Justice Inside Utopia? The Case of Intentional Communities in New Zealand
by Sargisson, Lucy
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Contemporary Justice Review. 7(3): 321-333. This paper explores justice inside utopian communities, drawing on material gathered first-hand in a recent survey of intentional communities in New Zealand. This countrywide study yielded many examples of effectively working systems...
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Report on Study-Tour of Ukrainian Specialists to Poland
by Anonymous
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Kiev: Ukrainian Centre for Common Ground. Downloaded 18 November 2004. In December 2003, a study-tour to Poland of Ukrainian representatives of the judicial and executive powers took place. Supported by the British Embassy in Ukraine, the study-tour was organized by the...
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One Mother’s Quest
by Moreland, Rachel Miller
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) A Common Place (Mennonite Central Committee). July/August. 10(4): 4-5. In 1993 Latrice Floyd’s son Seth was murdered in a Pennsylvania jail while incarcerated for a drug-related crime. Shawn Burton, also incarcerated at the same jail for a drug-related offense, was...
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Victim-Offender Mediation with Juveniles in Poland.
by Czarnecka-Dzialuk, Beata
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) “Victim-Offender Mediation: Organization and Practice in the Juvenile Justice Systems” series. Bologna, Italy: Research Institute on Judicial Systems, National Research Council (IRSIG – CNR). Downloaded 19 November 2004. The European Commission’s Grotius...
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Inventory of Canadian Events and Initiatives Related to Restorative Justice
by Correctional Service of Canada
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Foreword by Jane Miller-Ashton. Correctional Service of Canada. In 1998 the Correctional Service of Canada published this edition of an inventory of events and initiatives in Canada related to restorative justice. The purpose of the inventory project was to provide readers with...
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Renouer les liens sociaux РM̩diation et justice r̩paratrice en Europe
by Aertsen, Ivo
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Strasbourg: Council of Europe Publishing/Editions du Conseil de l’Europe. Le recours systématique á l’emprisonnement n’a guére amélioré la sécurité de nos sociétés. Parallèlement, les procédures pénales conventionnelles...
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Rebuilding community connections – mediation and restorative justice in Europe
by Aertsen, Ivo
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Strasbourg: Council of Europe Publishing/Editions du Conseil de l’Europe. Conventional criminal justice procedures have taken too little account of victims’ needs, and the excessive use of imprisonment has done little to make society safer. A community’s...
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Book Reviews. Heather Strang and John Braithwaite (eds.), Restorative Justice and Family Violence
by Woolford, Andrew
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology. 41(1): 117-119. In 2002 Cambridge University Press published Restorative Justice and Family Violence. Edited by Heather Strang and John Braithwaite, the book consists of essays by restorative justice proponents, representatives...
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Justice Within Social Dilemmas
by Schroeder, David A
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Personality and Social Psychology Review. 7(4): 374–387. The defining feature of social dilemma situations is the inherent conflict faced by those involved: should one act in his or her own individual best interest or sacrifice a measure of one’s personal...
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Expanding a Community’s Justice Response to Sex Crimes Through Advocacy, Prosecutorial, and Public Health Collaboration: Introducing the RESTORE Program
by Koss, Mary
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 19(12): 1435-1463. Problems in criminal justice system response to date-acquaintance rape and nonpenetration sexual offenses include (a) they are markers of a sexual offending career, yet are viewed as minor; (b) perpetrators are not held...
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Victim Offender Mediation: A Field Study of the Transformative Theory of Mediation
by Tyson, James Anthony
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) PhD dissertation, School of Education, Stanford University, USA. Proponents of victim offender mediation encourage victim offender mediators to use a transformative or humanistic approach and to employ tactics that improve mutual understanding, clarify the decision making...
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The Impact of Family Group Conferencing on Competency Development and Recidivism: A Comparative Analysis of Ethnicity and Gender Among Juvenile Offenders
by Sanders Baffour, Tiffany Doniece
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) PhD dissertation, School of Social Work, Howard University, USA. African American and Latino youth are disproportionately represented among arrestees and arrests among young women have shown dramatic increase over the past decade. Family Group Conferencing (FGC) is a mediation...
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Restorative Justice in Business Regulation? The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Use of Enforceable Undertakings
by Parker, Christine
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) The Modern Law Review. 67(2): 209-246. Enforceable undertakings are now used extensively by both the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and other Australian regulators to formalise decisions to forego enforcement litigation on the basis that offenders will...
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Victim-Offender Reconciliation Programs: Juvenile Property Offender Recidivism and Severity of Reoffense in Three Tennessee Counties
by Wiinamaki, Lizabeth
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) PhD dissertation, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. The Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program (VORP) was marketed by the Mennonite Central Committee since 1975 as an alternative criminal justice intervention. VORP was based on a restorative rather than retributive...
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Forgiveness and Justice: A Research Agenda for Social and Personality Psychology
by Exline, Julie Juola
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Personality and Social Psychology Review. 7(4): 337–348. Forgiveness and related constructs (e.g., repentance, mercy, reconciliation) are ripe for study by social and personality psychologists, including those interested in justice. Current trends in social science, law,...
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