Theorizing the penality of sentencing in international criminal trials
by Henham, Ralph
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Theoretical Criminology. 8(4): 429-463. This article seeks to make a contribution towards resolving the theoretical and methodological challenges posed by the increasing internationalization of criminal trial process and the pressing need to provide concepts and methodological...
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Working Together: A Model of Mediation With Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families in the Family Court of Australia
by Ralph, Stephen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Family Court Review. 40(3): 329-337. Family Court of Australia has employed four Aboriginal Family Consultants within the Family Court Mediation Service in Darwin and Alice Springs. The consultants were selected from local indigenous people and assist indigenous families who are...
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Youth Criminal Justice Act: The New Face of Canada’s Youth Criminal Justice System
by Endres, Karen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Family Court Review. 42(3): 526 to 539. Extrajudicial measures were introduced in the YCJA in order to address the perceived overreliance of the YOA on the court system and custodial sentences for less serious nonviolent offenses. The YCJA mandates a distinction between serious...
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Faith Community Celebrates 10 Years of Circles of Support
by Evans, Donald G
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Corrections Today Magazine. 66(5): 132-133, to 140. Public concern over the release of sex offenders into the community with no supervision requirements led a small church to form a CoSA group to assist the offender and to assure the public safety. While most CoSA groups in...
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Justice and Reconciliation: After the Violence
by Rigby, Andrew
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Reinner Publishers. abstract...
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Compulsory Compassion: A Critique of Restorative Justice
by Acorn, Annalise
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Vancouver, British Columbia: UBC Press. At first, writes Annalise Acorn, restorative justice ideas and practices appealed greatly to her. She had deep misgivings about criminal justice as commonly conceived and applied; especially, as she puts it, with criminal justice as a...
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Closing the Books: Transitional Justice in Historical Perspective
by Elster, Jon
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. As Jon Elster defines the matter, transitional justice consists of the processes of trials, purges, and reparations that take place after the change from one political regime to another. More specifically, when an autocratic regime is...
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Indigenous Courts and Justice Practices in Australia
by Daly, Kathleen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Canberra ACT: Australian Institute of Criminology. Indigenous populations in Australia have been informally contributing to sentencing procedures throughout remote communities for some time. During the late 1990’s, Indigenous participation in justice processes became...
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Rejoinder: Reply to Radelet and Borg
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Homicide Studies. 4(1): 93-97. Mark Umbreit and Betty Vos contributed an article to this issue of Homicide Studies on the restorative benefits of family survivors of homicide meeting with the offender before execution of the offender. Michael Radelet and Marian Borg, while not...
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The Impact of Priest Sexual Abuse: Female Survivors’ Narratives
by Van Wormer, Katherine
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Affilia. 19(1): 53-67. This article explores the effect of priests’ sexual abuse on victimized girls and young women. The data were obtained from in-depth interviews with women who were seeking help years after the violation. The results revealed the following themes: the...
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Cultural Values in Conflict Management: Goal Orientation, Goal Attainment, and Tactical Decision
by Ohbuchi, Ken-ichi
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 30(1): 51-71. Americans (individualists) and Japanese (collectivists) were asked to rate their conflict experiences in terms of goal orientation, goal attainment, tactics, and outcome satisfaction. Individualists preferred assertive tactics,...
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Grand national narratives and the project of truth commissions: a comparative analysis
by Andrews, Molly
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Media, Culture & Society. 25: 45-65 Woods (1999) describes national or public memory as performative; memory is not something we have, but something we do. South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) represents one dramatic illustration of the...
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Conceptualizing Access to Justice and Victims’ Rights in International Sentencing
by Henham, Ralph
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Social & Legal Studies. 13(1): 27-55. The purpose of this article is to confront some of the theoretical and conceptual difficulties in understanding the meaning and relevance of notions of access to justice and rights for victims in the context of international sentencing....
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‘What Works?’: Revisiting the evidence in England and Wales
by Merrington, Simon
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Probation Journal: The Journal of Community and Criminal Justice. Vol 51(1): 7-20. This article reviews the evidence that has been published in the last three years relating to the effectiveness of ‘What Works?’ or evidence-based interventions with offenders in the...
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Remorse, Forgiveness, and Rehumanization: Stories from South Africa
by Gobodo-Madikizela, Pumla
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Journal of Humanistic Psychology. 42(1): 7-32. This article explores forgiveness and remorse in the context of gross human rights violations. The discussion focuses on encounters between victims and perpetrators who appeared before South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation...
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