Restorative justice and gendered violence.
by Hayden, Anne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) in, Katherine S. van Wormer and Lorenn Walkers, eds, Restorative Justice Today: Practical Applications. Los Angeles: Sage. PP. 121-130. What is the relevance of restorative justice strategies to violence with special meaning to women, to such situations as rape with an emphasis...
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Community members: Vital voices to the restorative justice process.
by Schatz, Mona
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) in, Katherine S. van Wormer and Lorenn Walkers, eds, Restorative Justice Today: Practical Applications. Los Angeles: Sage. PP. 113-119. Can restorative justice process impact the community more positively than more traditional corrections approaches? Is restorative justice able...
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Restorative and diversionary responses to youth offending in New Zealand.
by Maxwell, Gabrielle
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) in, Katherine S. van Wormer and Lorenn Walkers, eds, Restorative Justice Today: Practical Applications. Los Angeles: Sage. PP. 103-111. This chapter describes New Zealand’s historic and pioneering experience applying RJ to divert youth from court processes and her numerous...
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Creating healthy residential communities in higher education through the use of restorative practices.
by Wachtel, Ted
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) in, Katherine S. van Wormer and Lorenn Walkers, eds, Restorative Justice Today: Practical Applications. Los Angeles: Sage. PP. 93-99. “For many being restorative is not a comfortable way of confronting behavior,” says coauthor Stacey Miller. For decades housing...
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Family group conferences in youth justice and child welfare in Vermont.
by Burford, Gale
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) in, Katherine S. van Wormer and Lorenn Walkers, eds, Restorative Justice Today: Practical Applications. Los Angeles: Sage. PP. 81-92. Professor of Social Work at the University of Vermont Gale Burford was a pioneer in the promotion of restorative justice strategies in the...
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Beyond policy: Conferencing on student misbehavior.
by Walker, Lorenn
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) in, Katherine S. van Wormer and Lorenn Walkers, eds, Restorative Justice Today: Practical Applications. Los Angeles: Sage. PP. 75-80. In this personal description of her experience as a parent in a restorative conference when her 14-year old son was assaulted in a Hawai’i...
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Youth justice and restorative justice in Norway.
by Hydle, Ida
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) in, Katherine S. van Wormer and Lorenn Walkers, eds, Restorative Justice Today: Practical Applications. Los Angeles: Sage. PP. 63-73. In this chapter, I examine some historical traits of Norwegian Youth Justice, especially from the 19th century onward and with an emphasis on the...
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Restorative justice for juvenile delinquents in Hong Kong and China.
by Wong, Dennis S. W.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) in, Katherine S. van Wormer and Lorenn Walkers, eds, Restorative Justice Today: Practical Applications. Los Angeles: Sage. PP. 53-61. This chapter describes the use of restorative strategies to help children deal with conflict and bullying in the Hong Kong School system. Dennis...
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A story of the emergence of restorative practice in schools in Australia and New Zealand: Reflect, repair, reconnect.
by Thorsborne, Margaret
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) in, Katherine S. van Wormer and Lorenn Walkers, eds, Restorative Justice Today: Practical Applications. Los Angeles: Sage. PP. 43-51. Margaret Thorsborne is a pioneering RJ school specialist who has practiced in the field for over 20 years. In this autobiographical and...
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Restorative justice for victims without offender participation.
by Walker, Lorenn
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) in, Katherine S. van Wormer and Lorenn Walkers, eds, Restorative Justice Today: Practical Applications. Los Angeles: Sage. PP. 33-42. RJ is commonly thought of only applying to cases where there is an identified offender, yet 70% of all crimes in the United States goes without...
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Restorative justice and Therapeutic Jurisprudence: All in the family.
by Wexler, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) in, Katherine S. van Wormer and Lorenn Walkers, eds, Restorative Justice Today: Practical Applications. Los Angeles: Sage. PP. 27-30. Therapeutic Jurisprudence, often abbreviated as TJ, is an attempt to humanize the law by incorporating insights from psychology, criminology, and...
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Preparing students of criminal justice for restorative justice practice.
by Kauffman, Rudi
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) in, Katherine S. van Wormer and Lorenn Walkers, eds, Restorative Justice Today: Practical Applications. Los Angeles: Sage. PP. 21-26. This firsthand account by faculty at Bluffton University, a Mennonite school, describes how students are introduced to the restorative principles...
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Reflections from a descendant of the Minnesota Restitution Center (MRC).
by Pranis, Kay
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) in, Katherine S. van Wormer and Lorenn Walkers, eds, Restorative Justice Today: Practical Applications. Los Angeles: Sage. PP. 15-20. In this short chapter, Kay Pranis reflects on her work at the Minnesota Department of Corrections as “restorative justice...
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Restorative justice: Definition and purpose.
by Walker, Lorenn
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) in, Katherine S. van Wormer and Lorenn Walkers, eds, Restorative Justice Today: Practical Applications. Los Angeles: Sage. PP. 3-13. This introductory chapter by Lorenn Walker, which includes a contribution by restorative justice pioneer Howard Zehr, describes the basic values,...
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Restorative justice today: Practical applications.
by Walker, Lorenn
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Los Angeles: Sage. Restorative justice today: Practical applications, as the title suggests, provides descriptions of specific programming. The book is divided into five sections: Overview, Prevention Programs and Community Practice, Pretrial: Before or After Arrest —...
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