Judging the Judges, Judging Ourselves: Truth, Reconciliation, and the Apartheid Legal Order
by Dyzenhaus, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Oxford: Hart Publishing. In many countries and cultures, the idea of law is held in high esteem, is held as a majestic ideal. Law thus viewed is both good in itself and the agent of good. It saves us from lawlessness, from disorder, even from evil. Yet, in actuality there is...
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Peacemaking Circles: From Crime to Community
by Pranis, Kay
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) St. Paul, MN: Living Justice Press. In this volume on Peacemaking Circles, Kay Pranis, Barry Stuart, and Mark Wedge reflect on their substantial personal experiences to describe the power and process of Circles. With the aim of creating a resource for practitioners, they move...
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Restorative Justice: Critical Issues
by McLaughlin, Eugene
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) London, UK and Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications in association with The Open University. Restorative Justice: Critical Issues is one of four volumes published by Sage Publications in association with The Open University. The series – entitled Crime, Order and Social...
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Goal Conflict in the Juvenile Court: The Evolution of Sentencing Practices in the United States
by Urban, Lynn S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. 19(4):454-479. Since its original implementation, the United State juvenile justice system has undergone significant changes. Initially, sentencing of youth focused on personal and social needs rather than the offense. With the increase...
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Introduction a La Victimologie
by Wemmers, Jo-Anne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Montreal: Presses de L’universite de Montreal. The new science of victimology that emerged in the modern criminal justice system relegates the role of the victim as witness. A historical presentation of the evolution of the relationship between the victim, the state, and...
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Best Practice Guidelines for Victim Impact Panels Within Pennsylvania’s Juvenile Justice System
by Pennsylvania Council of Chief Juvenile Probation Officers, Julie
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Harrisburg, PA : Pennsylvania Council of Chief Juvenile Probation Officers. These guidelines note that a VIP is a powerful tool of Balanced and Restorative Justice and should be incorporated into a broad-spectrum approach for assisting victims and educating offenders. It is...
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Standards and Norms in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
by United Nations Economic and Social Council Secretary-General Austria, Julie
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Vienna, Austria: United Nations, Economic and Social Council Secretary-General. The constituencies represented in this report include Member States, United Nations entities, other intergovernmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and institutes. Information on...
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An Unsolvable Justice Problem?: Punishing Young People’s Sexual Violence
by Brownlie, Julie
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Journal of Law and Society . 30(4): 506-531. The past decade has experienced renewed theoretical and applied debate concerning juvenile justice policy. Young offenders in the United Kingdom and beyond are increasingly diverted from the formal justice system. This is not true,...
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Achieving Balanced and Restorative Justice in Pennsylvania’s Juvenile Justice System (Video)
by DeAngelo Jr., Andrew J
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency and US Dept of Justice Office of Justice Programs. Color VHS video, 23 minutes. After explaining and portraying the principles of Pennsylvania’s juvenile justice Balanced and Restorative Justice model, this video profiles...
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On Behalf of But Far Beyond Restorative Justice
by Wozniak, John F
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Contemporary Justice Review. 6(2):187-191. In this article John Wozniak reviews the book Restorative Justice: Healing the Foundations of Our Everyday Lives, written by Dennis Sullivan and Larry Tifft and published in 2001. Wozniak’s assessment is that Sullivan and Tifft...
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A Disembodied Community Collaborates in a Homicide: Can Empathy Transform a Failing Justice System?
by Schaefer, Diane
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Contemporary Justice Review. 6(2):133-142. Restorative justice concepts and principles transformed by fearful response to a local homicide into anger at ‘disembodies community’. Drawing on conversations with residents and newspaper accounts, I analyze the social...
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Unfinished Business: Aboriginal Reconciliation and Restorative Justice in Australia
by Cook, Kimberly
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Contemporary Justice Review. 6(3): 279-291. In this paper we report on general finding and observations in Australia and from two days of the Deliberative Poll on Reconciliation in Canberra. With hundreds of representative Australians participating, and plenary sessions...
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Restorative Justice Circles: An Exploratory Study
by Coates, Robert B
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Contemporary Justice Review. 6(3):265-278. Peacemaking circles have received a great deal of attention within the international restorative justice movement. The use of peacemaking circles for structuring communication and decision-making in many diverse cultures is probably as...
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Versatility and Community Focus
by Editor
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Te Ara Whakatika: newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. September/October. #18. Downloaded 11 December 2003. In New Zealand, court-referred restorative justice conferences have been held in a wide variety of settings. These include, for example, community...
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Potent Process for Facilitating Change
by Editor
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Te Ara Whakatika: newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. September/October. #18. Downloaded 11 December 2003. Several schools in New Zealand are using restorative processes promoted by Australian facilitator and trainer Margaret Thorsborne. These processes...
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