A place at the restorative justice table
by Laurence, Susan
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Victim Services 2000 2 (March): 1, 3. Downloaded 3 August 2004. Susan Laurence remarks at the outset of this article that, for various reasons, many crime victim advocates and service providers are in a quandary about groups and activities that are defined as restorative...
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Mediators promote victim-offender mediation in Poland
by Kruk, Marzena
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Newsletter of the European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice 2 (October): 7. Downloaded 3 August 2004. Marzena Kruk reports on an international conference held in Poland in April 2001. The conference was on “Detention Pending Trial in Poland-...
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Positioning restorative justice
by Lemonne, Anne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Newsletter of the European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice 2 (October): 8. Downloaded 3 August 2004. The authors of this article report on the 5th International Conference on Restorative Justice: “Positioning Restorative Justice.â€?...
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ADR in the Malaysian courts: a short synopsis
by Hughie TAN Yeak Hui
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Paper presented at the Reconciliation: Conversations Beyond Cultural Boundaries conference, held in Adelaide, South Australia, 29 November -December 1. Adelaide, South Australia: University of South Australia, Asia Pacific Mediation Forum. Downloaded 3 August 2004. According to...
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The third corner: The community and restorative justice in Northern Ireland
by Gormally, Brian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Paper presented at the Restorative and Community Justice: Inspiring the Future conference, held in Winchester, England, 28-31 March. In the context of the long-standing troubles in Northern Ireland, Brian Gormally contends that the organized community has a necessary and vital...
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Litigation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
by General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada
June 4, 2015
Source: Toronto: General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada. Downloaded 3 August 2004. As indicated in this document, the Government of Canada is being sued by thousands of former students of Indian residential schools for alleged abuses committed against those students. The Anglican...
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Three and a half years of restorative justice in Russia
by Fliamer, Mikhail
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Newsletter of the European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice 2 (May): 2-3. Downloaded 2 August 2004. Adapting a piece with the same title written for the web site of the Centre for Legal and Judicial Reform (Moscow), Fliamer and Maksudov in an article...
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Victim advocates already applying BARJ concepts
by Evans, Cristin Monti
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) The Compiler 22 (Fall): 1, 8. Downloaded 3 August 04. In this article, Cristin Monti Evans reports that balanced and restorative justice ideas (BARJ) are being applied in a variety of victims’ advocacy initiatives throughout Illinois. Initiatives using BARJ philosophy...
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Update on restorative justice developments in Ireland
by Editor, Eric Y
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Newsletter of the European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice 2 (October): 6-7. Downloaded 3 August 2004. According to the author of this paper, restorative justice was once widely practiced in Ireland under Brehon law. With the beginnings of British...
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The United Nations acts to advance restorative justice
by Editor
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Newsletter of the European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice 1 (June): 4. Downloaded 3 August 2004. This article deals with key United Nations consideration of certain proposals concerning restorative justice. At the 10th UN Congress on Crime Prevention...
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New prospects for mediation in Catalonia, Spain
by Editor
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Newsletter of the European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice 2 (May): 6-7. Downloaded 3 August 2004. As indicated in this article, in recent years the Spanish penal system has experienced significant changes. These include, for example, the introduction...
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Is restorative justice appropriate for persons with mental health problems?
by Drogin, Eric Y
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Paper presented at the Restorative and Community Justice: Inspiring the Future conference, held in Winchester, England, 28-31 March. Eric Drogin and Mark Howard bring unusual experience to the question of the appropriateness of restorative justice for persons with mental health...
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An ex-offender appreciates what BARJ represents
by Dighton, Daniel
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) The Compiler 22 (Fall): 6-7. Downloaded 3 August 2004. According to Daniel Dighton, juvenile justice in Illinois is now shaped by the balanced and restorative (BARJ) philosophy. A key ingredient in this philosophy is competency building to reduce and prevent offending. To...
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TOA-Servicebüro: Objectives, tasks, activities
by Delattre, Gerd
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Cologne, Germany: DBH-Fachverband für Soziale Arbeit, Strafrecht und Kriminalpolitik. DBH is the German Association for Social Work, Criminal Law, and Crime Policy. The TOA-Servicebüro – Servicebüro für Täter-Opfer-Ausgleich und Konflictschlichtung –...
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TOA infodienst
by Delattre, Gerd
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Extra issue for the European Conference on Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice, Leuven. Cologne, Germany: DBH-Fachverband für Soziale Arbeit, Strafrecht und Kriminalpolitik. DBH is the German Association for Social Work, Criminal Law, and Crime Policy. DBH...
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