Restorative Justice and Punishment
by Young, Richard
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) In, Sean McConville, ed., Use of Punishment. Portland, Or and Devon, UK: Willan Publishing. Pp. 199-234. In England and Wales, as well as many other countries throughout the world, including the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, the 1990’s showed an...
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Meta Regulation for Access to Justice
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Presentation to General Aspects of Law (GALA) Seminar Series, University of California, Berkeley, 13 November. Downloaded 19 April 2004. It is contended that access to justice cannot be secured simply by more progressive law — more legal aid, more public interest law. Max...
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Habitat at Taylorville
by Bays, Bill
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Journal of Correctional Education. 50(2): 48-50. Taylorville Correctional Center (Taylorville, Illinois) is a minimum security facility that houses more than 1000 male inmates. In this article, Bill Bays highlights a program that shows how prisons can successfully collaborate...
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Do Wrongdoers Have a Right to Make Amends?
by Radzik, Linda
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Social Theory and Practice. 29(2): 325-341. The recent literature on criminal justice has yielded an intriguing suggestion: that someone who does wrong has a right to make amends. In this essay, I will evaluate arguments for and against this claim with regard to cases of both...
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Public Opinion Research Challenges Perception of Widespread Public Demand for Harsher Punishment
by Pranis, Kay
June 4, 2015
Source: (1992) Minneapolis, MN: Citizens Council. Downloaded 16 April 2004. Based on the results of a public opinion poll, this research report argues that Minnesotans favor certain restorative approaches over a focus on prisons and jail in order to prevent crime. The findings indicate...
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Humanistic Mediation: Peacemaking Grounded in Core Social Work Values
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) St. Paul, MN: Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota. Downloaded 16 April 2004. Conflict between individuals and groups can be highly toxic and destructive, write Mark Umbreit and Heather Burns. Yet if addressed...
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Healing and the Law: An Annotated Listing of Websites and Publications
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) In collaboration with the International Centre for Healing and the Law, Kalamazoo, Michigan. St. Paul, MN: Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota. Downloaded 16 April 2004. This 41-page annotated listing includes sections...
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Restorative Justice Takes Off in Uganda
by Liebmann, Marian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Report on a trip to Uganda in August 2002. Downloaded 16 April 2004. This report covers the background and activities of a project in Uganda which sought to facilitate implementation of the Children Statute 1996. During a three-week trip, the author conducted training in...
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The TRC: A Project of Public Education
by Williams, Carin
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Paper presented at the “TRC: Commissioning the Past” conference, organized by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) and the History Workshop (at Wits University). University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, 11-14 June 1999. Downloaded 10...
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Truth Commissions: Institutional Strategies for Trust Construction and Conflict Management
by Kulkarni, Anu
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Paper presented at the “TRC: Commissioning the Past” conference, organized by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) and the History Workshop (at Wits University). University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, 11-14 June 1999. Downloaded 10...
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Sentencing Reform in New Zealand: An Analysis of the Sentencing Act 2002
by Roberts, Julian V
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology. 36(3): 249-271. Sweeping changes have recently been made to punishment practices in many western nations. A number of these have reflected punitive, penal populism. The purpose of this essay is to examine recent reforms in...
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Restorative Justice, Responsive Regulation and Social Work
by Burford, Gale
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare.31 (1): 7-26. Two of the dichotomies or tensions at the heart of this profession are especially important for the themes of this special issue on restorative justice and responsive regulation. These are the relation between formal and...
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Restorative Justice, Responsive Regulation, and Democratic Governance
by Adams, Paul
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare.31 (1): 3-5. Adams introduces a special issue of the Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare. The articles explore John Braithwaite’s synthesis of restorative justice and responsive regulation in the arena of social...
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Diversion in Austria: Legal Aspects
by Löschnig-Gspandl, Marianne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice. 9(4): 281-290. Until recently in Austria, diversionary measures existed only in juvenile criminal law and in some limited areas of general criminal law, writes Marianne Löschnig-Gspandl. The situation changed,...
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An overview of diversion strategies for Australian drug-related offenders
by Spooner, Catherine
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Drug and Alcohol Review.20: 281-294. This paper provides a descriptive overview of options for diversion of drug-related offenders from the criminal justice system. Drug-related offences include drug offences (for example, possession of a prohibited substance); offences that are...
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