Restorative justice conferencing for reducing recidivism in young offenders (aged 7 to 21).
by Livingstone, Nuala
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD008898. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008898.pub2. The number of young people who commit offences remains an area of concern in many countries, particular considering the high rate of those who then go on to reoffend....
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The Struggle for ‘‘Ownership of Conflict’’: An Exploration of Victim Participation and Voice in the Criminal Justice System
by Englebrecht, Christine M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Criminal Justice Review 36(2) 129-151 “In the past several decades, the victims’ rights movement has advocated for a more inclusive criminal justice system, one that would allow victims greater voice. In response, states have created opportunities for victims to...
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Juvenile Justice Reform and Policy Convergence in the New Vietnam
by Cox, Pamela
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Youth Justice 10(3) 227–244 “This article analyses juvenile justice reform inVietnam and suggests how this connects with key transformations in wider Vietnamese cultures of control. It offers a grounded investigation of themes raised in recent discussions of policy...
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Graham v. Florida: How the Supreme Court’s Rationale Encourages Reform of the Juvenile Justice System Through Alternative Dispute Resolution Strategies
by Hojnacki, Heather
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) PEPPERDINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION LAW JOURNAL.12:135-158 “Across the nation, juvenile courts and corrections systems are littered with poorly conceived strategies that increase crime, endanger young people and damage their future prospects, waste billions of taxpayer dollars,...
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The effect of retributive and restorative sentencing on the psychological effects of crime proceedings.
by Laxminarayan, Malini
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 28(5):938-955. Retribution and restoration have been cited as two goals of sentencing for victims. Furthermore, there is a perspective that acknowledges the overlap of these two aims, seeking to obtain restoration through retribution. Achieving...
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Justice for the Accused or Justice for Victims?: The Protection of Victims’ Rights in Japan
by Matsui, Shigenori
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Asian-PacificLaw &PolicyJournal.13:54-95 “Victims of crime and their families (generally “victims”) have been grossly neglected in the past. However, the increasing concern for the plight of victims has driven many countries, including the United States,...
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Jail and Prison Overcrowding and Rehabilitative Justice Programs
by Palermo, George B.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 55(6) 843–845 “Perhaps motivated by the lack of success of drastic punishment for most offenders in the judicial system, over the past few years, an increase in the use of more balanced treatment...
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‘It Is Not as Easy as ABC’: Examining Practitioners’ Views on Using Behavioural Contracts to Encourage Young People to Accept Responsibilityfor their Anti-Social Behaviour
by Brown, Kevin J
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Journal of Criminal Law.. 76:53-70 This article examines the use of acceptable behavioural contracts as a tool for engendering the voluntary acceptance of responsibility in children and young people perceived to be engaging in anti-social behav- iour and low-level criminality....
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Instructive Past: Lessons from the Royal , Commission on Aboriginal Peoples for the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Indian Residential Schools
by Hughes, Jula
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Canadian Journal of Law and Society. 27(1):101-127. This article looks back at the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) for some instruction on the early stages of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Indian Residential Schools (TRC). RCAP was established in 1991....
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History teaching, conflict and the legacy of the past
by McCully, Alan
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Education, Citizenship and Social Justice 7(2) 145–159 The article examines the utility of enquiry based, multi-perspective history teaching in divided societies and those emerging from conflict. Using findings from Northern Ireland as an example, it concludes that, while...
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Commitments to reconciliation: A review of reconciliation and architectures of commitment: Sequencing peace in Bougainville.
by Rundell, Frida
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Restorative Practices E-Forum. 24 February. The Peacebuilding Compared process allowed researchers to describe the cost of Bougainville’s decades of civil war. Loss of life had previously been underreported due to political interests and journalist restrictions. A...
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Clergy child sexual abuse and the restorative justice dialogue.
by Gavrielides, Theo
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Journal of Church and State. 55(4):617–639. This essay focuses on clergy child sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church. This is not to suggest that abuse by members of other religions and denominations has not also been a reality.2 The sex abuse crisis within the...
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The new tough on crime: A restorative justice perspective.
by Pawlychka, Colleen L.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) The Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Justice Research. 1:149-162. Film is one of the primary methods employed by the contemporary restorative justice movement in an attempt to broaden its appeal and acceptance. This paper, which provides an excerpt of a larger thesis study,...
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Questioning justice: Kenyan ethnopolitical violence and truth, justice, and reconciliation commission.
by Karari, Peter
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Justice Research. 2:211-232. Restorative justices facilitate mutual healing of the victims and survivors of atrocities; access to social, financial, material, and emotional needs; rehabilitation and restoration of impaired social relationships...
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An evaluation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) through the lens of restorative justice.
by Petoukhov, Konstantin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Justice Research. 2:143-173. As one of the strategies to assimilate Aboriginal people into Euro-Canadian society, the Indian residential school system was established in the 19th century. Its main goal was to teach Aboriginal children English...
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