Proposal: a League study on restorative justice for next year
by Editor
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) League of Women Voters of Alexandria Bulletin 102 (May-June): 4. In May 2003, the Virginia state convention of the League of Women Voters proposed and passed a mandate that each local chapter should study the issue of restorative justice, reach consensus on the issue, and make...
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Judge Brown’s practical guide to restorative justice
by Editor
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Te Matahauariki: Laws and Institutions for Aotearoa/New Zealand 1 (November): 4 As indicated at the beginning of this article, there has been considerable support for restorative justice in New Zealand. The government, for example, has pledged funds over a three-year period to...
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Strategic reforms of British Columbia’s justice system
by Dosanjh, Ujjal
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Vancouver, British Columbia: Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Attorney General. In 1997, Ujjal Dosanjh, Attorney General in British Columbia, Canada, wrote this survey of already implemented and proposed strategic reforms for British Columbia’s justice system....
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A call for thoughtful response: Conflict Transformation staff thoughts on trauma and healing
by Docherty, Jayne Seminare
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Harrisonburg, VA: Eastern Mennonite University, Conflict Transformation Program. Staff of the Conflict Transformation Program at Eastern Mennonite University released this statement to the press following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against people and places in the...
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Alternative dispute resolution: “Planting seeds of peace.” A perspective by a trained facilitator
by Dione/Karonhiahente, Dale
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) In Sken:nen A’Onsonton 1 (1). Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, Quebec, Canada: Kahnawake Justice Commission Dale Dione/Karonhiahente is a member of one of the groups that make up the Kahnawake Mohawk community in Quebec, Canada. Dione/Karonhiahente is also trained to...
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Corporate and government crime advancing virtually unhindered
by Consedine, Jim
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) A RESTORE occasional paper. Wednesday, 9 February. As most would acknowledge, local street crime has become a significant concern to the public in many countries. Jim Consedine, a long-serving prison chaplain in New Zealand and an advocate of restorative justice, asserts that...
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How might peacemakers respond to terrorism? A proposal to start a dialogue
by Brubaker, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Harrisonburg, VA: Eastern Mennonite University, Conflict Transformation Program. Writing about three weeks after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against targets in the United States, David Brubaker begins to explore ways in which people committed to nonviolent conflict...
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Introductory comment
by Brown, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Te Matahauariki: Laws and Institutions for Aotearoa/New Zealand 1 (November): 1-2. Michael Brown is a youth court judge in New Zealand. He announces here the first issue of this quarterly newsletter about a program of research into the laws and institutions of New Zealand in...
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Forgiving the Unforgivable
by Blount, Aba Gayle
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) State of Justice 4 (April). A periodic publication of Friends Committee on Restorative Justice. Aba Gayle Blount had a daughter who was murdered. In this short essay she describes how she learned of this devastating event and its aftermath in her life. She recounts her...
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Save the humans
by Barr, Mary
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) State of Justice 4 (April). A periodic publication of Friends Committee on Restorative Justice. Mary Barr has spent a number of years visiting prisoners in a variety of local, state, and federal facilities. She presents motivational life skills and substance abuse seminars....
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The way of the just
by Baker, Tamela
June 4, 2015
Source: Washington, DC: Prison Fellowship Ministries In this article, Tamela Baker profiles Genesee Justice – a restorative justice initiative in Genesee County, New York. The effort began in the early 1980s when the Genesee County sheriff campaigned against building a new prison to...
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A champion with teeth
by Atkinson, Lorraine
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) The Howard League Magazine 19 (November): 16. Here Lorraine Atkinson, a policy office with the Howard League, profiles Peter Clarke, Wales’s first children’s rights commissioner, and the work he does. Clarke was appointed as first independent children’s...
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South Africa’s reconciliation as an international model? A critical appraisal of the South African Truth Commission
by Adam, Heribert
June 4, 2015
Source: Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. This document consists of a presentation and dialogue at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The presenters were Heribert...
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The Gacaca Tribunals and Rwanda after Genocide: Effective Restorative Community Justice or Further Abuse of Human Rights?
by Borland, Rosilyne M
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Swords & Ploughshares Journal of International Affairs (School of International Service, American University). 13(2). Downloaded 27 October 2004. The genocide in Rwanda in the spring of 1994 was one of the world’s most horrific acts of collective violence. National...
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Transformative Mediation: Confessions of a Facilitative Mediator and Civil Litigator with Evaluative Tendencies
by Doyle, Kelly R
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Paper prepared for the Practical Approaches to Appropriate Dispute Resolution Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia. Vancouver: Lawson Lundell Barristers and Solicitors. Downloaded 27 October 2004. The purpose of this paper was to discuss whether we need to change the methods...
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