Victim/Offender Mediation and Reparation in Comparative European Legal Cultures: England and France
by Crawford, Adam
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Department of Law. University of Leeds. Downloaded 6 July 2004. This paper reports on research activities and results based on a study of victim-offender mediation and reparation, a study conducted by Adam Crawford from 1996 to 1998. According to Crawford, Europe has experienced...
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Restorative Practices and Policing
by Mirsky, Laura
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Restorative Practices E-Forum. April 15. In this article, journalist Laura Mirsky interviews Paul Schnell about restorative practices and policing. Paul Schnell has been a police officer for ten years, most recently in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He is a pioneer in the use of...
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Medley of Mediation Stories
by Dowell, Amy
June 4, 2015
Source: Victim Offender Mediation Association. Downloaded 7 May 2003. This is a collection of stories from facilitators. These include: Victim Offender Mediation/Conferencing Stories; Community Mediation Stories and Articles; and Truancy Prevention Mediation...
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Forgiveness and Political Reconciliation
by Digeser, Peter
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Paper for the Political Studies Association-UK 50th Annual Conference. 10-13 April. London. Downloaded 6 July 2004. This paper explores the relationship between political forgiveness and reconciliation. Using a distinction between a process and a state of reconciliation, I argue...
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Community Service Work as a Part of Offender Rehabilitation.
by Etter, Gregg W
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Corrections Today. December. Pp. 114-115,125. The Kansas Department of Corrections Division of Parole Services has developed a community service program for some of its noncompliant offenders. Since 1995, Kansas parole officers have used community service as part of its...
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Education, Truth, Reconciliation: Comment on Scheff
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Revista Juridica Universidad de Puerto Rico. 67: 609. In this article, John Braithwaite comments on Tom Scheff’s contribution to the dialogue between restorative justice and therapeutic jurisprudence. (Cf. Scheff, Thomas J. 1998. Community conferences: Shame and anger in...
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The Spirit and the Law
by Porter Jr., Thomas W.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Fordham Urban Law Journal. 26: 1155. Thomas Porter asserts that the practice of law is experiencing a spiritual crisis. It is seen in the personal lives of lawyers, in the lives of law firms, in the legal systems in which lawyers work, and in the paradigms that inform those...
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Restorative Justice in Prisons
by Newell, Tim
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Restorative Justice Consortium. Downloaded 1 July 2004. In this document Tim Newell presents a summary report on the Restorative Justice in Prisons Project. This project was carried out from October 2001 to March 2002. It was based in the Thames Valley Partnership and sponsored...
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Traditional Justice on Trial. Rule of Law
by Peters, Melanie
June 4, 2015
Source: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies. University of Natal. Downloaded 6 July 2004. Mepanie Peters observes that, since the inception of the new constitution, traditional leaders in South Africa have been advocating for strengthening of their role in the justice system. Traditional courts,...
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Restorative Justice in Prisons: An Option for South Africa?
by Giffard, Chris
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Track Two. 11(2). Downloaded 4 March 2003. In general, claims Chris Giffard, restorative justice is used as an alternative to imprisonment. Does this mean that prisons and restorative justice are mutually exclusive? While most restorative justice thought and effort have gone...
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Meeting of Minds
by Lock, Jeff
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Restorative Justice Consortium. Downloaded 15 June 2004. Jeff Lock – not his real name; the names in the article have been changed to protect those involved – is serving a life sentence in a prison in England. In this essay he discusses his experiences in meeting...
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New RJ Co-ordinator for Hamilton
by Anonymous
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. December. Issue 13. Downloaded 11 June 2004. The position of restorative justice co-ordinator for the Hamilton District Court has been filled by Marianne Lammers who holds a Masters in counselling...
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Seeking Solutions: Options for the Court System
by Anonymous
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. December. Issue 13. Downloaded 11 June 2004. Seeking Solutions, a court review printed by the Law Commission, includes a section entitled “Voicesâ€?, which contains submissions on...
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Towards a Policy Framework for Restorative Justice
by Anonymous
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. December. Issue 13. Downloaded 11 June 2004. Caroline Holden, manager of crime and justice policy for the Ministry, suggests that a framework be established to ensure that justice programs, including...
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Making Connections
by Anonymous, Laura
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. December. Issue 13. Downloaded 11 June 2004. Ronda Tokona, a restorative justice conference facilitator and lawyer, appreciates restorative justice on another level, having been a victim herself. The...
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