Rehabilitative Work
by Anonymous
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. January/February 2003. Issue 14. Downloaded 10 June 2004. The Department of Corrections spent almost $40 million last year to establish rehabilitative programs. These programs focus on offenders who...
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Thinking on Your Feet Important Skill
by Anonymous
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. January/February 2003. Issue 14. Downloaded 10 June 2004. Felicity Bond, a court-referred restorative justice facilitator, believes that preparation is the “most critical component of a...
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The New Role Of Restorative Justice
by Anonymous
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. January/February 2003. Issue 14. Downloaded 10 June 2004. Seminars are being held throughout New Zealand cities detailing the role of restorative justice in the new Sentencing, Parole and...
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Some Burglary Victims ‘Paralysed by Fear’
by Anonymous, Carrie J. Niebur
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. January/February 2003. Issue 14. Downloaded 10 June 2004. Due to cultural differences, many Asian victims of burglary are sceptical of restorative justice and fear offender backlash. Many of these...
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Justice In Communities
by Anonymous, Carrie J. Niebur
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. January/February 2003. Issue 14. Downloaded 10 June 2004. In an effort to increase community involvement in justice services, New Zealander Annette Pearson has helped to establish multiple justice...
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An International “Truth Commission”: Utilizing Restorative Justice as an Alternative to Retribution
by Eisnaugle, Carrie J. Niebur
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. 36(1):209-242 . A restorative justice paradigm emphasizes healing relationships between offenders, their victims, and the community in which the offense took place. It rejects retribution as a response to crime, focusing instead on the...
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Mandatory Compensation Orders for Crime Victims and the Rhetoric of Restorative Justice
by Warner, Kate
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology. 36(1):60-76. Increased recognition of the need for victims of crime to be integrated into the criminal justice system and to receive adequate reparation has led, in a number of jurisdictions, to legislative measures to encourage...
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Encountering Restorativeness: Reflections from Colombia
by Parker, Lynette
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) On-line document. Washington, DC: Prison Fellowship International. Restorative justice concepts are ingrained in us as profoundly just ways to deal with conflict. Lynette Parker writes of learning this truth again during conversations with several people in...
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Young Offenders and Diversionary Options
by Johns, Rowena
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Online Document. Sydney: Parliament of New South Wales. This briefing paper is a progress report on diversion options from court for juveniles who commit criminal offenses in New South Wales (Australia), with attention to the system of cautions, warnings, and youth justice...
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Circles of Support: A Restorative Justice Initiative
by Wilson, Robin J
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In, Michael H. Miner and Eli Coleman, eds., Sex Offender Treatment: Accomplishments, Challenges, and Future Directions. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, Inc. Pp. 59-77. Conditional release in Canada has had a long history; however, recent shifts in policy reflect the...
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Retribution Revisited: A Reconsideration of Feminist Criminal Law Reform Strategies
by Martin, Dianne L
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Osgoode Hall Law Journal. 36(1): 151-188. Were the last 30 years of feminist law reform activity around criminal justice misdirected? Of if not misdirected, have the efforts been appropriated and manipulated by the New Right? This commentary reflects on this history, and on the...
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Victim Offender Settlements, General Deterence, and social Welfare
by Andersen, Jeremy
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Discussion Paper No.402. Harvard Law School. John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business. Downloaded 15 April 2003. In recent years, two new systems – victim offender programs and compromise statutes – are being increasingly tried by states grappling with...
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The Custody of Indigenous Youth and Young Men: A Rite of Passage and Diversionary Programs (Strategies) for Youth and Other Offenders.
by Van Zyl, Allan
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Report. The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust of Australia. Downloaded 15 April 2003. This report results from a two-month observational study, conducted by Allan Van Zyl, of various efforts in Western Canada and Alaska to effect attitudinal change in indigenous young men and...
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Delinquents or Criminals: Policy Options for Young Offenders
by Butts, Jeffrey A
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Urban Institute. Downloaded 15 April 2003. As Jeffrey Butts and Adele Harrell note, juvenile courts in the United States have changed considerably in the past 30 years. Their purposes and procedures have become very similar to adult criminal courts. Youth who violate the law are...
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Aides, Administrators and all the Teachers You Can Get
by Riestenberg, Nancy
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Voma Connections. Winter(13): 7. Downloaded 15 April 2003. In 1997 the Minnesota Department of Children, Families & Learning (CFL) published Restorative Measures: Respecting Everyone’s Ability to Resolve Problems to describe the practice of restorative justice to...
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