of Law and the Indigenous Peoples and Justice Programs agreed to the organization of a conference entitled “Aboriginal People & the Criminal Justice System in Saskatchewan: What Next?.” The...
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Implementation of the Forum Program in Southern Nevada Prisons
by Strahl, Barbara T.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Ph.D. Dissertation, Nova Southeastern University This action research study examined the implementation of an innovative mediation program – probably the first of its kind – to be available in prisons. Upon release from prison, inmates and their families face a...
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Rejecting the Paradigm: The Application of Restorative Justice Processes in Cases of Domestic Violence
by O'Neill, Terrance P.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Master of Arts Thesis, State University of New York. The relatively unremarkable international expansion of restorative justice practices has produced a lively debate concerning the application of restorative justice processes in matters of gendered violence. This paper examines...
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New Zealand Court-Referred Restorative Justice Pilot
by Triggs, Sue
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Ministry of Justice. This study measured the reoffending rate, measured as the reconviction rate, 2 years after a sample of offenders participated in New Zealand’s court-referred restorative justice pilot program. The 206 offenders who...
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Video Review: Red Hook Justice
by Van Ness, Daniel W
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Restorative Justice Online April 2006 Edition. This 55 minute documentary describes the efforts of the Red Hook Community Justice Center to bring defendants, court officials and local community members together to overcome the endemic problems in their Brooklyn, New York...
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