Journey of Family Members of Homicide Victims: A Qualitative Study of Their Post-homicide Experience
by Peterson Armour, Marilyn
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 72(3): 372–382. Family members of homicide victims are a neglected population whose post-homicide experience is shaped by the social milieu and primacy of the state’s agenda for justice. Themes derived from interviews with 14...
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The Justice of Truth and Reconciliation
by Brudholm, Thomas
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Hypatia. 18(2): 189-196. As Thomas Brudholm comments, while the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has provided the model for new commissions in other countries dealing with periods of violence and human rights violations, the TRC is not a perfect model...
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Justice, Law, and the Lens of Culture
by Miller, Bruce G
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) WICAZO SA Review. Fall: 135-149. Until recently, according to Bruce Miller, contemporary tribal courts and justice initiatives undertaken by indigenous communities in the United States and Canada have only infrequently been examined through an ethnographic and historical lens....
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Child Protection: Kinship and Family Group Conferencing
by Prescott, Dana
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Maine Bar Journal. 19: 140-147. The child protection system in the United States is a complex combination and collaboration of public agencies, private child welfare agencies, and community-based organizations. Most families become involved with this system due to a report of...
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Young offenders and mental health
by Bailey, Susan
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Current Opinion in Psychiatry. 16: 581–591. Antisocial behaviour and mental illness in adulthood place a high social and financial burden on societies. Rapidly developing knowledge base about both, whether the natural history, overlap, or the increasingly promising...
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Memory Theaters, Virtual Witnessing, and the Trauma-Aesthetic
by Feldman, Allen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Biography. 27(1): 163-202. The production of biographical narrative, life history, oral history, and testimony in the aftermath of ethnocidal, genocidal, colonial, and postcolonial violence occurs within specific structural conditions, cognitive constraints, and institutional...
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Le Cercle de délibération (“Sentencing Circleâ€?): étude d’un cas de métissage juridique dans l’administration de la justice criminelle en milieu autochtone
by Lévesque, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) LL.M. thèse, Faculté de Droit, Université Laval, Canada. Depuis le jugement précurseur R. v. Moses, les tribunaux canadien ont maintes fois reconnu la légitimité du Cercle de délibération en droit criminel. L’étude de ses cadres juridique et...
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The Sexual Abuse of Children: “Spirit Murdering”
by Parsons, Diana
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) LL.M. thesis, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada. This thesis compares and contrasts the current legal protections provided to sexually abused, non-Aboriginal children with that afforded to the Aboriginal children of Canada. In Part I, the main findings and...
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Making Things Right: Restorative Justice for School Communities
by School Mediation Center, Teresa J
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) Video. School Mediation Center, Boulder, Colorado. This video provides an overview of the principles and practices of Restorative Justice in school settings, and includes interviews with teachers, administrators, parents, and students who have all been impacted by the...
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Circle Justice: An Ethnographic Study
by Elder Hanlon, Teresa J
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) M.A. thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. This thesis examine the presence of community in Blackfoot Justice Circles through ethnographic, qualitative methods. Five Blackfoot Justice Circles, observed in 1996-1997, and an Innu Healing...
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Family Group Conferencing: A Decolonization Journey for Aboriginal Children & Families in Child Protection Services
by Desmeules, Gayle Hannah
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) M.A. thesis, Leadership and Training, Royal Roads University, Canada. In this thesis, Gayle Desmeules seeks to answer the questions, “How can we deepen our understanding of family group conferencing, partnerships, and our collective capacity to support aboriginal childern...
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Family Group Conferencing in the Young Offender System in the Edmonton, AB. Area
by Pucci, Lucy
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) M.A. thesis, Peace and Conflict Studies, Royal Roads University, Canada. In 1995, Family Group Conferencing (FGC) was initially introduced to Canada and eventually utilized in Edmonton in 1996. From 1998 to 2000, numerous young offenders and victims went through the FGC process...
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In Search of Social Values for Restorative Justice: from Community to Dominion?
by Walgrave, Lode
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Outline for a presentation at the Cambridge Symposium, 6-8 October. Restorative justice theory often makes much of the idea of community, but the meaning and value of “communityâ€? are notoriously ambiguous. Is the answer then to seek a more precise and...
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“Pushing the Boundaries”: Restorative Justice Practice in a First Nations Community
by Handel, Miriam B
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) M.A. thesis, Canadian Plains Studies, University of Regina, Canada. This case study examines the understanding of the interested parties with respect to the contemporary practice of community-based restorative justice programs in the Touchwood Agency Tribal Council and the File...
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Adolescent Recidivism and Participation in Youth Justice Committees
by Smith, Denise Eleanor
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Master’s thesis, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Canada. Variation exists among both professional groups and the general public as to the definition of youth crimes, contributors to youth crime and the best approaches to resolve this problem. Throughout...
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