Introduction to this issue: International Perspectives on Restorative and Community Justice
by Tomkins, A. J
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Behavioral Sciences and the Law. 20(4): 307-308. According to Alan Tomkins and Mark Small, many legal systems around the world are seeking to accommodate to new perspectives on human behavior and notions of fairness. One example of legal system change has been the attempt to...
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Victims of Juvenile Offenders: An Important Component of the Juvenile Justice Equation
by Seymour, Anne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Corrections Today. 6 (1):32-35. At the beginnings of the field of victim assistance in the early 1970s, little attention was paid to the creation and implementation of victims’ rights and the provision of quality victim services in the nation’s juvenile justice...
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The Drama of Restorative Justice
by Liebmann, Marian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Prison Service Journal. 144: 39-41. Abstract...
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OASIS: A Restorative Justice Programme
by Jones, James
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Prison Service Journal. 145: 30-31. Abstract...
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Visit to Uganda 31 July- 28 August 2002. Victim Offender Mediation Skills Training Full Report
by Liebmann, Marian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Victim Offender Mediation Association. 12 February 2003. As indicated in the title, this paper is Marian Liebmann’s report on her visit to Uganda in 2002 to conduct skills training in victim offender mediation. This visit followed a trip to Uganda by Liebmann in 1999, at...
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Family Group Decision Making Annual Evaluation Report
by LeCroy and Milligan Associates, Inc.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Tuscon, AZ: LeCroy & Milligan Associates, Inc. Family group decision making is a model and strategy for dealing with youth in trouble and their families. First developed in New Zealand in 1989 as part of child welfare reform, it concentrates on family strengths and capacity...
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Family Group Decision Making. Year 2 Annual Evaluation Report.
by LeCroy and Milligan Associates, Inc.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Tuscon, AZ: LeCroy & Milligan Associates, Inc. This is the second evaluation report on the Family Group Decision Making Program in Arizona. Family group decision making is a model and strategy for dealing with youth in trouble and their families. First developed in New...
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The Miami Court Family Decision-Making Conference Program
by National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges., Paul
June 4, 2015
Source: Reno, NV: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges–Permanency Planning for Children Department. Family conferences are family-focused interventions designed to build and strengthen the natural care giving system for the child. In this model, family members and support...
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A Decision Making Model”Plus”– The Study of the Danish Experiment with Family Group Conferencing
by Rasmussen, Bo Morhorst
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) National Center on Family Group Decision Making. Downloaded 11 February 2003. In this article, Bo Morthorst Rasmussen reviews the main conclusions from a study of the Danish experiment with family group conferencing (FGC) during 2000 and 2001. The Danish experiment was based on...
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Family Group Conferences in Haringey
by Crow, Gill
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Families and Welfare Findings Series. Number 4. This paper reports evaluation findings on the Haringey (United Kingdom) Family Group Conference project. While the family group conference model has been used successfully with a wide range of cases, the focus in Haringey was on...
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Acceptable Behaviour Contracts
by Dunn, Paul
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Mending Fences, Resource book and report of an event held on 27 November, by The Thames Valley Partnership. Pp. 17-26. The Islington Crime Reduction Partnership piloted Acceptable Behaviour Contracts (ABCs) and Parental Control Agreements (PCAs) in the borough of Islington....
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Managing Anti-Social Behavior-The Wycombe Way
by Smith, Anne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Mending Fences, Resource book and report of an event held on 27 November, by The Thames Valley Partnership. Pp. 15-16. In her presentation, Anne Smith, a Community Safety Manager, provides an overview of the work of the Anti-Social Behaviour office in Wycombe. After sketching...
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The Southhampton Assessment Service
by Smith, Steve
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Mending Fences, Resource book and report of an event held on 27 November, by The Thames Valley Partnership. Pp. 7-14. The Southampton City Council Assessment Service is an intervention tool to help people manage and resolve conflict through mediation outside of formal...
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What is restorative justice?
by Auger, Dick
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Mending Fences, Resource book and report of an event held on 27 November, by The Thames Valley Partnership. Pp. 6 Dick Auger, of the Thames Valley Police’s restorative justice initiative, characterizes restorative justice as an approach to conflict resolution that...
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What is mediation?
by Campbell, Alison
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Mending Fences, Resource book and report of an event held on 27 November, by The Thames Valley Partnership. Pp. 5. Alison Campbell is connected with the Wycombe Mediation Service. In her conference presentation she provides a clear and concise overview of mediation. She deals...
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