Restorative justice for Trayvon Martin.
by Lyubansky, Mikhail
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Pschology. 5(1)59-72. Two cities. Two people of color fatally shot by those charged with security and law enforcement. Two communities torn apart across racial lines. One city reacts conventionally with criminal charges and court...
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Making space for restorative justice in criminal justice and criminology curricula and courses.
by Reimund, Mary Ellen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Contemporary Justice Review: 16(1): 150-170. Restorative justice, rooted in the practices of indigenous people across the globe, has grown exponentially in both theory and practice since its beginnings in Canada in the 1970s. Restorative justice has influenced the interactions...
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Teaching restorative justice to education and criminal justice majors.
by Bussler, Darrol
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Contemporary Justice Review. 16(1): 137-149. In academia, departments in Education and Sociology/Criminal Justice are in different colleges, but professionals in these fields frequently interact, such as probation officers working in schools and teachers working in prisons. This...
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Real-world assignments for restorative justice education.
by Armour, Marilyn
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Contemporary Justice Review. 16(1): 115-136. Academic coursework on restorative justice is rapidly emerging in professional schools. As members of applied disciplines entrusted to serve the public good, students must be readily able to transfer classroom-based learning into real...
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Engaging students on the topic of restorative justice and serious offenses.
by Waltman-Spreha, Kelly
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Contemporary Justice Review. 16(1):91-114. Within contemporary society, there is a prevailing sentiment that our criminal justice system leaves much to be desired in its responses to the offender, the victim, and the community. As a potential answer to these conceded...
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Teaching restorative justice: developing a restorative andragogy for face-to-face, online and hybrid course modalities.
by Gilbert, Michael J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Contemporary Justice Review. 16(1): 43-69. Teaching restorative justice in an academic setting is different from teaching almost any other academic course. Courses taught in the context of academic criminal justice programs tend to reinforce the structural inequalities in...
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Restoring the professor and the students: a circle process and contemplative practices in a restorative justice seminar.
by Kitchen, Sara Ellen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Contemporary Justice Review. 16(1): 28-42. Limited research is published on teaching restorative justice in the criminal justice or justice studies curriculum in higher education. This article contributes to the discourse on restorative justice pedagogy by discussing a...
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Toward a restorative justice pedagogy: reflections on teaching restorative justice in correctional facilities.
by Toews, Barb
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Contemporary Justice Review. 16(1):6-27. Restorative justice is currently practiced in a variety of ways inside correctional facilities. One such way is the facilitation of restorative justice education. If grounded in restorative values, such education can contribute to...
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Evaluation of the Family Group Conferencing pilot program.
by Morgan, Anthony
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Research and Public Policy Series no.121. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. The Family Group Conferencing pilot program was implemented by the NSW Government in response to recommendations made as part of the Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection...
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Evaluation of alternative dispute resolution initiatives in the care and protection jurisdiction of the NSW Children’s Court.
by Morgan, Anthony
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) AIC Reports Research and Public Policy Series. 118. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology . The new model of DRC and the Legal Aid Pilot were implemented in response to recommendations made as part of the Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection Services in...
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Restorative justice.
by Wood, William R.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) In, William J. Chambliss, ed, Courts, Law, and Justice. Key Issues in crime and Punishment. Los Angeles: Sage Publications. PP. 215-229. Primarily, restorative justice seeks to include victims in their own cases, ideally in settings that afford them the possibility of meeting...
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Socrates in Aotearoa: teaching restorative justice in New Zealand.
by Deckert, Antje
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Contemporary Justice Review. 16(1):70-90. Much introductory material on restorative justice presents the subject from an idealistic point of view, in which assertions of its ethical superiority and advantages over retributive justice systems frequently go unchallenged. In New...
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Justiça restaurativa e homicÃÂdios: Um horizonte possÃÂvel.
by Sousa Rodrigues, Bruno
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Universidade Federal da Bahia. As práticas restaurativas têm observado grandecrescimento ao longo da última década. Seu emprego tem se dado na justiça de menoresinfratores, conflitos familiares e crimes de menor potencial ofensivo. Sua aplicação emcrimes de...
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Thinking outside: Alternatives to remand for children.
by Jesuit Social Services, Kevin J
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Richmond, Jesuit Social Services In Section 4 of the report, the underlying values, structure and operation of the youth justice system in Victoria are described. Jurisdictions vary in the relative emphasis placed upon two approaches: the welfare approach which focuses primarily...
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Police use of court alternatives for young persons in NSW
by Ringland, Clare
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Crime and Justice Bulletin. NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics. Number 167. To measure the level of variation across the NSW Police Force’s Local Area Commands (LACs) in the proportion of young persons diverted from court, before and after adjusting for factors police may...
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