Restorative justice – Support and counselling for crime victims.
by Stern, Pavel
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Prague: Probation and Mediation Service of the Czech Republic. The Good Practice Manual presents experiences of good practice from cooperation between public and non-governmental organisations, experiences of good practice where the Probation Service can organise and implement...
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Restorative justice: A more understanding and humane approach to offenders.
by Palermo, George B.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 57(9):1051–1053. As attempts were made to deal with crime, to improve offender treatment, and to help the victims of crime, the restorative justice approach evolved. Albert Eglash (1977) and Howard Zehr...
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Promising victim related practices in probation and parole.
by Godwin, Tracy M
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Washington, DC: Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime. Probation and parole agencies are in a unique position to provide services to victims. First, probation and parole agencies have access to both general and offender-specific information that could address...
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Is it time to consider restorative justice as a potential method of addressing sexual violence in Ireland?
by Keenan, Marie
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Paper presented at 9th Annual North South Criminology Conference incorporating the 7th Annual CCJHR Postgraduate Conference, 20- 21 June 2013. This conference paper discusses the development of restorative justice in Ireland and the possibilities, risks, and potential of...
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Drafting a truth commission mandate: A practical tool.
by González, Eduardo
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) New York: International Center for Transitional Justice. This publication is intended to facilitate the process of drafting a mandate for a truth commission charged with the nonjudicial investigation of serious human rights violations. It covers the different aspects of a legal...
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Education under arrest: The case against police in schools.
by Petteruti, Amanda
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Washington, DC: Justice Policy Institute. For many yearsprior to the widespread placement of SROs, schools operated using their own discretion regarding student behavior, calling the police forincidents of serious concern, but primarily relying on teachers, administrators and...
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Minnesota Juvenile Diversion: A summary of statewide practices and programming.
by Swayze, Dana
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Justice Programs. n 2009, the Minnesota Legislature required a study to be completed on “the feasibility of collecting and reporting summary data relating to the decisions that affect a child’s status within the...
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Dreaming of a new reality: How restorative practices can reduce crime and violence, improve relationships and strengthen civil society.
by Wachtel, Ted
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Bethlehem and Pipersville, PA: International Institute of Restorative Practices and The Piper’s Press. While the field of physics still searches for its “unified grand theory of everything” that can explain all physical phenomena, we have come upon a unified...
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The little book of restorative justice for colleges and universities.
by Karp, David R
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Intercourse, PA: Good Books. I wrote this book to encourage colleges and universities to seriously consider implementing restorative practices on their campuses. It is designed to provide an overview of restorative justice principles and practices, evidence of its effectiveness,...
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Using restorative justice for gendered violence: Success with a postconviction model.
by Miller, Susan L.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Feminist Criminology. Published online before print July 10, 2013, doi: 10.1177/1557085113490781. Criticisms of restorative justice (RJ) for gendered violence conceptualize RJ as diversion. A case study of a therapeutic postconviction RJ model for a severe case of intimate...
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My just world.
by Grant, Ian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Revisioning Justice. Restorative Justice Week 2011. Correctional Services Canada. I envision a pro-active society in which children are taught conflict resolution and communication skills at a very young age in school. A society in which these skills lead to less violence in our...
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The restorative school.
by Barron, Sean
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Revisioning Justice. Restorative Justice Week 2011. Correctional Services Canada. Restorative Justice (RJ), a term that is claimed by many, represents at its core an approach that seeks to help people heal from harm and transform situations. Although normally conceived as a...
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Transforming power – The key to justice?
by Bargen, Catherine
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Revisioning Justice. Restorative Justice Week 2011. Correctional Services Canada. Many of us advocates for restorative justice (RJ) like to think outside the box when it comes to the application of RJ. We dream about what RJ would look like if all of us applied RJ principles to...
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Re-visioning the restorative justice movement: Getting to the soul of justice.
by Eagle, Harley
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Revisioning Justice. Restorative Justice Week 2011. Correctional Services Canada. Several years ago, when I first began working as a restorative justice (RJ) facilitator in a First Nations community, I found myself needing to do some real “soul searchingâ€. As a First...
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The open door experience.
by Letourneau, Roger
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Revisioning Justice. Restorative Justice Week 2011. Correctional Services Canada. I wish to speak of another form of RJ, one available to all, one which I believe to be equally (if not more) beneficial to the community long term: the Open Door experience. Montreal-Southwest...
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