A Whole School Approach to Restorative Justice
by Hopkins, Belinda
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Voma Connections. Winter(13): 5-6. Downloaded 15 April 2003. In the last few years several initiatives in the United Kingdom have involved aspects of a restorative approach to school-based conflict and misbehavior. Most of the initiatives have utilized outside facilitators, such...
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Anti-bullying Program Aims to Shift Culture in Schools: Is this Restorative Justice in Action?
by Riese, Jane
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Voma Connections. Winter(13): 3. Downloaded 15 April 2003. Schools are tightly knit communities with particular qualities and patterns – that is, with their own culture. Recent incidents of intense violence in American schools have greatly altered the sense of safety in...
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Safe Schools: Strategies for Changing a Culture
by Bargen, Catherine
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Voma Connections. Winter(13): 1,4. Downloaded 15 April 2003. Given trends of increasing violence and harassment in schools, many teachers, administrators, and communities are looking for new, more effective ways of dealing with school conflict. Various policies and programs are...
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Restorative Practices in Schools: An Antidote to Zero Tolerance
by Wachtel, Ted
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Voma Connections. Winter(13): 1,4. Downloaded 15 April 2003. In response to incidents of misbehavior and violence in schools in recent years, many school systems have adopted zero tolerance policies. In this article, using real-life examples and results from various studies, Ted...
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Doing Restorative Justice in the Setting of a Dispute Resolution Centre
by Johnson, Lyn
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Pathways Towards Dispute Management. 18 -20 September. National Convention Centre. Canberra Australia. Oversight for restorative justice processes and adult criminal mediation in Queensland is exercised by the government’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Branch of the...
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The ACT’s Support for Mediation: Legislation, Competency, Standards and Approaches to Conferencing and Restorative Justice
by Stanhope, Jon
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Pathways Towards Dispute Management. 18 -20 September. National Convention Centre. Canberra Australia. Jon Stanhope is Attorney General for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). In this conference presentation he addresses the commitment the ACT has to mediation. He points to...
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Coping With Conflict
by Faulkner, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) A talk given to the Oxford Diocesan Confention on 12 July. University of Oxford Centre for Criminological Research and Probation Unit. Downloaded 15 April 2003. In this talk before the Oxford Diocesan Convention, David Faulkner discusses conflict in which a person gets into...
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A Peacemaking Model
by Claassen, Ron
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Fresno: Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies. Downloaded 15 July 2004. Ron Claassen begins this paper with the premise that peace is more than the absence of war or conflict. Peace, as he uses it, is based on the Hebrew word shalom, indicating right relationships and...
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Circles of Support and Accountability: Evaluation Report (2001)
by Correctional Service of Canada, Tay Swee
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Correctional Services of Canada. Circles of Support and Accountability (CSA) began in 1994 as a result of new legislation in Canada concerning detention. Prior to CSA, offenders who were released after serving their full sentence had not supports or monitoring mechanisms in...
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The Four Justice Models: Organised Creativity in Judicial Administration
by Tin Keng Seng, Eric
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Winner Paper of the 1999 Justice Achievement Award Honourable Mention. eJustice. Subordinate Courts of Singapore. The Justice Achievement Award was established to recognize outstanding achievements and projects that enhance the administration of justice. In this paper, Eric Tin...
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The Juvenile Justice System in Singapore: A Singapore Paper
by Keng, Tay Swee
June 4, 2015
Source: eJustice. Subordinate Courts of Singapore. Over time, the juvenile justice system of Singapore has evolved into a sophisticated and developed system. The Juvenile Court occupies a pivotal position in the juvenile justice process. Indeed, because of this, the Juvenile Court has...
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A Model for Developing a Reentry program
by Basile, Vincent D
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Federal Probation. 66(3): 55. Much has been written in recent years about the growing problem of prisoners re-entering society. Hundreds of thousands of inmates will be released from prisons and jails in the next several years. What will life be like for them? What will be the...
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A Question of Justice.
by Hewitt, Tom
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Peace Review. 14(4): 447-453. Tom Hewitt begins this essay by reflecting on his experiences as a peace monitor in 1994 in South Africa at the country’s first free and fair elections. The day of the elections was the day the “new” South Africa was born. At the...
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Developing Citizenship Amongst Urban Youth in Conflict with the Law in Africa
by Shaw, Margaret
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Revised Draft Background paper. International Conference, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. June 17-19. According to the authors of this essay, young people around the world are more likely to be victimized and to become involved in delinquent behavior and to break the law than all...
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The Essex Family Group Conference Service.
by Essex Social Services
June 4, 2015
Source: Essex County Council Social Services. As stated at the beginning of this document, family group conferencing (FGC) is a new way of working with families. The development of FGCs has been in part a response to the need to provide more effective services to children, young people, and...
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