Colonialism, Crime, and Dispute Resolution: A Critical Analysis of Canada’s Aboriginal Justice Strategy.
by Sutherland, Jessie
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Winning Essay in the Graduate Student Catgory. 2002 James Boskey ADR Writing Competition. Mediate.com. 2 January 03. Colonial powers have often used criminal justice systems to dismantle and de-legitimize indigenous institutions and political aspirations. Jessie Sutherland...
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Restorative Justice in France
by Faget, Jacques
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Newsletter of the European Forum for Victim Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice. 3(3):6. In the view of Jacques Faget, the concept of restorative justice is not well known among academics, researchers, and practitioners in France. Some programs can be considered to be...
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Youth Conferencing in Northern Ireland
by White, Brian
June 4, 2015
Source: Newsletter of the European Forum for Victim Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice. 3(3):4 In this article, Brian White surveys the status and operation of youth conferencing in Northern Ireland. The Justice (Northern Ireland) Act, which became law in July 2002, provides for a...
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Victim-Offender Mediation in Italy
by Mestitz, Anna
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Newsletter of the European Forum for Victim Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice. 3(3):2-3. According to Anna Mestitz, victim-offender mediation (VOM) arose spontaneously in Italy in the first half of the 1990s. The system is functionally connected with, and to a degree...
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Legislative Statues on Victim Offender Mediation: A National Review
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) St. Paul, MN: Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota. Victim-offender mediation – a framework for dialogue between crime victims and offenders – is one of the basic tools of restorative justice....
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Victim Offender Dialogue in Crimes of Severe Violence A Multi-Site Study of Programs in Texas and Ohio
by Coates, Robert B
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) St. Paul, MN: Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota. The authors of this study observe that an increasing number of victims of sexual assault, attempted homicide, and survivors of murder victims are requesting the...
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Community Peacemaking Project: Responding to Hate Crimes, Hate Incidents, Intolerance, and Violence Through Restorative justice Dialogue.
by Coates, Robert B
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) St. Paul, MN: Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota. In this report, the authors describe the first year of a two year project by the Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking on the use of community restorative...
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The Old Civilization in the New Russia
by Maksudov, Rustem
June 4, 2015
Source: Moscow: Public Centre for Legal and Judicial Reform. In this article, Rustem Maksudov writes about the possibility of a transition from a system of “correction” to restorative justice in Russia. Following an analysis of the situation in Russia with respect to crime and...
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La Mediación Penal Juvenil en Cataluña, España.
by Dapena, José
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Barcelona: Dirección General de Medidas Penales Alternativas y de Justicia Juvenil. En los ultimos 25 años, la dinámica de readaptación del marco legal y las polÃÂticas criminales, en relación a los jóvenes infractores, ha sido una constante en toda Europa....
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Balancing the Response to Youth Crime: Prospects for a Restorative Juvenile Justice in the Twenty-First Century
by Bazemore, Gordon
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) In, A. R. Roberts, ed., Juvenile Justice: Policies, Programs, and Services, Second Edition. Chicago: Nelson-Hall Publishers. Pp. 371-408. Current approaches in juvenile justice, based on a retributive philosophical framework and the individual treatment mission, have failed to...
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Emerging Criminal Justice: Three Pillars for a Proactive Justice System
by Hahn, Paul H.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. This volume examines crime and crime control policies and presents a proactive criminal justice model that has three components: expanded concepts of community policing, community-based corrections, and restorative justice. The discussion argues...
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Beyond the Punitive Lenient Duality: Restorative Justice and Authoritative Sanctioning for Juvenile Corrections
by Bazemore, Gordon
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Corrections Management Quarterly. 2(1): 1-15. While juvenile justice systems have expanded the use of punishment, the sanctioning function has received little critical attention. This article proposes an authoritative approach to sanctioning juvenile crime based on restorative...
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Effectiveness of Juvenile Arbitration in South Carolina: Professionals Need Not Apply.
by Alford, Susan
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Perspectives. 22(1): 30-34. The program was developed as a result concern about the increasing number of misdemeanor cases coming before the Lexington County Family Court. An effort was initiated to develop a diversion program that might allow more effective resolution of...
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Values for Probation, Society and Beyond
by Masters, Guy
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Howard Journal of Criminal Justice. 36(3): 237-247. discussion focuses on the following three themes within the debate regarding probation values for the 1990s: restorative justice, relational justice, and reintegrative shaming. Nellis argued for a reconstructed probation...
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. Restorative Justice and the Role of Community
by McCold, Paul
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) In, Burt Galaway and Joe Hudson, eds., Restorative Justice: International Perspectives. Monsey, New York: Criminal Justice Press. Pp. 85-101. There are many different levels of community; the community of standing in any given dispute will depend on factors such as the level of...
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