See Spot Mediate: Utilizing the Emotional and Psychological Benefits of “Dog Therapy” in Victim-Offender Mediation.
by Leaser, Andrew
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution. 20: 943-980. As Andrew Leaser observes, victim-offender mediation occasions significant emotional and psychological stress in participants. There are a number of techniques employed by mediators to manage that stress and the possible...
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Turning Reconciliation on Its Head: Responding to Sexual Violence Under the Khmer Rouge.
by Anderson, Katrina
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Seattle Journal for Social Justice. 3: 785-823. The nature and extent of human rights violations and brutalities committed under the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia in the 1970s are well known and documented. To the long and terrible litany of injustices, Katrina Anderson adds...
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Conditional Sentencing and the Perspectives of Crime Victims: A Socio-Legal Analysis.
by Roberts, Julian V
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Queen’s Law Journal. 9: 560-600. Over the last decade or so, criminal justice systems in many Western nations have expanded community-based alternatives to incarceration. There are many factors behind this trend, with the advance of restorative justice initiatives being...
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The Law and Restorative Justice: Friend or Foe? A Systematic Look at the Legal Issues in Restorative Justice.
by Reimund, Mary Ellen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Drake Law Review. 53: 667-692. In this paper, Mary Ellen Reimund discusses the role of lawyers and legal issues in relation to restorative justice in the adult criminal justice system. As she points out, the adversarial nature of the current legal system in the United States and...
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Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Clinical Legal Education and Legal Skills Training. Featured Contributors: Introduction.
by Parientee, Barbara J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) St. Thomas Law Review. 17: 403-406. 1 You may have noticed a subtle, though clearly discernible, change of climate in the American legal system in recent years. An invigorating breeze has been blowing, and has now gathered sufficient force to reshape the roles of judges,...
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R. v. T.D.P.: A Young Offender, His Sentencing Circle, and the YCJA.
by Panko, Charmaine
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Saskatchewan Law Review. 68: 455-474. In this paper, Charmaine Panko discusses a Canadian case – R. v. T.D.P. – where the accused was a young offender. In the sentencing process, the judge directed that a sentencing circle be used. The judge’s remarks in...
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Victim Participation in the Criminal Process.
by O'Hara, Erin Ann
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Journal of Law and Policy. 13: 229-247. In general, victims have been largely ignored in the legal academy, despite their inescapable presence for crime and consequent legal proceedings. Only recently, notes Erin Ann O’Hara, has criminal law scholarship begun to cast its...
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An Evaluation of the Victim Component of the Restorative Resolutions Program: A Comparison Between Restorative Resolutions Victims and Victim Services Victims.
by Joubert, Michelle D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) M.S.W. thesis, Department of Social Work, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. The research examines victim involvement in the Restorative Resolutions program, and compares victims’ needs and satisfaction. Restorative justice is the theoretical framework used to...
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Exploring Middle School Student Perceptions of the Effects of Different Styles of Discipline.
by McDell, Deena
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) M.A. thesis, Department of Education, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This study explored the dimensions and parameters of three methods of discipline used at a public middle school located in western Canada: out-of-school suspensions, in-school suspensions, and...
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The Restoration of Trust: Bringing Restorative Justice from the Margins to the Mainstream.
by London, Ross D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Criminal Justice Studies. 16(3): 175–195. After a period of remarkable growth, restorative justice now faces a dual challenge: the multiplicity of views concerning its core values and the practical dilemma of gaining wider acceptance in “mainstreamâ€?...
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To Reconcile, or to be Reconciled?: Agency, Accountability, and Law in Middle Eastern Conflicts.
by King-Irani, Laurie
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Hastings International and Comparative Law Review. 28(3): 369-386. As have other countries and regions around the world, the Middle East has experienced much conflict, injustice, and violence within and between countries of the region over decades. In this paper, Laurie...
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Is a Truth Commission the Solution to Restoring Peace in Post-Conflict Iraq?
by Hendy, Daniel J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution. 20: 527-562. Following the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003, U.S. forces captured Saddam Hussein (December 2003), and an interim Iraqi government took over power from the U.S. military (June 2004). As Daniel Hendy observes, the...
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Theories and Policies Underlying Guidelines Systems: Guidance and Guidelines.
by Duff, R. A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Columbia Law Review. 105: 1162-1189. Why do sentencing systems require guidelines? This is basically the question R.A. Duff asks at the beginning of this paper. Building on that question, Duff addresses the form that such guidelines should take. In particular, Duff looks at...
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Restorative Justice, Peacemaking, and Social Justice: The Application of Kingian Nonviolence Philosophy in Community Policing.
by Barlow, David E.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Criminal Justice Studies. 17(1): 19-31. Some police officers have been studying the strategies of nonviolence, as presented in the words and actions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to incorporate them into their own policing strategies. This article explores the principles of...
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Breaking Down Barriers in Native American Communities.
by Clayton, Susan L
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Corrections Today. June: 58. In 1999, Schemenauer develop a training program to initiate a sentencing or haling circles, an alternative to incarceration, in various Native American communities. According to Schemenauer, that involves using panel of tribal members to use their...
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