Teaching Students to be Peacemakers: Results of Twelve Years of Research
by Johnson, David W.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Cooperative Learning Center. This report presents findings from 12 years of research on the effectiveness of conflict resolution training in eight different schools in two different countries with results indicating that students do in fact...
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Restorative Justice-A Light in the Darkness
by Consedine, Jim
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Paper presented at Reconciling and Restoring Relationships-A Responsibility for All Christians. ICCPPC World Congress. Mexico City. 13 September. Consedine observes that any criticism of the nature of imprisonment and the current criminal justice system raises the objection,...
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A Harsh Reality – A Merciful Response
by Consedine, Jim
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Paper presented at Reconciling and Restoring Relationships-A Responsibility for All Christians. ICCPPC World Congress. Mexico City. 13 September. Beginning with an indictment of the retributive criminal justice system and the modern prison system, Consedine calls for the...
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Reconciled with Whom? Wrong Criminals, Wrong Goal
by Morris, Ruth
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Paper presented at Reconciling and Restoring Relationships-A Responsibility for All Christians. ICCPPC World Congress. Mexico City. 13 September. In this radical analysis of crime and response to crime, Ruth Morris maintains that the criminal justice system as it exists is a...
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Why Transformative Justice?
by Morris, Ruth
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Paper presented at Reconciling and Restoring Relationships-A Responsibility for All Christians. ICCPPC World Congress. Mexico City. 13 September. In this address, Ruth Morris describes her transition from an advocate of restorative justice to an advocate of transformative...
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Restorative Justice, Voluntary Action and Social Capital: A Perspective From Northern Ireland
by Hutchinson, Mary
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Paper presented at The Third Sector: For What and For Whom? Conference? Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. July 5-8. This paper forms part of the work in progress of a doctoral thesis that focuses on the contribution of the voluntary sector within the field of youth justice in...
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Northern Ireland Case Studies
by McAnallen Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) VOMA Connections. Spring 2000, Number 5. Pp. 8. Martin McAnallen in this article reports on two incidents in Northern Ireland that demonstrate how significant it is for victims to be able to express their feelings in the wake of their being victimized. One involved a bomb hoax...
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Traveling VOM and Conference Training Advances Restorative Justice in Russia
by Liebmann, Marian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) VOMA Connections. Spring 2000, Number 5. Pp. 1, 11. With considerable dissatisfaction in Russia with the criminal justice system, some have been trying to advance mediation in the criminal justice system to help both victims and offenders. Mediation is established in the legal...
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The Effectiveness of Restorative Justice Practices: A Meta-Analysis
by Latimer, Jeff
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Research and Statistics Division Methodological Series. Department of Justice Canada. This meta-analysis took a sample of 35 studies that looked into recidivisms rates, victim and offender satisfaction, and restitution completion. Each studies used control groups to measure the...
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Transformative Justice: Psychological Services in the Criminal, Family, and Juvenile Justice Centres of the Subordinate Courts of Singapore
by Ozawa, Joseph Paul
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Applied Psychology: An International Review. 51(2):218-235. In addition to being a centre for the expeditious, fair, and effective administration of justice and the disposition of deterrence, the Subordinate Courts of Singapore have developed as a centre of innovation. Courts...
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Scriptural Basis of Restorative Justice
by Carter, Rod
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Restorative justice: A Christian perspective, ed. Rod Carter, Kingston, Ontario: Queen’s Theological College, Restorative Justice Program. There are a number of Scriptural bases for restorative justice. This article covers some of those bases: the promise of a new...
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Son, Your Sins are Forgiven
by Anonymous, Evan
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Restorative justice: A Christian perspective, ed. Rod Carter. Kingston, Ontario: Restorative Justice Program, Queens Theological College. Pp. 22-25. The author of this article reflects on his own personal experience in relation to the New Testament story of the paralyzed man...
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The Roots of Restorative Justice in the Christian Faith Tradition
by Heise, Evan
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Restorative justice: A Christian perspective, ed. Rod Carter. Kingston, Ontario: Restorative Justice Program, Queens Theological College. Pp. 19-22. Evan Heise states that restorative justice practice in Canada and the United States is firmly rooted in the Christian faith...
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Seeking Reconciliation From Death Row
by Ross, Michael B.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) In Restorative justice: A Christian perspective, ed. Rod Carter. Kingston, Ontario: Restorative Justice Program, Queens Theological College. Pp. 18-19. In this personal essay, Michael Ross, an inmate condemned to execution in Connecticut for multiple murders, describes his...
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The Cost of Restoration for the Offender
by Misener, Don
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Restorative justice: A Christian perspective, ed. Rod Carter. Kingston, Ontario: Restorative Justice Program, Queens Theological College. Pp. 15-17. Don Misener points out that criminal behavior arouses strong emotional reactions within those who are offended. The...
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