Implementing the Values and Strategies of Family to Family
by Thielman, Betse
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) “Family to Family: Tools for Rebuilding Foster Care” series. Baltimore, Maryland: Annie E. Casey Foundation. The background to this document is the conviction, on the part of many who are concerned about child welfare, that community-centered responses can better...
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Family Group Decision Making: An Internationally Replicated Alternative to Foster Care
by Cramer, Lisa
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Double issue, “Protecting Children and Supporting Families,” FRCA Report. 16(1&2):16-18. Spring/Summer. Family Resource Coalition of America. As Lina Cramer and Lisa Merkel-Holguin note, family group decision making (FGDM) is being used in a number of states in...
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Emotions and Young Offenders’ Suitability for Victim-Offender Mediation
by Vieira, Tracey A
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Paper presented at the 111th Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, August 7-10. Although evidence indicates that Victim-Offender Mediation (VOM) provides an effective alternative to traditional sanctioning for young offenders, research...
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Victim-Offender Mediation with Adolescents Who Commit Hate Crimes
by McConnell, Stephen C
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Paper presented at the 108th Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, August 4-8. In recent years, the number of reported hate crimes has continued to rise steadily. The majority of these offenses is motivated by racial prejudice and is...
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Moral Learning in the Space Between Places: The Potential of Community-Based Moral Education
by Schweigert, Francis J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California, April 13-17. This paper represents the results of a heuristic study of public policy experiments in the criminal justice system, victim offender mediation conferencing....
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Empowering People & Building Competent Communities
by George, Priscilla
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) Chapter 15. In Jean-Paul Hautecoeur, ed., Alpha 94: Literacy and Cultural Development Strategies in Rural Areas. Toronto, Canada: Culture Concepts. Among Aboriginal peoples in Ontario, Canada, literacy is a process involving not only individuals but also the whole community....
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Restorative Justice: An Assessment of Victim Satisfaction with Victim-Offender Mediation
by Malc, Miriam
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) M.A. thesis, Department of Law, Carleton University, Ottawa. It has been suggested by many academics and practitioners alike that the treatment of victims by the criminal justice system is based on the neglect of their needs and rights. Victims’ experiences are often...
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Towards an Integral Transformation: Through the Looking Glass of Restorative Justice
by Moore, Shannon
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies, University of Victoria, Canada. The conceptual framework of this study initiated conceptualization of an Integral Model of Transformation that holistically accounts for individuals’ change...
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Re-claiming Justice and Community: The Community Council Project of Toronto
by Proulx, Craig
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Ph.D. dissertation, McMaster University, Canada Aboriginal peoples, particularly urban Aboriginal peoples, are discriminated against and over-represented throughout the Canadian Criminal justice system. I review specific colonial and postcolonial actions that lead to Aboriginal...
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Restorative Injustice?: The Boundaries of Restorative Justice at the Intersections of Gender, Race and Class: A Canadian Focus
by Christie, Adrienne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) M.A. thesis, Carleton University, Ottawa. For years there have been calls by Canadians for a more healing system of criminal justice. We have tinkered with the system but are never any more satisfied with what is developed. In an effort to move beyond tinkering with the pattern...
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Doing Justice Without the State: The Afikpo (Ehugbo) – Nigeria Model
by Elechi, O. Oko
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Ph.D. dissertation, School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University. The Afikpo community conflict resolution model is examined as an alternative system of justice in South-East Nigeriaxe2x80xa6. A major finding of this study is that the Afikpo model is victim-centeredxe2x80xa6...
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Home Office Explores Cautioning
by Editor
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Restorative Justice Online. March 2004 Edition. The Home Office has released a consultation paper on a code of practice for conditional cautioning as an alternative to prosecution. Conditional cautioning is found in the Criminal Justice Act of 2003, which provides for the...
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Restorative Justice Alternatives and the Question of Applicability to Family: Addressing the Issue of Domestic Violence
by Van de Sande, Alicia
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) M.A. thesis, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Restorative justice has recently entered yet another phase of popularity as a social movement throughout North America. While the social movement has gained relative success...
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Mediating Minor Assault Cases: Practicum Report
by Reich, Shani
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) A practicum report submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies for the fulfilment of Masters of Social Work, University of Manitoba. This practicum report explores the mediation of eight cases: seven victim/offender cases involving minor assaults and one threatening bodily...
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The Role of Apology in Negotiation
by Brown, Jennifer Gerarda
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Marquette Law Review. 87: 665-673. In recent years increased attention has been given to the role that apology might properly play in negotiation and conflict resolution. In practical terms, attention has been given to the crucial elements in an effective apology. At the same...
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