AGM theme: “A conversation on God’s justice: Healing or retribution?”
by Oliver, Carole
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Update: The Church Council on Justice and Corrections (Winter): 3-4. In 2001, the Church Council on Justice and Corrections (based in Ottawa, Ontario) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) to discuss God’s justice and religious reasons for punishment. In this...
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Making things right: A vision for criminal justice
by Norden, Peter S. J
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Richmond, Victoria, Australia: Jesuit Social Services. Downloaded 9 June 2004. Peter Norden, a Jesuit, has been visiting Australian prisons for over twenty years. He maintains that the Australian past influences attitudes toward crime and response to crime. Specifically, he...
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Diversion of young offenders – The Brosnan approach
by Murray, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Richmond, Victoria, Australia: Jesuit Social Services. Downloaded 9 June 2004. David Murray begins by expressing concern at the increase in the prison population in Australia in recent years. Young people in particular -between 18 and 24 years of age- have the highest rate of...
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“E” Division Violence in Relationships Training program.
by MacMillan, Craig S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Gazette: A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Publication 62 (5/6): 43-45. An emphasis on the needs and rights of victims is one of the hallmarks of restorative justice theory and practice; hence, advocates of restorative justice tout its value and efficacy for victims as against...
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European VOM forum draws participants from 27 countries
by Aertsen, Ivo
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) VOMA Connections 5 (Spring): 6, 11. Katrien Lauwaert and Ivo Aertsen report on the first conference of the European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice. The conference, held in October 1999 in Leuven, Belgium, was titled “Victim-Offender...
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Finding God in the wake of crime: Answers to hard questions.
by Lampman, Lisa
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) In God and the victim: Theological reflections on evil, victimization, justice, and forgiveness, ed. Lisa Barnes Lampman and Michelle D. Shattuck, 1-16. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company; and Neighbors Who Care: Washington, D.C. Using stories from the...
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The power to initiate forgiveness
by Knock, Andrew
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Online document. Alloa, Scotland: ForgivenessNet. Andrew Knock begins this article on the power to initiate forgiveness with the acknowledgment that forgiveness is not easy. One reason it is not easy is because it can be difficult to answer who should take the initiative. Should...
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Youth awards highlight best of Canadian police work: Long-term, preventive approach reaps benefits for those with innovative ideas
by Kerr, Joanna.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Gazette: A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Publication 62 (4): 38. To recognize and foster innovative approaches to reducing youth crime, the Canadian Department of Justice and Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police have decided to confer a National Youth Justice Policing Award...
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A sense of fate, and a belief in the power of restorative justice fuels (sic) Ken Smith’s mission
by Kerr, Joanna.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Gazette: A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Publication 62 (5/6): 14-15. In this article, Joanna Kerr portrays the passion and work of one member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. When Ken Smith joined the RCMP after serving as a municipal police officer, he was trained in the...
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RCMP and literacy: The future is now
by Kennedy, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Gazette: A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Publication 62 (4): 37. Seeking an active and vital policing program that serves communities to become strong and united -prevention, not merely enforcement – the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are collaborating with libraries and...
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The spiritual dimension of peacekeeping: A dual role for the chaplaincy?
by Kay, Emma
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Peace Research 31 (February). In this article, Emma Kay and David Last address the special role of military chaplains during peacekeeping missions. Chaplains in such contexts have two roles: ministry to soldiers in a situation with a different kind of stress due to their...
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Embodying forgiveness: A theological analysis
by Jones, L. Gregory
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. While there is clearly a long history of spiritual and ethical reflection on forgiveness, in recent decades in particular there has been considerable examination of issues relating to forgiveness from many perspectives....
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Behold, I make all things new
by Jones, L. Gregory
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) In God and the victim: Theological reflections on evil, victimization, justice, and forgiveness, ed. Lisa Barnes Lampman and Michelle D. Shattuck, 160-182. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company; and Neighbors Who Care: Washington, D.C. In this essay, L....
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Towards a natural justice of right relationships.
by Humbach, John A
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Human rights in philosophy and practice, ed. Burton M. Leiser and Tom D. Campbell, 41-61. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Co. In this essay, John Humbach observes that most people associate justice primarily with rights. Humbach, however, distinguishes between a justice of...
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Responsibility toward victims’ rights
by Henry, Carl F. H
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) In God and the victim: Theological reflections on evil, victimization, justice, and forgiveness, ed. Lisa Barnes Lampman and Michelle D. Shattuck, 61-69. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company; and Neighbors Who Care: Washington, D.C. Carl Henry, a professor of...
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