Recent Developments in Sentencing
by Cowdery, Nicholas
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Sydney NSW: New South Wales Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Downloaded 3 August 2004. This paper examines recent developments in sentencing in New South Wales, primarily from the prosecutor’s viewpointPart A discusses the legal and social context in which...
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A Multi-Disciplinary Approach Toward an Integrative Theory
by Spinks, Vonda Ann
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) M.A. thesis in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Graduate School of the University of Texas at Arlington. The purpose of this study is to implement two criminological theories to explain the crimes of ethnic cleansing and genocide during the Bosnian conflict of 1992. The study...
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Just Kids?: The Role of Legality in Governing a Public High School
by Yalda, Christine Ann
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Ph.D. dissertation, Arizona State University. This study illuminates how legality interpenetrates school governing technologies to juridify and criminalize school space and student behavior through, among other things, the proliferation and juridification of school rules, the...
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The EU framework decision on the standing of victims in criminal procedure
by De Souter, Vicky
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Newsletter of the European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice 2 (May): 5 On March 15, 2001, the Council of the European Union adopted a Framework Decision on the standing of victims in criminal proceedings. As Vicky De Souter states, although...
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United Nations resolution on basic principles on the use of restorative justice programmes in criminal matters
by Daubney, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Paper presented at the Restorative and Community Justice: Inspiring the Future conference, held in Winchester, England, 28-31 March. David Daubney is general counsel on the Sentencing Reform Team in the Department of Justice in Canada. Canada has been exploring restorative...
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State of Minnesota, Appellant, vs. Signe Elissee Pearson, Respondent, C9-99-2021, Court of Appeals
by Court of Appeals, State of Minnesota
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Filed May 2, 2000. Reverse and remand; motion granted. Peterson, Judge. Washington County District Court. File No. K998416. In this case, the State of Minnesota, as the appellant, argued that the district court erred by staying adjudication of felony theft charges against Signe...
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Justice for the soul: Shaming
by Church Council on Justice and Corrections, F
June 4, 2015
Source: Ottawa, Canada: Church Council on Justice and Corrections. As indicated in this article by the Church Council on Justice and Corrections (a coalition of faith-based individuals and organizations involved in oversight of the Canadian justice and corrections system), shame is something...
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Restorative justice from individualism through reductionism to holism
by Carter, Ian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Paper presented at the Restorative and Community Justice: Inspiring the Future conference, held in Winchester, England, 28-31 March. An officer with the Essex police in England, Ian Carter seeks a clear, manageable, holistic way to understand and apply restorative justice to...
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Conflict resolution in mediation and international conferences
by Cardone, F
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution 1 (1). F. Cardone is Second Secretary of the Ministry of External Relations in Brazil. He formerly served as a mediator in a small claims court in Brazil. In this paper he uses his experiences as a diplomat and as a mediator to...
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Mediators tour Belgium
by Bullens, Frederik
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Newsletter of the European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice 2 (October): 3. Frederik Bullens is Coordinator of Suggnomè, the Flemish Forum for Restorative Justice and Mediation. Here he reports on a first-time program conducted by Suggnomè....
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The nature of restorative justice
by Brookes, Derek
June 4, 2015
Source: Washington, DC: Prison Fellowship International. As indicated in the title of this paper, Derek Brookes explores the nature of restorative justice. He identifies restorative justice as a philosophical and programmatic alternative to the goals and procedures which characterize...
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Neighborhood Restorative Justice Mediation Program: An alternative dispute resolution program
by Bloom Township, Ada A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Chicago Heights, IL: Bloom Township Government Bloom Township, in Cook County (Illinois) and on the south side of Chicago, incorporates twelve communities within its boundaries. For those involved in local government and community affairs in Bloom Township, frustration with...
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Prison padres
by Beane, Becky
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Washington, DC: Prison Fellowship Ministries This article sketches the role and work of prison chaplains. To illustrate, Becky Beane uses examples from the lives of inmates and actual chaplains in particular prisons in Louisiana (United States). The stories told by these...
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Seeking Arab-Israeli peacemaking and reconciliation through culture
by Aharoni, Ada A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution 1 (1). As Ada Aharoni notes, themes about peace have been components of Jewish and Islamic scriptures for centuries. Such themes have been vital through the ages in creating an atmosphere conducive to peace. She further observes...
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Editorial
by Aertsen, Ivo
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Newsletter of the European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice 2 (May): 1-2 In this editorial, Ivo Aertsen enumerates several ways in which the European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice is developing a clear identity and...
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