Enterprising Justice.
by Widdecombe, Ann
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Relational Justice Bulletin. January (9): 1-3. Downloaded 15 May 2003. Writing from a Conservative political perspective, and as a member of government in England, Ann Widdecombe asserts that many Conservatives are currently leading a “common senseâ€?...
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Relational Policing
by Hodgkiss, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Relational Justice Bulletin. April (10): 6-7. Downloaded 15 May 2003. The goal of relational policing, writes Michael Hodgkiss (a police sergeant in England), is to protect and help members of the public, as well as to bring offenders to justice. (Hodgkiss notes that this goal...
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Rethinking Community Punishment
by Rex, Sue
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Relational Justice Bulletin. April (10): 4-5. Downloaded 15 May 2003. Sue Rex begins this article tracing developments in the last quarter century from the rehabilitative ideal to changing rationales for non-custodial penalties. Those changing rationales have resulted in...
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A Most Unquiet Revolution?
by Faulkner, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Relational Justice Bulletin. April (10): 1-3. Downloaded 15 May 2003. In this article, David Faulkner addresses what some see as the beginning of a significant transformation in England in the relationship between the state and voluntary action. The dichotomy between...
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Rhetoric and Reality: Closing the Gap
by Wilcox, Aidan
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Relational Justice Bulletin. August (11): 6-8. Downloaded 15 May 2003. In their essay Aidan Wilcox and Catherine Appleton look at what works in national restorative justice strategies. They begin by noting that in 1999 the Youth Justice Board in England launched an ambitious...
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An UnChristian Solution?
by Coyle, Andrew
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Relational Justice Bulletin. August (11): 1-3. Downloaded 15 May 2003. As Andrew Coyle explains, Christianity has been instrumental in the development of the modern prison. However, he states, this is not to say that prisons are necessarily part of a Christian worldview. He...
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Healing the Fractured Self
by Wallace, Jonathan
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Relational Justice Bulletin. October (4): 7. Downloaded 15 May 2003. Jonathan Wallace is deeply involved in efforts to treat drug addicts. For example, in 1990 he founded the Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust (RAPt), and in 1992 he opened the first stand-alone,...
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A Space for Relationships
by Yousefi, Catryn
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Relational Justice Bulletin. October (4): 6. Downloaded 15 May 2003. In England, the Howard League for Penal Reform has developed an innovative education project – the Citizenship and Crime Project. The primary aim is to encourage young people to adopt a sense of...
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The Heirs of Alcumus
by Clarke, Alan
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Relational Justice Bulletin. October (4): 5. Downloaded 15 May 2003. According to Alan Clarke, research evidence indicates that a breakdown in supportive relationships is one of the chief reasons some young people drift into crime. In response a variety of innovative...
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Voices of Justice
by Ford, Caz
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Relational Justice Bulletin. October (4): 4. Downloaded 15 May 2003. Caz Ford is a volunteer mediator with Bristol Mediation in England. In this essay she describes a new mediation project in Bristol involving young offenders. The project is called Voices, a designation that...
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Violence Within Relationships
by Phillips, Mary
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Relational Justice Bulletin. October (4): 3. Downloaded 15 May 2003. Mary Phillips begins this article by summarizing the nature of domestic violence and citing key, relevant statistics. She maintains that domestic violence is a vital subject for relational justice because such...
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Relationships, Justice, and Legitimacy
by Woodhead, Peter
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Relational Justice Bulletin. October (4): 1-2. Downloaded 15 May 2003. In this article Sir Peter Woodhead explains why relational justice is central to his work as Prisons Ombudsman. In general, the job of ombudsmen is to ensure that institutions and organizations wield power in...
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Another Breach in the Wall
by Holmes, Joan
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Relational Justice Bulletin. January (5): 6. Downloaded 15 May 2003. Joan Holmes has served Nottingham Prison (England) for many years as a teacher and a member of the chaplaincy team. Here she reflects on the Community Prison Chaplaincy Scheme in Canada and the prospect of its...
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Home Sweet Home?
by Mumford, Katharine
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Relational Justice Bulletin. January (5): 5. Downloaded 15 May 2003. Based on her work at the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics, Katharine Mumford explores the role of urban management in building community and responding to crime. Some...
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The Right to Know
by Bradshaw, Simon
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Relational Justice Bulletin. January (5): 4. Downloaded 15 May 2003. Simon Bradshaw is a newspaper editor in England. In this essay he takes issue with recent guidelines from the Association of Chief Police Officers concerning the release of information to the media about...
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