Care and Punishment: Imagining an Integrated Response to Wrongdoing
by Rowland, Amy
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Ph.D. dissertation, Rice University, Houston, Texas. Traditional theories of state-sanctioned punishment, specifically retributivism and deterrence, are critiqued from a feminist ethic of care perspective. The argument is made that the integration of care-based reasoning into...
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Bridging Restorative Justice and Crime Prevention through Social Development
by McNeice, Julie A
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) M.A. thesis, Leadership and Training, Royal Roads University, Canada. My Master of Arts Leadership and Training degree major project report investigates the opportunity to improve linkages between restorative justice and crime prevention through social development by defining...
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Rethinking Elder Abuse: Words and Actions
by Vernon-Scott, Sarah A
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) M.A. thesis, Clinical Psychology, Lakehead University. The main purpose of this study was to determine the quality and impact of various presentations of elder abuse information to establish the most effective ways to educate the public about elder abuse. Secondary to this...
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Hope in Process: A Qualitative Study of Victim Offender Mediation/Dialogue in Texas
by White, Linda Lou
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Ph.D. dissertation, Office of Graduate Studies, Texas A&M University. This qualitative case study explored the nature of the experience of victim-offender mediated dialogue (VOMD) in the state of Texas. The participants whose narratives were examined included the victims...
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Conferencing in the BC Youth Judicial System
by Telling, Robert G
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) M.A. thesis, Leadership and Training, Royal Roads University, Canada. The history of dealing with young offenders, as we now call them, or juvenile delinquents, a post-Victorian era description of wayward youth, is a tale worthy of note. From the turn of the twentieth century,...
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Do Emotions Play a Role in Young Offenders’ Suitability for Diversion to Victim-Offender Mediation?
by Vieira, Tracey A
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) M.A. thesis, Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada. The arousal of state shame and guilt following diversion to victim-offender mediation (VOM) or traditional alternative measures (AM)...
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Setting the Story Straight: A Study of Discrepant Accounts of Conflict and their Convergence
by Nelson, Sarah E
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Psychology, Graduate School of the University of Oregon. It is well know that actors and observers differ in their attributions for everyday actions. While these difference in how people interpret their own and others’ behaviors are...
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The Mystery of Forgiveness: Reflections and Stories about Forgiving in the Aftermath of Trauma
by Henderson, Ruth Helen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Ph.D. dissertation, Interdisciplinary Studies, The Union Institute & University Graduate College. This study explores the fundamental issues of forgiving in the wake of profound victimization. While psychological traumatization is a debilitating experience, the injury...
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Beyond The Journey, Not Much Else Matters: Avoiding the Expert Model with Explicit Restorative Practice
by O'Connell, Terry
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Paper presented at “New Frontiers in Restorative Justice: Advancing Theory and Practice”, Centre for Justice and Peace Development, Massey University at Albany, New Zealand, 2-5 December. Restorative justice has become more widely known and accepted over the last...
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Restoration or reconciliation: Providing contemporary reparation for historical injustices against Maori.
by Gibbs, Meredith
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Paper presented at “New Frontiers in Restorative Justice: Advancing Theory and Practice”, Centre for Justice and Peace Development, Massey University at Albany, New Zealand, 2-5 December. This paper examines some of the complexities of providing contemporary...
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A Case Study of a Restorative Community Justice Initiative for Juveniles in the Southeastern United States
by Cannon, Joanna B
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Ph.D. dissertation, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University. Restorative community justice has been called a new paradigm in the field of criminology and criminal justice and it is attracting a great deal of attention nationally and internationally....
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Inequality, Crime and Sentencing: Borde, Hamilton and the Relevance of Social Disadvantage in Canadian Sentencing Law
by Ives, Dale E
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Queen’s Law Journal. 30 (Fall): 114-155. In R. v. Gladue n1 and R. v. Wells, the Supreme Court: of Canada adopted methodology for sentencing aboriginal offenders in the hope of reducing the overrepresentation of aboriginal peoples in Canada’s prisons. Relying on...
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Treatment Strategies for Juvenile Delinquency: Alternative Solutions
by Flash, Kimberly
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. 20(6): 509-527. Social workers involved in the treatment of adjudicated youth commonly encounter youth sentenced to traditional incarceration or parole as a path to rehabilitation. This article examines alternative treatment strategies...
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A New Era in Governmental Reform: Realizing Community
by O'Brien, Sandra
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Public Organization Review: A Global Journal. 4: 205–219 The ‘‘good government’’ models of the 1990s realized a focus that included reinventing, reengineering, rethinking, quality, empowerment, and devolution of the organization. These...
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Civic implications of restorative justice theory: Citizen participation and criminal justice policy
by Dzur, Albert W
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Policy Sciences. 36: 279-306. Restorative justice, a normative theory and reform movement emphasizing dialogue and reconciliation between victim, offender, and community, is a widespread, if experimental, part of the practice of criminal justice in the United States. This essay...
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