Victim Advocates: where we are, where we were, and where we need to be!
by Macgargle, Brett
June 4, 2015
Source: American Probation and Parole Association. 29 October 2002. In this paper, Brett Macgargle chronicles the trajectory of victim advocacy primarily over the last two decades. His aim is to show changes that have taken place that improved the justice system for victims of crime, while at...
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Putting the Community Back Into Corrections: A Partnership in Accountability
by Kuehl, Jean
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Topics in Community Corrections. 2001:6-12. In Iowa’s Sixth District, task forces and advisory boards are working on projects that affect community/restorative justice initiatives. In 1997 an advisory board was expanded into a Community and Restorative Justice Task Force...
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But Does It Work? Traditional Healing and Issues of Efficacy and Evaluation.
by Waldram, James
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) From, Widening the Circle: Collaborative Research for Mental Health Promotion in Native Communities. Proceedings of the Conference “widening the Circle: Developing Partnerships for Aboriginal Mental Health. September 26-28,1997. Montreal, Quebec. Pp.92-97. In this...
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Family Group Decision Making for Preventing Abuse of Children and Women.
by Pennell, Joan
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) From, Widening the Circle: Collaborative Research for Mental Health Promotion in Native Communities. Proceedings of the Conference “widening the Circle: Developing Partnerships for Aboriginal Mental Health. September 26-28,1997. Montreal, Quebec. Pp. 34-38. According to...
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Solidarity and Subsidiarity: Complementary Principles of Community Development
by Schweigert, Francis J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Journal of Social Philosophy. 33(1): 33-44. In examining issues of community development, Francis Schweigert insists on the importance of reckoning with the complexities of the relations between the larger society and the local community. Community development initiatives must...
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Navajo Conceptions of Justice in the Peacemaker Court
by Wall, Barbara
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Journal of Social Philosophy. 32(4): 532-546. In this essay, Barbara Wall provides a philosophical analysis of the Navajo cosmology underlying Navajo social relations as exemplified in the Peacemaker Court. The purpose is to connect the legal foundations and operations of the...
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Why Changing YOA Does Not Impact Youth Crime: Developing Effective Prevention Programs for Children and Adolescents
by Jaffe, Peter G
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Canadian Psychology. 40(1): 22-29. For many concerned about youth crime in Canada, the answer is to change and toughen the Young Offender Act (YOA). In this perspective, the YOA is “softâ€? on youth crime and has actually led to increased criminality. The...
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Mediating Citizen Complaints Against Police Officers: A Guide for Police and Community Leaders
by Walker, Samuel
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Washington, DC: US Dept of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services The first chapter defines mediation as “the informal resolution of a complaint or dispute between two parties through a face-to-face meeting in which a professional mediator serves as a...
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Building Community and Nuturing Justice: A Review of the Community Justice Ideal.
by Bazemore, Gordon
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Contemporary Justice Review. 3(2): 225-232. Expressing a skepticism about the use of the terms ‘community’ and ‘justice’ in that they are often used in imprecise and uncritical ways, Bazemore notes in his review of The Community Justice Ideal (1999) that...
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Conferencing, Policing, and Community. An interview with Len Wildman and Tom Dwyer of Rochester Police Department’s Juvenile Accountability Conferencing Program.
by Mirsky, Laura
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Restorative Practices E-Forum. December 2. Len Wildman and Tom Dwyer work for the Rochester Police Department in Rochester, New York, USA. Wildman is the manager of the Family and Victims Services section, and Dwyer is the coordinator of that section’s Juvenile...
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Offender-Victim Mediation
by Döilling, Dieter
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) In, Papers on Substantive Topics Prepared for the Tenth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders. Vienna, Austria, 10-17 April. Pp.45-50. In recent years victim-offender mediation has gained in significance in the criminal justice system...
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Societe internationale de criminologie
by Picca, Georges
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) In,Report on the Ninth Joint Colloquium (Courmayeur Mont Blanc, Taly, 24-26 September 1999), organized under the auspices of the United Nations. Centro Nazionale di Prevenzione e Difesa Sociale. Pp. 103-109. Abstract...
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Le concept social et les mesures privatives de liberte
by Hobe, Konrad
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) In,Report on the Ninth Joint Colloquium (Courmayeur Mont Blanc, Taly, 24-26 September 1999), organized under the auspices of the United Nations. Centro Nazionale di Prevenzione e Difesa Sociale. Pp. 97-101. Abstract...
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Restorative Justice. Theoretical Aspects and Applied Models
by Mannozzi, Grazia
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) In,Report on the Ninth Joint Colloquium (Courmayeur Mont Blanc, Taly, 24-26 September 1999), organized under the auspices of the United Nations. Centro Nazionale di Prevenzione e Difesa Sociale. Pp. 55-95. In discussing theoretical aspects and applied models of restorative...
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The Need for International Accountability and the Protection of Victims in the Context of International Humanitarian Law
by Bassiouni, M. Cherif
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) In,Report on the Ninth Joint Colloquium (Courmayeur Mont Blanc, Taly, 24-26 September 1999), organized under the auspices of the United Nations. Centro Nazionale di Prevenzione e Difesa Sociale. Pp. 17-53. Since the end of World War II, non-international conflicts, purely...
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