Restorative Community Justice: A Comprehensive Approach to Reducing Crime and Violence in Our Culture
by Bucqueroux, Bonnie
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Mason, Michigan: Policing.com Publishing. Downloaded 9 May 2005. While the United States has made dramatic strides in reducing the crime rate in recent years, the gains have come at the price of the world’s highest rate of incarceration and crime rates are still too high...
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Behind the walls and Beyond: Restorative Justice, Instrumental Communties, and Effective Residential Treatment
by Bazemore, Gordon
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Juvenile and Family Court Journal. Winter: 53-73. Downloaded 9 May 2005. Although restorative justice principles and practice have been applied extensively in community-based juvenile justice settings, implementation in residential treatment facilities has been far less common....
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Victim Offender Mediation Refusals: A study of mediator perceptions
by Ruth-Heffelbower, Duane
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) Presented at the American Society of Victimology annual meeting April 28, Fresno, California. Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies, Fresno Pacific University. Downloaded 9 May 2005. Restorative Justice has been described as a way to bring the victim and offender together...
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Mapping Restorative Justice: Developments in 25 European Countries
by Willemsens, Jolien
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Leuven, Belgium: European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice. In 2001, the Home Office in London published An International Review of Restorative Justice by David Miers. Miers compared and contrasted the principle features of restorative justice...
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Tough on Kids: Rethinking Approaches to Youth Justice
by Green, Ross
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Purich Publishing. In this book, the authors analyse theories behind youth justice, and how these are reflected in Canadian legislation: the former Juvenile Delinquents Act and Young Offenders Act, and the new Youth Criminal Justice Act. The approaches...
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Reclaiming Aboriginal Justice, Identity, and Community
by Proulx, Craig
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Purich Publishing. Craig Proulx in this book examines the intersection between alternative justice practice, individual and community healing, and identity in an urban Aboriginal community. He explains Aboriginal concepts and practices of justice, and he...
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Turning Reparation into Reality
by White, Leroy
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Relational Justice Bulletin. 20: 6-8. Relationships Foundation. Downloaded 3 May 2005. Involving local communities in the rehabilitation of young offenders is the idea at the heart of an innovative project being run by the Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Health Action Zone...
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Making Prisoners’ Voices Matter
by Edgar, Kimmett
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Relational Justice Bulletin. 20: 4-5. Relationships Foundation. Downloaded 3 May 2005. A new study by the Prison Reform Trust, Having Their Say: The work of prisoner councils, advocates that prison forums should be expanded so that prisoners are consulted about policy in every...
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Victim Offender Mediation Media Coverage Has Both Potential and Pitfalls
by Szmania, Susan Jennifer
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) VOMA Connections no. 19 (Winter): 6, 10. Downloaded 3 May 2005. Restorative justice initiatives such victim offender mediation (VOM) programs are currently enjoying increased national media attention. In the past year, several magazines and television and radio talk shows have...
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Parallel Justice: A New Framework for Providing Justice for Crime Victims
by Herman, Susan
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) VOMA Connections no. 19 (Winter): 5, 10. Downloaded 3 May 2005. Many victims of crime feel ignored, excluded, and profoundly disrespected by the criminal justice system. Opportunities to participate in the criminal justice process are narrowly defined and few. Victims’...
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Search for Restorative Justice History Leads Back into the Future
by Immarigeon, Russ
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) VOMA Connections no. 19 (Winter): 3-4, 10. Downloaded 3 May 2005. We know several things for certain about restorative justice. Many computer strokes – and even ink jottings – have given increasingly wide attention to conceptual and theoretical aspects of...
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Community Involvement in Restorative Justice
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2005) VOMA Connections no. 19 (Winter): 1, 11-16. Downloaded 3 May 2005. It has been pointed out that there are differences between restorative justice and community justice. Restorative justice is primarily reactive, and tends to deal with individual cases; community justice looks...
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For New Zealand Green Party, Restorative Justice Targets Prison Population Reduction and Other Anti-Crime Measures
by Green Party of Aotearoa/New Zealand, Robert B
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) VOMA Connections no. 18 (Fall): 5-7. Downloaded 3 May 2005. Editor’s Note: Efforts to integrate Restorative Justice with prison population reduction efforts are very rare. But several years ago, the Green Party of Aotearoa/New Zealand ratified a justice policy...
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“Simple Society” Statements Focus on Restorative vs. Retributive Justice
by Editor
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) VOMA Connections no. 18 (Fall): 3, 14-16. Downloaded 3 May 2005. The New Hampshire-based Simple Alliance for Human Empowerment recently organized an electronic dialogue on restorative vs. retributive justice. The “Simple Society” was established in 1993 by John...
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Why Victims Choose to Meet with Offenders
by Coates, Robert B
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) VOMA Connections no. 18 (Fall): 1, 10-12. Downloaded 3 May 2005. Victim offender mediation and conferencing has been adopted in numerous criminal justice jurisdictions in the United States and abroad (Umbreit, 2001). It has become a popular programmatic option under the...
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