Restorative Justice: The Impact of Righting the Wrongs.
by Mates, Joanne
June 4, 2015
Source: Mediate.com. Downloaded 20 February 2003. Joanna Mates is a practicing Family Conferencing Facilitator who has learned first hand the benefits of restorative justice for those involved. In the conferences, victims are empowered and offenders are given the opportunity to make amends....
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A Case Study of Developing a Systemic Approach Toward Restorative Justice in Washington County, Minnesota.
by Coates, Robert B
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) VOMA Connections. Research and Practice. Autumn. Robert Coats, Mark Umbreit, and Betty Vos begin this article with the observation that restorative justice programs frequently provide significant resources for serving victims and offenders, and for involving community members in...
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Funding Restorative Justice
by Lawrence, Phyllis Turner
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) VOMA Connections 12 (Autumn). Downloaded 22 June 2004. A recent re-authorization bill (HR 2215) sent to Congress provides funding to states that support programs that emphasize “the moral accountability of an offender toward the victim and the affected...
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Restorative Justice Comes from Many Quarters
by Immarigeon, Russ
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) VOMA Connections 12 (Autumn). Downloaded 22 June 2004. There are many resources that discuss restorative justice in different quarters and domains. In the articles Punishing Juveniles: Principles and Critique, multiple authors give their perspectives on restorative...
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Restorative Justice: Expanding our Approach
by Bargen, Catherine
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) VOMA Connections 12 (Autumn). Downloaded 22 June 2004. Frustration with the current punitive system has sparked interest in using restorative values in the criminal justice arena, as well as many other areas of life. These arenas include the home (child discipline), church...
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Critical Issues in Restorative Justice: An Inadequate and Overlapping Outline
by Zehr, Howard
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) VOMA Connections 12 (Autumn). Downloaded 22 June 2004. In this outline, Howard Zehr presents multiple questions about critical issues within the restorative justice process. He questions principles and concepts on restorative justice, including the need for an agreed upon...
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Wiping Away the Tears: A Faith Community Responds to Clergy Sexual Abuse in Roman Catholic Church
by Albany Catholic Worker Community, Anne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) VOMA Connections 12 (Autumn). Downloaded 22 June 2004. Within the Roman Catholic Church, diocesan leaders have protected priests accused of sexual abuse and have even blamed the victims. Restorative justice measures should be taken to assist in the healing process, including...
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Family Group Conferences in Youth Justice. Case Studies in Two Projects
by Crow, Gill
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Families and Welfare Findings Series. Downloaded 22 June 2004. As Crow and Marsh remark, the family group conference (FGC) model is a way of empowering the extended family network to plan to meet the needs of members who are identified as having difficulties. In youth justice,...
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Family Partners
by Marsh, Peter
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Families and Welfare Findings Series. Number 3. University of Sheffield. Downloaded 22 June 2004. In this paper, Peter Marsh and Gill Crow report on a study that provided a detailed examination of eighty family group conferences (FGC) in England and Wales. These FGCs were...
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Restorative Principles in the Prison Setting. A Vision for the Future
by Mace, Anne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) International Centre for Prison Studies. Kings College London. Downloaded 22 June 2004. As Anne Mace observes, the prison population in England and Wales at the beginning of the new millennium is at record levels. More people are being sent to prison and for longer sentences....
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On Preventing Holocausts.
by Hoffman, Gene Knudsen
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Talk given at the Karpeles Museum, Santa Barbara. The Institute of Cooperative Communication Skills. Downloaded 22 June 2004. Gene Knudsen Hoffman is a Quaker peace activist, teacher, pastoral counselor, and writer. She has made many journeys to the Middle East to hear the...
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Life After Death
by Menkin, Elizabeth
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution. 1.2. May. Downloaded 2 March 2003. In this personal account, Elizabeth Menkin tells the story of her response to the death of her sister in a car accident caused by a drunk driver. Experiencing grief over her sister’s...
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Making Things Right: Restorative Justice Comes to Campuses.
by Warters, Bill
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Conflict Management in Higher Education Report. 1(1). Downloaded 2 March 2003. As Warters, Sebok, and Goldblum note, conflict on university and college campuses comes in many forms, from the interpersonal all the way to the criminal. Often such conflict requires a response from...
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The Need for a Survivor-Centered Approach to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
by Hamber, Brandon
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) In Community Mediation Update. January. No. 6.Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. Downloaded 7 March 2003. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of South Africa is working to restore past abuses of apartheid by giving survivors the opportunity to express...
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Reflecting on Truth: Has the Media Coverage of the TRC Changed the Way the Public Sees Itself, Its History, and Its Responsibility?
by Hamber, Brandon
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Paper preserted at the TRC and Human Rights Journalism in South Africa Workshop. Rosebank Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa. 3 October 1997. Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. Downloaded 10 June 2004. Research has shown that, though media portrayals of human...
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