Book Review: The Healing of Nations: The Promise and Limits of Political Forgiveness
by Strong, Gregory
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Restorative Justice Online April 2006 Edition. Mark Amstutz argues that forgiveness, when rooted in restorative justice, is not confined to personal morality but can promote healing and renewal in social and political life, thereby fostering a more just, humane, and stable...
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John Braithwaite awarded the 2006 Stockholm Prize in Criminology.
by Van Ness, Daniel W
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Restorative Justice Online April 2006 Edition. John Braithwaite of the Australian National University and Friedrich Lösel of Cambridge University in the UK have been awarded the 2006 Stockholm Prize in...
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The Politicisation of Community Restorative Justice in Northern Ireland
by Eriksson, Anna
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Restorative Justice Online April 2006 Edition. Community restorative justice programmes in Northern Ireland developed in an atmosphere of conflict and distrust of formal justice institutions. Recently, their informal community base has been a point of contention as these...
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Community Restorative Justice in Northern Ireland – An Overview
by Gormally, Brian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Restorative Justice Online April 2006 Edition. Community restorative justice programmes developed in Northern Ireland as an alternative to punitive “self-policing” by the IRA and Loyalist groups. In this article, Brian Gormally, a practitioner working in Northern...
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Book Review: Burying the Past: Making Peace and Doing Justice After Civil Conflict
by Strong, Gregory
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Restorative Justice Online March 2006 Edition. Issues of justice and peace haunt countries emerging from or struggling with violent conflict. This volume of essays explores issues of forgiveness, remembering the past, restorative justice and transitional...
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Video Review: Beyond Zero Tolerance: Restorative Practices in Schools
by Parker, Lynette
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Restorative Justice Online March 2006 Edition. Beyond Zero Tolerance explores the applicability of restorative practices in a school...
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A Transforming Journey.
by Anonymous, Rod
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Restorative Justice Online March 2006 Edition. Restorative processes offer many benefits for victims and offenders. In this article, a survivor of a violent rape shares her experiences of release and healing through victim offender...
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Proposed Restorative Justice Legislation in Brazil
by Parker, Lynette
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Restorative Justice Online March 2006 Edition. In late 2005, the Commission of Participatory Legislation of the Brazilian House of Representatives held a public discussion on restorative justice. Tasked with bringing civil society organizations into the democratic process, the...
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Involving Victims in Restorative Youth Justice in England through Youth Offender Panels
by Crawford, Adam
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Restorative Justice Online March 2006 Edition. Youth Offender Panels in England and Wales seek to hold young offenders accountable for their behaviour while involving victims in the process. A recent evaluation of the programme in Leeds found a positive impact on both victims...
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Confronting the Horror: The Aftermath of Violence
by Derksen, Wilma
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Winnipeg, MB Canada: Amity Publishers. Combining graphic honesty with compassion and hope, this book serves as a road map through the aftermath of violence by addressing both the personal and justice issues encountered after violent act. In an easy-to-read conversational style,...
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Restorative Justice is a Human Right. A Transformative Discourse within UN Paradigms.
by Smith, Melodee
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) In, Jay Albanese, editor, Current Issues in International Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Milano, Italy: International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Crimial Justice. pp.71-77. While the criminal justice system...
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Developing Restorative Practices in Latin America.
by Parker, Lynette
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) In, Jay Albanese, editor, Current Issues in International Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Milano, Italy: International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Crimial Justice. pp.39-44. With high prison populations, high...
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Criminal Punishment and Restorative Justice: Past, Present and Future Perspectives.
by Cornwell, David J
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Winchester: Waterside Press. In Criminal Punishment and Restorative Justice, author David J .Cornwell draws on issues in contemporary criminology and penology in order to contrast punitive and restorative responses to crime. He then looks at the forces that serve to constrain...
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Restorative Justice: New Horizons in Juvenile Offender Counseling.
by Ryals, John S.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling. 25:18-25. Treatment strategies of the juvenile justice system focus singularly on rehabilitation of offenders, and vicitms and communities are excluded from the rehabilitative process. Restorative justice views victims and...
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In Search of Justice for Domestic and Family Violence. Indigenous and non-indigenous Australian Women’s Perspectives.
by Nancarrow, Heather
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Theoretical Criminology. 10(1):87-106. In 2000, reports of two Australian taskforce investigations considering justice responses to violence against women contained opposing recommendations about the suitability of restorative justice for cases of domestic and family violence....
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