Escute Compassiva
by Hoffman, Gene Knudsen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Santa Barbara: Institute for Cooperative Communication Skills. As formas de escuta compassiva têm sido praticadas entre os Quakers e os Budistas por séculos, e entre psicoterapeutas há décadas. Gene é tanto uma ativista Quaker da paz quanto uma conselheira...
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Prisons and Their Communities: Testing a New Approach.
by Stern, Vivien
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) London: International Centre for Prison Studies. King’s College London. In the Restorative Prison Project we set out to question the retributive model of imprisonment, to test the extent to which prisons might be based on restorative principals and thereby to contribute to...
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International Perspectives on Restorative Justice.
by Immarigeon, Russ
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) VOMA Connections. Winter 2005-2006(22):15. This article reviews the “Handbook of Restorative Justice: A Global Perspective” edited by Dennis Sullivan and Larry...
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Working with Judges to Affect Change in the Criminal Justice System.
by Preston, William T.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) VOMA Connections. Winter 2005-2006(22): 13-16. Advocates of a restorative approach are often intimidated by judges. That intimidation can lead them to confront judges with the weaknesses of the traditional criminal justice process, or present restorative justice concepts in...
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Restorative Justice Roots in Indian Popular Culture and Gandhian Philosophy.
by Kashayap, Rina
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) VOMA Connections. Winter 2005-2006(22):11-12. My engagement with the concept of restorative justice has entailed on occasions a sense of déjà vu and renewing of acquaintance with a friend long forgotten. At times it is the “aha!†feeling, the lifting of the...
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New Resources for the Practice of Restorative Justice.
by Immarigeon, Russ
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) VOMA Connections. Winter 2005-2006(22):10-12. This short article offers a brief description of publications related to restorative...
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Justice that Heals and Transforms.
by Sawatsky, Jarem.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) VOMA Connections. Winter 2005-2006(22):8-9. This article presents three positive guideposts to help steer clear of barriers and maximize the benefits. The guideposts in this article aim to create space for a particular kind of healing justice. It is offered as a gift to a...
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The Concept of Restorative Justice in African Traditional Heritage.
by Ruto, Doreen Jemutai
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) VOMA Connections. Winter 2005-2006(22):7-16. Most traditional African communities had elaborate models of dealing with conflict and ensuring that there was harmony and peaceful coexistence among themselves and their neighbors. The concept of justice was elaborate and clearly...
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Developing Restorative Justice in Missouri.
by Balsam, Nina
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) VOMA Connections. Winter 2005-2006(22): 3-4. Missouri is in the process of implementing a statewide Restorative Justice Initiative, which was developed by a Task Force of the Board of Directors of the Center for Women in Transition (CWIT). CWIT is a nonprofit group that...
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Restorative Justice and its Paradoxes.
by Pavlich, George.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Voma Connections. Winter 2005-2006(22):1,14. Such examples allude to the ways in which restorative justice’s paradoxical rejection and acceptance of key concepts in criminal justice constrains its early promise to offer an alternative approach, a new “lensâ€...
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Justiça Restaurativa no Brasil
by de Jesus, Damasio E.
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) Jus Navigandi. Online. Paul McCold e Ted Wachtel, do Instituto Internacional por Práticas Restaurativas (International Institute for Restorative Practices), em trabalho apresentado no XIII Congresso Mundial de Criminologia, realizado de 10 a 15 agosto de 2003, no Rio de...
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Local Capacity Governance in South Africa: A model for peaceful coexistence
by Shearing, Clifford
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Paper originally presented at the In Search of Security Conference in Montreal hosted by the Law Commission of Canada, February 2003. Updated 2004. One of the most profound effects of the marginalisation of poor communities is their loss of faith in their own capacity to make a...
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Speechless: The Silencing of Criminal Defendants.
by Natapoff, Alexandra
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) New York University Law Review. 80:1449-1504. Over one million defendants pass through the criminal justice system every year, yet we almost never hear from them. From the first Miranda warnings, through trial or guilty plea, and finally at sentencing, most defendants remain...
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Truth and Justice in Sierra Leone: Coordination Between Commission and Court.
by Evenson, Elizabeth M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Columbia Law Review. 104:730-767. Truth commissions and trials are now operating concurrently as mechanisms of transitional justice in settings as diverse as Peru, East Timor, and Sierra Leone. While truth commissions and trials play complementary roles in transitional justice,...
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Corrected Opinion. NO. SC01-913. Department of Revenue vs. Kelvin M. Jackson.
by Supreme Court of Florida
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Supreme Court of Florida. Alternatives to incarceration could embrace a balanced and restorative approach to criminal justice.4 This approach requires the offender to be held accountable for his or her criminal actions by recognizing the harm done, including indirectly to his or...
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