Rethinking the shame: The intersection of shaming punishments and American juvenile justice.
by Harden, Alicia N.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) U.C. Davis Journal of Juvenile Law and Policy. 16:93-153. This Article offers an alternative to the binary of either banning shaming punishments or allowing judges to mete them out without due regard to potential consequences. Part I lays the foundation of the juvenile justice...
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Evaluating the effectiveness of the Supporting Offenders through Restoration Inside (SORI) Programme delivered in seven prisons in England and Wales.
by Beech, Anthony R.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Legal and Criminological Psychology. 18(2):229-239. Purpose. Supporting Offenders through Restoration Inside (SORI) is a programme that aims to: increase victim empathy in offenders; motivate offenders to change their offending behaviour; and to take personal responsibility for...
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Reviving restorative justice: A blueprint for Texas.
by Cohen, Derek
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Policy Perspective. Austin, Texas: Texas Public Policy Foundation. Restorative justice programs provide a compelling aternative to this framework. Unlike the traditional state-centric justice model, the restorative justice model seeks to reconcile the victim and offender and...
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Promoting restorative justice for children.
by Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) New York: United Nations. Today, more than 1 million children are deprived of their liberty worldwide,and countless children face violent and degrading treatment throughout the criminal justice process. In light of this dramatic situation, it is imperative to promote strategies...
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Long-term impact of family group conferences on re-offending: the Indianapolis restorative justice experiment.
by Jeong, Seokjin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Journal of Experimental Criminology. 8(4):369-385. An earlier study suggests that treatment group youths experienced reduced risk in the short-term and there is no evidence in the present study to suggest that youths participating in FGCs were placed at greater risk for...
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Mediator’s dilemma: Mediation in South Africa – an unequal, deeply divided, transitional society.
by Henkeman, Sara
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) tidsskrift for norsk psykologforening. 47: 731–733. When one attempts to mediate interpersonalconflicts in an unequal society, the notion of mediator neutrality can be severely challenged. It could be argued that in certain cases, neutrality translates into support for...
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The RESTORE Program of restorative justice for sex crimes: Vision, process, and outcomes.
by Koss, Mary P.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Published online before print December 24, 2013, doi: 10.1177/0886260513511537. The article reports empirical evaluation of RESTORE, a restorative justice (RJ) conferencing program adapted to prosecutor-referred adult misdemeanor and felony...
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Experiments in criminal sanctions: Labeling, defiance, and restorative justice.
by Sherman, Lawrence W
June 4, 2015
Source: (2014) in, David P. Farrington and Joseph Murray, eds, Labeling theory: Empiricl tests. Advances in Criminological Literature. Vol. 18. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers. What effect does punishment have on the punished? The best answer to this question is “it...
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Shape of the Wound Restorative Justice in Potential Spaces: A Review of “Opening the Black Box: The Charge is Torture†(Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2012)
by Harper, Rachel L. S.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Journal of Curriculum Theorizing. 29(2):244-253. This review is structured to reflect its two purposes. First, I begin with an overview of the exhibition in order to discuss the content of Opening the Black Box and its unique pedagogical dimensions. Secondly, I draw on critiques...
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Offender and state compensation for victims of crime: Two decades of development and change.
by Miers, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (2014) International Review of Victimology. 20(1):145-169. This article comprises an overview of the principal normative and operational issues that arise in both common and civil law states’ arrangements for the compensation and reparation of victims of crime. Balancing what...
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Creating restorative and sustainable environment within custodial services: Capturing a template for the future.
by Steels, Brian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Paper for the Restorative Justice and Chinese Culture – 2013 Kinmen and Xiamen Workshops November 25th -30th 2013. This paper aims to highlight the development and use of a universal template for designing and implementing a wholly restorative justice and environmental...
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Restorative classroom practice.
by Hopkins, Belinda
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Transforming Conflict. This short booklet uses extracts from our various publications to give classroom teachers in particular an idea of what restorative approaches might mean applied in their day-to-day work. Although people tend to think of restorative approaches applying...
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Restitution in Pennsylvania Task Force Final Report.
by Restitution in Pennsylvania Task Force
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Pennsylvania Office of the Victim Advocate and Center for Schools and Communities Seeking to maximize the reimbursement of financial losses to crime victims, the Task Force worked within context of restorative justice theory and practice: balancing the needs of victims, the...
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Are restorative justice conferences more fair than criminal courts? Comparing levels of observed procedural justice in the Reintegrative Shaming Experiments (RISE)
by Sherman, Lawrence W
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Criminal Justice Policy Review. Published online before print December 12, 2013, doi: 10.1177/0887403413512671. The reintegrative shaming experiments (RISE) were conducted in Canberra, Australia, between 1995 and 2000. RISE compared the effects of standard court proceedings to...
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Victim awareness Re-examining a probation fundamental
by Burrows, Jacky
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Probation Journal. 60(4): 383-399. ‘Ensuring offenders’ awareness of the effects of crime on the victims of crime and the public’ is one of five stated aims of the National Probation Service of England and Wales and specifically undertaking victim awareness...
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