Support People Can Be Crucial
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. It is commonly understood and accepted that, in justice processes, victims of crime will bring along people for support. After all, victims have...
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Evaluation of the Collaborative Justice Project
by Solicitor General, Canada
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Solicitor General Canada. In, Restorative Justice Orientation Training Information Package. Restorative Justice and Dispute Resolution Branch, Correctional Services Canada. The Solicitor General of Canada encourages new projects to promote effective justice practice throughout...
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Restorative Approaches in Canada: From Pre-sentence to Post-sentence.
by Evans, Donald G
June 4, 2015
Source: Restorative Justice Orientation Training Information Package. Restorative Justice and Dispute Resolution Branch, Correctional Services Canada. According to Donald Evans, the development of restorative approaches to the management of offending behavior in Canada started with the...
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Building Community Support for Restorative Justice: Principles and Strategies
by Pranis, Kay
June 4, 2015
Source: Restorative Justice Orientation Training Information Package. Restorative Justice and Dispute Resolution Branch, Correctional Services Canada. Kay Pranis asserts that the potential of restorative practices to transform the criminal justice system can only be realized if those practices...
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Applying Therapeutic Jurispridence in Regional Areas- The Western Australian Experience
by King, Michael S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) E-Law. Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law. Perth, Western Australia: Murdoch University School of Law. 10(2). Downloaded 15 December 2003. Therapeutic jurisprudence is the view that court processes can affect the well being of participants in the judicial process....
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The Beginning of a Partnership
by Raye, Barbara
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) VOMA Connections. Spring(14): 11. Downloaded 15 December 2003. In the spring of 2003 a group of people from the United States, experienced in victim-offender mediation (VOM), traveled to Iasi, Romania, to provide training for young Romania professionals. The group consisted of...
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Resources
by Immarigeon, Russ
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) VOMA Connections. Spring(14): 7, 10. Downloaded 15 December 2003. In this edition of his column in VOMA Connections, Russ Imarigeon highlights several resources for restorative justice and victim-offender mediation theorists and practitioners. With respect to accountability and...
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Listening to Prisoners Raises Issues About Prison-Based Restorative Justice
by Toews, Barb
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) VOMA Connections. Spring(14): 5,8. Downloaded 15 December 2003. Barb Toews is the Restorative Justice Program Manager with the Pennsylvania Prison Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Prison Society is a not-for-profit agency serving individuals and families in...
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The Use of Restorative Practices to Address Structural Oppression: Is Art a Start?
by Roona, Isla
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) VOMA Connections. Spring(14):3, 6. Downloaded 15 December 2003. In recent years, some have argued that restorative justice theory and practice have focused too much on the interpersonal dimension of crime at the expense of systemic or structural roots of crime, such as class,...
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Victim Offender Dialogue in Violent Cases: The Texas and Ohio Experience
by Vos, Betty
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) VOMA Connections. Spring(14): 1,12-17. Downloaded 15 December 2003. Over the last few decades, victim offender mediation has generally been used to address more minor crimes, often in the juvenile justice context. Its use for more serious and violent crimes perpetrated by youth...
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Critical Issues in Restorative Justice: Aotearoa New Zealand
by Julich, Shirley
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) VOMA Connections. Spring(14): 1,4,8. Downloaded 15 December 2003. This report summarises the outcomes of discussions at a series of conferences/hui among practitioners, policy makers, and academics on a number of critical issues facing restorative justice in New...
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Victim Services and Victim-Offender Mediation Programs: Can They Work Together
by Achilles, Mary
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) The Crime Victims Report. 7(4): 51,60. Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz is the director of the Mennonite Central Committee’s Office on Crime and Justice. Mary Achilles is the governor-appointed victim advocate for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. For years they have...
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“In the Middle:” Biblical Reflections on Restorative Justice
by Neufeld, Tom Yoder
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) MCC Restorative Justice Exchange. MCC Canada. Downloaded 15 December 2003. Tom Yoder Neufeld offers a discussion on a Biblical understanding of restorative...
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The Ministry of Reconciliation.
by Thorburn, Stan
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Sermon given at St. George’s Anglican Church, Epsom, Aukland, New Zealand. Posted on Restorative Justice Online. Judge Stan Thorburn offers this sermon on relationships and the importance of...
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Intervening to Break Cycles of Criminality: The need for a dual logic of justice and peace
by Henkeman, Sara
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Track Two. 11(2). Centre for Conflict Resolution. Downloaded 12 December 2003. Sarah Henkeman begins this article by summarizing two basic and competing views of imprisonment. One view is that imprisonment is for punishment. The other is that imprisonment is applied as...
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