Summary of Submissions: Draft Principles of Best Practice for Restorative Justice Processes in the Criminal Court
by New Zealand Ministry of Justice
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Ministry of Justice. Downloaded 19 August 2004. This report summarises the feedback received by the Ministry of Justice on draft principles of best practice for the use of restorative justice processes in the criminal courts. In May 2003,...
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The Conflict’s Fifth Business: A brief biography of Billy Mitchell
by Fearon, Kate
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Northern Ireland: LINC Resource Centre (Local Initiatives for Needy Communities). Downloaded 19 August 2004. As explained at the beginning of this paper, the “fifth businessâ€? is a theater term. It refers to actors and roles that are not strictly heroes or...
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Mobilizing Victimization: The construction of a victim-centred approach in the South African truth and reconciliation commission
by Leman-Langlois, Stephane
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Criminologie. 33(1). According to the Commission’s discourse, victims identified two common fundamental outcomes of their victimization: their need for financial assistance, and their desire to know the truth. This desire for truth was manifested in two forms: first, the...
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Under the Influence: Of Drink Drivers and Communitarian Criminology!
by Powell, Chris
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) The Red Feather Journal of Postmodern Criminology 8. Downloaded 2 June 2004. Over the last decade or two, public concern about driving under the influence of alcohol has risen significantly. Efforts to combat drink driving have increased in both the United States and the United...
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Protocol in relation to Essex Police Involvement with the Essex Family Group Conference Service
by Hennessy, Julia
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Essex, England: Essex County Council, Social Services Directorate. Downloaded 19 August 2004. The Essex Family Group Conference Service has developed and implemented the use of family group conferences to extend the involvement of families in decision-making and planning for...
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Family group conference and young people who offend Project: Principles and Process
by Hennessy, Julia
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Revised by Guy Masters, February 2002. Essex, England: Essex County Council. Downloaded 19 August 2004. This project in Essex County, England, is intended to restore the equilibrium to victims of crime and young people who have offended against them. The model of intervention to...
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Assessing re-offending in restorative justice conferences
by Hayes, Hennessey
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Revised paper presented at the 2003 meetings of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, 1-3 October, Sydney, Australia. Forthcoming in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology. Downloaded 19 August 2004. Restorative justice conferencing, in response...
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North Carolina: Where judges encourage people to avoid trial & go to mediation
by McGeorge, Nicholas
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Resolution: News from the Restorative Justice Consortium. May: 7. The North Carolina court mediation system gives a powerful role to the plaintiffs/ victims. Because of these benefits, mentioned earlier, to defendants/offenders going to mediation, the plaintiff/victim generally...
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Restorative Justice Training in Serbia
by Liebmann, Marian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Resolution: News from the Restorative Justice Consortium. May: 5. According to Marian Liebmann, the youth justice system in Serbia has fallen into disrepair due to internal war and international sanctions. In view of this breakdown, UNICEF and the Swedish government are now...
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Where Have We Got To With The Government’s Strategy?
by Crowe, Alex
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Resolution: News from the Restorative Justice Consortium. May: 3. In 2003, the British government published a strategy/consultation document on restorative justice, and it worked with the Restorative Justice Consortium to continue this consultation process. Here Alex Crow and...
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Delivering Justice For All: A Vision for New Zealand Courts and Tribunals
by Law Commission of New Zealand
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Report 85, NZLC R85. March. Wellington, New Zealand. The Law Commission was invited by the Government to undertake a review of the structure and operation of all state-based adjudicative bodies in New Zealand, including all courts and tribunals except the top tier of the...
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Religion and international peacemaking
by Smock, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Perlmutter Lecture on Ethnic Conflict, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 6. In this lecture David Smock discusses both the impact that religion has on international conflict and the contribution that religion can make to international...
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Prince Albert – The importance of interracial dialogue for Rural Development
by Anonymous
June 4, 2015
Source: Cape Town, South Africa: Institute for Justice and Reconciliation. Downloaded 18 August 2004. Two members of this Karoo community, from either side of the racial divide, speak about the joint process of dialogue and development that the community embarked upon to address the economic...
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Case study–Thokoza peace interventions
by Anonymous
June 4, 2015
Source: Cape Town, South Africa: Institute for Justice and Reconciliation. Downloaded 18 August 2004. Thokoza is a place deeply scarred by a past of intense political violence and crime. As a way of peacemaking and reconciliation, the Gauteng Council of Churches established a peace centre at...
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Case Study–A Partnership Between Gugulethu and Stellenbosch
by Burger, Amelia
June 4, 2015
Source: Cape Town, South Africa: Institute for Justice and Reconciliation. Downloaded 18 August 2004. This is a story of how two groups of people from completely different backgrounds are working together to improve the lives of all members of the Gugulethu community. People from Stellenbosch...
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