Social Justice Report 2001.
by Jonas, William
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Report No. 2/2002. Sydney: Office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. Downloaded 19 October 2005. As noted at the outset of this report, in 2001 Australia marked the tenth anniversary of the...
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Evaluation of the Hartford Community Court.
by The Justice Education Center, Inc.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Connecticut Judicial Branch. December. Downloaded 19 October 2005. Among the first of its kind in the United States, the Hartford Community Court (Hartford, Connecticut) was established in 1998 to address “quality of life†crimes which erode community well-being and...
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The Governance of Health Safety and Quality: A Discussion Paper.
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Commonwealth of Australia. Downloaded 19 October 2005. Accidents and errors occur in health care, whether by commission or omission. To what extent are accidents preventable? In recent years, a number of countries have...
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An evidence based evaluation of how best to secure compliance with health and safety law.
by Wright, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Research Report 334. Health and Safety Executive (England). Downloaded 19 October 2005. England, as many countries, is pursuing ways to enhance health and safety in business and industry. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), a government agency, employs a strategy of...
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Thinking Laterally: Restorative and Responsive Regulation of OHS.
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Working Paper 13. National Research Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT. August. Downloaded 19 October 2005. For a number of reasons, from the moral to the financial, occupational health and safety (OHS) are...
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National Responsibility and Systemic Racism in Criminal Sentencing: The Case of R. v. Hamilton.
by Murdocca, Carmela
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) Workshop draft. University of Toronto – Department of Sociology and Equity Studies. Downloaded 19 October 2005. On February 23, 2003, the Ontario (Canada) Superior Court of Justice ruled in the case of R. v. Hamilton. The court held that systemic racism against the black...
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Beyond Retribution and Impunity: Responding to War Crimes of Sexual Violence.
by Cahn, Naomi
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) The George Washington University Law School Public Law and Legal Theory Working Paper No. 104. August 26. Downloaded 19 October 2005. For years, the Congo was wracked by internal strife. Currently, the country is undergoing a transition to a more democratic system. According to...
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Rights, Culture, and Crime: The Role of Rule of Law for the Women of Afghanistan.
by Drumbl, Mark A
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. 42:100-140. Downloaded 19 October 2005. This Article explores the role of rule of law in redressing crimes and human rights abuses committed against the women of Afghanistan. Mainstream discourse approaches the situation binarily, obliging...
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Limiting Retributivism: The Consensus Model of Criminal Punishment.
by Frase, Richard S.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) In Michael Tonry, ed., The Future of Imprisonment in the 21st Century. Oxford University Press. Downloaded 19 October 2005. This paper argues that Norval Morris’ theory of limiting retributivism should be recognized as the consensus model of criminal punishment. Some...
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Cutting the Cord: Ho’oponopono and Hawaiian Restorative Justice in the Criminal Law Context.
by Hosmanek, Andrew J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal. February 14. Downloaded 19 October 2005. Ho’oponopono, explains Andrew Hosmanek, is a traditional Hawaiian dispute resolution system. Interest in this traditional practice has increased in recent years. The word...
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Balancing Justice and Social Unity: Political Theory and the Idea of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
by Allen, Jonathan
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) University of Toronto Law Journal. 49(3). Summer. Downloaded 19 October 2005. Some have characterized the number of political and social transformations in countries around the world from the 1970s through the 1990s as a “third wave†of democratization. Those...
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Restorative Justice In Texas: Past, Present & Future.
by Levin, Marc
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Austin, Texas: Texas Public Policy Foundation. Downloaded 19 October 2005. As Marc Levin remarks, Texas has a reputation for being very tough on crime. However, he further observes, Texas is increasingly doing more than simply being “tough on crime.†It has become...
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A Policy Discussion Paper on the Development of a Young Adult Restorative Justice Conferencing Program in Victoria.
by Jesuit Social Services, Kathleen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Richmond, Victoria, Australia: Jesuit Social Services. Downloaded 19 October 2005. This document consists of a discussion paper for public release, the aim of which is to encourage exploration of the use of restorative justice conferencing for young adult offenders (up the age...
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The Limits of Restorative Justice.
by Daly, Kathleen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Prepared for Dennis Sullivan and Larry Tifft (eds.) Handbook of Restorative Justice: A Global Perspective (forthcoming, 2006). New York: Routledge. Downloaded 19 October 2005. Kathleen Daly affirms value in restorative justice theory and practice, but she does so in a qualified...
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Obsolescence and Immanence in Penal Theory and Policy.
by Tonry, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Columbia Law Review. 105: 1233-1275. To be useful, theories of punishment must speak to the issues of their times. Predominant modern theories centering on desert and proportionality took shape in the 1970s when they spoke to concerns about racial disparities, procedural...
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