Reducing Sexual Abuse in America: Legislating Tougher Laws or Public Education and Prevention
by Freeman-Longo, Robert E
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement. 23:303. Sexual abuse is a significant problem in the United States. In general, the public and policy response is to resort to tougher punishment as a solution. This, according to Robert Freeman-Longo, is the cornerstone of...
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The Development of a Specialized Domestic Violence Court in Vancouver, Washington Utilizing Innovative Judicial Paradigms
by Fritzler, Randal B
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Review. 69:139. Clark County is a moderate-sized urban-rural area in southwestern Washington state. As the population grew rapidly in the latter 1900s, the rate of domestic violence cases also grew. Whereas previously the criminal...
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Gender, Violence, Race, and Criminal Justice
by Harris, Angela
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Standford Law Review. 52:777. After recounting an incident of sexual brutality by a New York policeman against a Haitian immigrant inside a police station, Harris remarks that the racial meanings of incidents of police brutality have been well explore. Less well explored have...
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Future Visions of Juvenile Justice: Lessons From International and Comparative Law
by Levesque, Roger J R
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Creighton Law Review. 29: 1563. Roger Levesque begins this article by citing several cases from around the world that highlight challenges that face societal attempts to deal with complex problem behavior and youth offending. In light of continued failures in operating effective...
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Civilians Versus Police: Mediation Can Help to Bridge the Divide
by Berger, Vivian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Negotiation Journal. 16 (3): 211-235. The increasing frequency of notorious cases of conflicts between police officers and members of the general public (which in New York City has led to incidents of death, battery, and sexual assault) is cause for alarm. At the root of many...
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Wiping Away the Tears: A Faith Community Responds to Clergy Sexual Abuse in the Roman Catholic Church
by Albany Catholic Worker Community, Wiebe
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Contemporary Justice Review. 5(4): 389-391. In 2000 the Catholic bishops of New York issued a pastoral statement on restorative justice and the criminal justice system – Restoring All to the Fullness of Life. In that document the bishops spoke about meeting the needs of...
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Neighborhood-Centered Conflict Mediation in the Netherlands: An Instrument for Social Cohesion-Part Two.
by de Jong, Wiebe
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Contemporary Justice Review. 4(1):49-58. In the large cities of the Netherlands, working class neighborhoods are very heterogeneous. This is not caused by difference of lifestyle but by ethnic diversity. More than half the people are of foreign origin and many of these people do...
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Living a Lifestyle of Retorative Justice: An Interview with Fred Boehrer
by Sullivan, Dennis
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Contemporary Justice Review. 1(1): 149-166. Fred Boehrer and His wife, Diana Conroy, and their children live in the Catholic Worker tradition at Emmaus House in Albany New York, a house of hospitality for the homeless. To show its solidarity with the poor the family lives in...
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Enhancement of Community-based Alternatives to Incarceration at all Stages of the Criminal Justice Process
by Editor
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) UNAFEI Newsletter. Tokyo: United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders. Downloaded 3 October 2003. 108:1- 34. This document presents training course information on the enhancement of community-based alternatives to...
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Minnesota Department of Corrections Sentencing to Service Program Review/Assessment Report
by Minnesota Department of Corrections
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) St Paul, MN: Minnesota Dept of Corrections. Downloaded 11 June 2004. Established in 1986, the STS program serves as a sentencing alternative that provides courts with the option to sentence offenders to a period of supervised work in the community that involves public work...
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Family Group Conferencing Pilot Project. Hennepin County, Minnesota. Final Report
by Steering Committee, Terese
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Minnesota Supreme Court. State Court Administration. Court Services Division. American Bar Association. Downloaded 2 October 2003. As the introduction to this report states, family group conferencing (FGC) is a way of engaging and encouraging families to use their existing...
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Outagamie County Seniors Determine How Young Offenders Will be Held Accountable
by Editor
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) The Wisconsin Defender. A Journal of Research and Education Published by the Office of the Wisconsin State Public Defender. 10(3):18-19. Downloaded 2 October 2003. For a little over a year now, Outagamie County has engaged in an innovative way of dealing with young offenders who...
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Milwaukee County’s Community Conferencing Program: The Role of the Defense Lawyer
by Dick, Terese
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) The Wisconsin Defender. A Journal of Research and Education Published by the Office of the Wisconsin State Public Defender. 10(3):15-17. Downloaded 2 October 2003. In this article, Terese Dick, a public defender in Wisconsin, discusses the role of the defense lawyer in a...
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Restorative Justice: An Interview with David Lerman
by Editor
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) The Wisconsin Defender. A Journal of Research and Education Published by the Office of the Wisconsin State Public Defender. 10(3):13-15. Downloaded 2 October 2003. David Lerman is an Assistant District Attorney in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. He is one of two restorative justice...
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Restoring Justice as A Community Project
by Brunner, Edward
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) The Wisconsin Defender. A Journal of Research and Education Published by the Office of the Wisconsin State Public Defender. 10(3):6-9,22-25. Downloaded 2 October 2003. Edward Brunner, a circuit court judge, describes in this essay how community members in Barron County,...
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