Justice that restores II
by Schuringa, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Crossroad News (November): 1-2. Downloaded 11 June 2004. This is the second part of a review of Charles Colson’s book Justice That Restores (2001). The review is by David Schuringa, president of Crossroad Bible Institute, a ministry that serves prisoners through distance...
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Peace building and transformation from below: Indigenous approaches to conflict resolution and reconciliation among the pastoral societies in the borderlands of eastern Africa
by Osamba, Joshia
June 4, 2015
Source: Paper presented at the University of Massachusetts Boston Conflict Studies Conference, held in Boston, Massachusetts. The borderlands of eastern Africa have experienced considerable violence, anarchy, and insecurity in recent decades. The governments of eastern African states are...
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Biblical model of peace building
by Mitchell, Billy
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Billy Mitchell, Reflections on Faith, Politics & Social Action. Belfast, Northern Ireland: Nazarene Compassionate Ministries. Pp 6-8. Downloaded 11 June 2004. Billy Mitchell declares that peace building is an imperative for those who profess to serve Jesus, the Prince of...
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Public spirit with a kick: A growing band of civic entrepreneurs is challenging the culture and lethargic performance of our basic social services
by Leadbeater, Charles
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) New Statesmen 127 (May 1): 36. Using an example from restorative policing in the Thames Valley Police, Charles Leadbeater characterizes restorative justice advocates and practitioners as “civic entrepreneurs.â€? In his perspective, they are people who are...
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The Circles of Support and Accountability: One of the most exciting things happening in our business today
by Chartier, G
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Let’s Talk 26 (2) According to G. Chartier, there are about 40 Circles of Support and Accountability in a pilot project being conducted by the Mennonite Central Committee of Ontario in collaboration with the Correctional Service of Canada. The circles, staffed by...
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The role of mediation in the California juvenile justice system: The road to rehabilitation.
by Brown, Erica
June 4, 2015
Source: Paper presented at the University of Massachusetts Boston Conflict Studies Conference, held in Boston, Massachusetts. According to Erica Brown, the purpose of the juvenile justice system in California is to rehabilitate juvenile offenders to combat current crime issues and prevent...
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Resolution on restorative justice
by Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America, Jeffery
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Charlotte, NC: Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America. This document by the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America consists of a resolution supporting a restorative justice foundation and framework for criminal justice. The document begins with a situational analysis...
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Problem Solving Courts and Therapeutic Jurisprudence: Theorizing Community Justice Through Community Courts
by Fagan, Jeffery
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Fordham Urban Law Journal. 30: 897. Jeffrey Fagan and Victoria Malkin write that community justice practitioners hold that the justice system has long ignored its biggest clients: citizens and neighborhoods suffering from the consequences of high crime levels. One response to...
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The Youth Criminal Justice Act: Diversion, Conferencing, and Extrajudicial Measures for Adolescent Offenders
by Bala, Nicholas
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Alberta Law Review. 40: 991. The Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) was enacted in 2002 in Canada. It resulted from increasing public and political concern about youth crime – this despite the fact that levels of youth crime actually seemed to be leveling or even...
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Crafting Youth Sentences: The Roles of Rehabilitation, Proportionality, Restraint, Restorative Justice, and Race Under the Youth Criminal Justice Act
by Anand, Sanjeev
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Alberta Law Review. 40: 943. According to Sanjeev Anand, many in Canada have been concerned about the youth justice system for a number of reasons. For example, statistics indicate that youths have been given custodial sentences at a rate four times higher than adults. Another...
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Does Community Justice Work?
by Karp, David R
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Crime and Justice International. 19(73): 21-24. Community justice principles of crime prevention, in conjunction with reparations, offer great hopes of securing peace and justice, and rendering community satisfaction. This article attempts to answer whether community justice...
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Youth Offending and Restorative Justice: Implementing Reform in Youth Justice
by Crawford, Adam
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Devon, UK: Willan Publishing. One of the chief spheres for restorative justice thought and initiatives has been juvenile justice. In their book, Adam Crawford and Tim Newburn continue this emphasis by focusing on the implementation of juvenile justice reform guided by...
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Breaking Spears and Mending Hearts. Peacemakers and Restorative Justice in Bougainville
by Howley, Patrick
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) London and New York: Zed Books Ltd. Bougainville consists of two main islands and numerous small islands and atolls. Up to the late 1800s, the peoples of the islands did not constitute one nation; rather there were nineteen different language groups with numerous independent...
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Models, Challenges and the Promise of Restorative Conferencing Strategies
by Schiff, Mara F.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) In, Andrew von Hirsch, et. al., eds., Restorative Justice and Criminal Justice: Competing or Reconcilable Paradigms? Oxford and Portland, Orgeon: Hart Publishing. Pp. 315-338. Mara Schiff begins her chapter with this summary of restorative justice: it is a philosophy for...
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Evaluating Restorative Justice Practices
by Kurki, Leena
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) In, Andrew von Hirsch, et. al., eds., Restorative Justice and Criminal Justice: Competing or Reconcilable Paradigms? Oxford and Portland, Orgeon: Hart Publishing. Pp. 293-314. Leena Kurki remarks at the outset of this chapter that research shows that restorative justice...
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