Law, Violence and Peace Making on the Island of Ambon
by von Benda-Beckmann, Keebet
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) In Foblets, Marie-Claire, and Trutz von Trotha, eds., Healing the Wounds: Essays on the Reconstruction of Societies after War. Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing. Pp. 221-239. The island of Ambon is in Molucca province in Indonesia. In January 1999 a fight occurred between a...
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Democracy and Ethnic Conflicts: The Politics of Ethnicity and Conflict Resolution in South Asia
by Rösel, Jakob
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) In Foblets, Marie-Claire, and Trutz von Trotha, eds., Healing the Wounds: Essays on the Reconstruction of Societies after War. Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing. Pp. 203-220. A consideration of experiments in democratization in South Asia over the last half century is a large...
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The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission: ‘The Truth will Set You Free’
by du Plessis, Willemien
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) In Foblets, Marie-Claire, and Trutz von Trotha, eds., Healing the Wounds: Essays on the Reconstruction of Societies after War. Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing. Pp. 169-200. As Willemien du Plessis remarks, the statement “The truth will set you free” became a slogan...
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Legislation and Decentralisation in Uganda: From Resistance Councils to Elected Local Councils with Guaranteed Representation
by Beke, Dirk
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) In Foblets, Marie-Claire, and Trutz von Trotha, eds., Healing the Wounds: Essays on the Reconstruction of Societies after War. Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing. Pp. 145-167. By analyzing the legislation process of decentralization in Uganda, Dirk Beke aims in this chapter to...
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Roads to Peace: From Small War to Parasovereign Peace in the North of Mali
by Klute, Georg
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) In Foblets, Marie-Claire, and Trutz von Trotha, eds., Healing the Wounds: Essays on the Reconstruction of Societies after War. Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing. Pp. 109-143. In this chapter Georg Klute and Trutz von Trotha present a report on two wars in Africa and the...
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Peace and Aid: The ‘Programme Mali-Nord’ and the Search for Peace in Northern Mali.
by Papendieck, Henner
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) In Foblets, Marie-Claire, and Trutz von Trotha, eds., Healing the Wounds: Essays on the Reconstruction of Societies after War. Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing. Pp. 85-108. Northern Mali (Mali is in western Africa) consists of three regions. Pressures on natural resources and...
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The Peacemakers’ Dilemma: The Role of NGOs in Processes of Peace-Building in Decentralised Conflicts
by Neubert, Dieter
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) In Foblets, Marie-Claire, and Trutz von Trotha, eds., Healing the Wounds: Essays on the Reconstruction of Societies after War. Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing. Pp. 47-82. Emergency aid, observes Dieter Neubert, is one of the core activities of development agencies. In Africa,...
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Concepts of Violence and Peace in African Languages
by Möhlig, Wilhelm JG
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) In Foblets, Marie-Claire, and Trutz von Trotha, eds., Healing the Wounds: Essays on the Reconstruction of Societies after War. Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing. Pp. 25-45. Wilhem Mxc3xb6hlig and Rxc3xbcdiger Kxc3xb6ppe approach the central topic of this book xe2x80x93 healing...
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Comments on the Construction of Political Order: Social Contract Theories and Anthropological Observation
by Woodman, Gordon R
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) In Foblets, Marie-Claire, and Trutz von Trotha, eds., Healing the Wounds: Essays on the Reconstruction of Societies after War. Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing. Pp. 15-24. According to Gordon Woodman, the subject of this book xe2x80x93 the reconstruction of societies after war...
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In Search of Peace. History, Basic Narrative, the Future of War, and the Rise of the Local. An Introduction with a Short Overview of the Contributions
by von Trotha, Trutz
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) In Foblets, Marie-Claire, and Trutz von Trotha, eds., Healing the Wounds: Essays on the Reconstruction of Societies after War. Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing. Pp. 1-12. In this first chapter of the book, Trutz von Trotha, one of the editors, provides an introduction to this...
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Restorative Justice — Is More Better?: The Experience of Police-Led Restorative Cautioning Pilots in Northern Ireland
by O'Mahony, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Howard Journal of Criminal Justice. 43(5):484-505. Under the two programs, juveniles (under 17 years old) who committed an offense were diverted from formal prosecution through a formal caution under a restorative justice approach. Evaluation researchers conducted fieldwork from...
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Victims’ Voices in the Correctional Setting: Cognitive Gains in an Offender Education Program
by Monahan, Lynn Hunt
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. 39(3): 21-33. Restorative justice asserts that the offender has a responsibility to repair the harm done, to be accountable rather that just do time. The restorative justice philosophy can be found in a variety of settings, with one of the...
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Current Victim Initiatives for The Church Council
by Church Council on Justice and Corrections, Jamie
June 4, 2015
Source: The Church Council on Justice and Corrections, Canada. Downloaded 14 January 2005. The Church Council on Justice and Corrections (CCJC) is a Canadian coalition of faith-based individuals and churches advocating for a more humane way to practice criminal justice. The CCJC has undertaken...
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Restorative Justice and the Criminal Justice System (Collaborative Justice Project’s Learning Profiled to the Ontario Office for Victims of Crime Conference)
by Scott, Jamie
June 4, 2015
Source: Speech delivered to the Ontario Office for Victims of Crime Conference by the Project Co-ordinator for the Church Council’s Collaborative Project. The Church Council on Justice and Corrections, Canada. Downloaded 14 January 2005. The Church Council on Justice and Corrections...
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Crucifixion, or cruci-fiction?
by Mohr, Hans
June 4, 2015
Source: The Church Council on Justice and Corrections. Downloaded 14 January 2005. In a recent letter, our former president Hans Mohr probes the depths of the human condition as it gets framed in restorative justice values…. “…. talks of a Restorative Justice that...
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