NIC (National Institute of Corrections) Training Needs Assessment on Community Restorative Justice: Summary of Findings
by National Institute of Corrections
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Washington, DC: National Institute of Corrections. The study also examined agencies’ level of involvement in CRJ. The information was sought to support the development of NIC training to be provided in fiscal year 1998. Surveys were distributed to 157 agencies that provide...
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Restorative Justice in Virginia
by Virginia State Crime Commission, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Richmond: Virginia State Crime Cmssn. The Commission defines “restorative justice” as “the integration of punishment, mediation, and victim-offender reconciliation through a structured system of sanctions and services which emphasize accountability, community...
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Crime and Justice: A Review of Research – Volume 25
by Tonry, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Restorative justice is discussed with respect to developments in North America, Australia and New Zealand, and Europe. Evaluations demonstrate that many restorative programs are more satisfying to victims and offenders than are the official...
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Establishing Balanced and Restorative Justice in Your Juvenile Court: The Judge’s Role
by Griffin, Patrick
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Washington, DC: US Dept of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention United States. The idea behind Balanced and Restorative Justice (BARJ) is that of a broader juvenile court mission that includes victims, offenders and their communities as clients of the...
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Restorative Visions and Restorative Justice Practices: Conferencing, Ceremony and Reconciliation in Australia
by Blagg, Harry
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Current Issues in Criminal Justice. 10(1): 5-14. The data to date suggest that Indigenous families in Australia are reluctant to become involved with family group conferences or are ineligible, and that the introduction conferencing has done little to reduce the...
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Restorative Community Justice in the United States: A New Paradigm.
by Young, Marlene
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) International Review of Victimology. 6(4): 265-277. A notable trend in the United States has been an increasing focus on offender accountability and the empowerment of crime victims. The emergence of restorative/community justice provides a framework within which both objectives...
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Victims of Crime and Restorative Justice: The Canadian Experience
by Griffiths, Curt Taylor
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) International Review of Victimology. 6(4): 279-294. Among the industrialized countries of the world, Canada has assumed a leading role in the development of restorative and community-based justice initiatives. These initiatives include some premised on traditional Aboriginal...
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Crime Victims, Restorative Justice and the Juvenile Court: Exploring Victim Needs and Involvement in the Response to Youth Crime.
by Bazemore, Gordon
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) International Review of Victimology. 6(4): 295-320. Restorative justice should not be viewed as a panacea for victims. It is no substitute for an active and aggressive victims’ movement and no substitute for individual victims and advocacy groups monitoring and questioning...
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Victims of Severe Violence Meet the Offender: Restorative Justice Through Dialogue
by Coates, Robert B
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) International Review of Victimology.6(4): 321-343. Some have suggested that the deepest healing impact of restorative justice is to be found in addressing and responding to violent crimes. An increasing number of victims of sexual assault, attempted homicide and survivors of...
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Restorative Justice in Indigenous Communities: Critical Issues in Confronting Violence Against Women.
by Zellerer, Evelyn
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) International Review of Victimology. 6(4): 345-358. The article provides data from a study of violence against Inuit women in the Canadian eastern Arctic. Although the focus is on indigenous communities, the issues raised are pertinent to many other communities and cultures. The...
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Victims Under Restorative Justice Systems: The Afikpo (EHUGBO) Nigeria Model.
by Elechi, Ogbonnaya O
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) International Review of Victimology. 6(4): 359-375. Unlike victims in the modern Nigerian criminal justice system, victims of crime under the Afikpo indigenous systems of conflict resolution are the focus of justice processes. Victims, offenders, and their families, as well as...
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Attitudes Towards Crime and Punishment in Vermont: Public Opinion About an Experiment With Restorative Justice
by Greene, Judith
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Washington, DC. : US Dept of Justice National Institute of Justice United States. The 1994 study found that Vermonters’ had low public confidence in virtually the entire criminal justice system. Ninety-four percent favored a concept that the Department of Corrections had...
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Who Is Killing Our Probation Officers: The Performance Crisis in Community Corrections
by Domurad, Frank
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Corrections Management Quarterly. 4(2): 41- 51. Restorative and community justice models of corrections are placing probation and parole agencies under severe strain. The complex and rapidly changing outcomes that these models demand cannot be accomplished within a bureaucratic...
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Release Potential of Federally-Sentenced Aboriginal Inmates to Communities.
by Saulis, Malcolm
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Forum on Corrections Research. 12(1): 53-56. Specific study objectives were to identify community-based correctional initiatives; to examine perceptions, attitudes, and values of First Nation community people toward offenders and their release; to evaluate the possibility of...
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Juvenile Justice Legislation 1999: Change in Focus
by Turpin, James
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Corrections Today. 62(6):159-160. Some of these issues are gaining prominence in the adult justice system as well. Legislatures responded to school violence with a variety of school safety laws that addressed weapons possession and information sharing between schools and other...
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