A Utopian Prison: Contradiction in Terms?
by Pollock, Joycelyn M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) ournal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 28(1) 60–76 Given the often disquieting history of correctional institutions, we question the notion of a utopian prison and, instead, make suggestions for simply improving existing institutions. First, prisons should adopt a clear...
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A special issue on restorative justice: unravelling the mystery
by Sivasubramaniam, Diane
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Critical Criminology Journal 20:1-7 In restorative justice, crime is recognised fundamentally as a violation of people and relationships, rather than as a violation of law (Zehr 1990). When criminal justice systems shift to framing crime in this way, there is a consequent...
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A Pilot Study of a Weekend Retreat Intervention for Family Survivors of Homicide
by Tuck, Inez
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Western Journal of Nursing Research 34(6) 766–794 Homicide causes negative unintended consequences for family survivors.Family survivors face complicated grief and overwhelming loss with minimal support from others.The authors offered a retreat intervention as a way to...
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A community engagement orientation among people with a history of substance misuse and incarceration
by Redman, Dina
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) ournal of Social Work 12(3) 246–266 ô°€ Summary: Community engagement, or acting on behalf of the collective, can provide a variety of rewards. Nonetheless, people who misuse substances are less likely to endorse such goals as making a contribution to society or...
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WHO WILL SAVE THESE ENDANGERED SPECIES? EVALUATING THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE PRINCIPLE OF COMPLEMENTARITY ON THE TRADITIONAL AFRICAN CONFLICT RESOLUTION MECHANISMS
by Eberechi, Ifeonu
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) African Journal of International and Comparative Law 20(1): 22-41 The adoption and subsequent coming into force in 2002 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC)’ consecrated a new epistemic paradigm of individual accountability for the perpetration of...
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WISDOM AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION: A POSSIBLE FRAMEWORK FOR INTEGRATED PRACTICE
by Golberg, Rachel
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution. 13(2):437-465 What would it look like to practice in a way that fully sup- ported not only the cognitive and emotional intelligence of practi- tioners and parties, but their somatic and spiritual intelligence as well? Good practice is more...
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Rhetoric or restoration? A study into the restorative potential of the conditional cautioning scheme.
by Braddock, Robert A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) International Journal of Police Science & Management. 13(3):195-210. In December 2007, the conditional caution scheme was introduced as a result of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. The aim of this scheme was to provide an additional option to the range of ‘out of court...
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The Final Gift — A Documentary Film.
by Bartholomew, Therese
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) 1936 Productions and SansPerf Productions. The Final Gift– A Documentary Film offers an intimate look into one woman’s journey of healing following the violent death of her brother. Therese Bartholemew’s brother, Steve, died after being shot in an altercation...
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Out in the open: What victims really think about community sentencing.
by Victim Support
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) London: Victim Support and Make Justice Work. Victims’ views on community sentencing are broadly in line with those of the wider public. Victims are open to the use of community sentences in dealing with lower level offences and take a flexible view of sentencing which...
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Investigating the implementation of restorative justice practices through circle time.
by unknown
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) prepared for partial fulfilment of the Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Studies (Student Welfare), Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne. This project was undertaken at a Catholic single sex school. The school has a strong emphasis on student wellbeing and is...
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Youth justice conferences versus children’s court: A comparison of cost-effectiveness
by Webber, Andrew
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Crime and Justice Bulletin. NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research.Number 164. Aim: To compare the cost-effectiveness of Youth Justice Conferences (YJCs) to matters eligible for YJCs but dealt with in the Children’s Court. Method: The costs for Police, Legal Aid,...
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Transitional justice and the truth-constraints of the public sphere.
by Corradetti, Claudio
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Philosophy and Social Criticism. 38(7):685-700. In this article I present some implications for a concept of transitional justice through the comparison of two approaches: retributive vs. restorative theories. Notwithstanding their profound differences in perspective, both...
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Transformative Mediation at the United States Postal Service.
by Bingham, Lisa Blomgren
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Negotiation and Conflict Management Research. 5(4):354-366. This article reviews the results of a 12-year longitudinal research program on transformative mediation of employment discrimination complaints at the United States Postal Service. The research employed mixed methods,...
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‘Our brothers who went to the bush’: Post-identity conflict and the experience of reconciliation in Sierra Leone.
by Millar, Gearoid
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Journal of Peace Research. 49(5):717-729. A number of distinct subfields within conflict resolution share foundational theories and emerge from similar understandings of social conflict. One of the most influential of these theories assumes that conflict environments give rise...
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Justiça restaurativa: instrumento de polÃtica criminal.
by Moura, Misleine Santos
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) BrasÃlia/DF: Monografia apresentada como pré-requisito para conclusão do curso de bacharel em Direito, da Faculdade de Ciências JurÃdicas e Sociais, do Centro Universitário de BrasÃlia. Professor Orientador: Edson Ferreira. O sistema penal tradicional tem...
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