De-linkage processes and grassroots movements in transitional justice.
by Kovras, Iosif
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Cooperation and Conflict. 47(1):88– 105. Transitional justice literature has highlighted a negative relationship between enforced disappearances and reconciliation in post-conflict settings. Little attention has been paid to how human rights issues can become...
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The “justice gap†for sexual assault cases: Future directions for research and reform.
by Lonsway, Kimberly A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Violence Against Women. 18(2): 145– 168. Media coverage often reports “good†news about the criminal justice system’s ability to effectively respond to sexual assault, concluding that the past two decades have seen an increase in rape reporting,...
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Rituals of apology in the global arena.
by Kampf, Zohar
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Security Dialogue 43(1) 43–60. Since the beginning of the 1990s, there has been growing academic interest in the speech act of apology. Both the nature of apologetic communicative processes and the potential of apologies to promote reconciliation remain, however, under...
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Nonviolent communication training and empathy in male parolees.
by Marlow, Elizabeth
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Journal of Correctional Health Care 18(1) 8-19. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of a behavioral intervention, nonviolent communication (NVC), on the development of empathic coping and communication skills in a sample of male parolees enrolled in substance...
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From parallel to intersecting narratives in cases of sexual assault.
by Bletzer, Keith V.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Qualitative Health Research XX(X) 1– 13. DOI: 10.1177/1090820X11430948. Restorative justice alternatives to criminal justice are designed to balance the needs of victims, offenders, families, friends, and the community at large to achieve social justice, repair of...
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Determinants of attitudes toward transitional justice: An empirical analysis of the Spanish case.
by Aguilar, Paloma
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Comparative Political Studies. 44(10): 1397– 1430. Much has been said about the institutional determinants of transitional justice (TJ), yet scholars still know little about the determinants of citizens’ attitudes toward restorative policies aimed at addressing...
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Beyond the Mandela decade: The ethic of reconciliation?
by Sitas, Ari
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Current Sociology. 59(5):571-589. The author claims that there is an emergent ethic of reconciliation which influences social and political action in the recent period. This ethic of reconciliation has four sources: neo-Gandhian dispositions in the global South that provide a...
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Tackling youth anti-social behaviour in devolving Wales: A study of the tiered approach in Swansea.
by Hoffman, Simon
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Youth Justice. 11(2):150-167. The focus of this article is Swansea’s tiered approach to tackling youth anti-social behaviour. It discusses the findings of a series of interviews with individuals working in the city around the following four themes: de-escalation and...
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Understanding school responses to students’ challenging behaviour: A review of literature.
by Michail, Samia
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Improving Schools. 14(2):156-171. This article explores the varied ways in which schools can respond to students who present with challenging behaviours and who are at risk of disengagement from learning. It sets out a typology of school responses and reflects on the...
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Creating restorative and intergenerational cultures for youth: Insights from Northern Ireland and the United States.
by Zeldin, Shepherd
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Youth and Society. 43(2):401-413. In conflicted societies and in societies that have glossed over major historical abuses, civic cultures often become characterised by sensitive issues being conscientiously avoided. This avoidance contributes to separations and inequalities...
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Turning from war to peace in Papua New Guinea.
by Culotta, Elizabeth
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Science. 337(6102):1593-1594. Papua New Guinea has a fearsome reputation for violent conflict. Between 1991 and 2010, about 500 clan wars killed about 1% of the Enga, the nation’s largest linguistic group. But on page 1651 of this week’s issue of Science, researchers...
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Toward peace: Foreign arms and Indigenous institutions in a Papua New Guinea society.
by Wiessner, Polly
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Science. 337(6102):1651-1654. In 1990, shotguns and M-16s were adopted into Enga warfare, setting off some 15 years of devastation as youths (~17 to 28) took charge of interclan warfare. In response, people called on elder leaders to adapt customary institutions to restore...
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Testimony ceremonies in Asia: Integrating spirituality in testimonial therapy for torture survivors in India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, and the Philippines.
by Igreja, Victor
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Transcultural Psychiatry. 49(3-4): 568-589. This study explores the therapeutic implications of including culturally adapted spiritual ceremonies in the process of testimonial therapy for torture survivors in India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, and the Philippines. Data were collected...
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Victimology in transitional justice: Victimhood, innocence and hierarchy.
by McEvoy, Kieran
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) European Journal of Criminology. 5(9):527-538. Although addressing the needs of victims is increasingly proffered as the key rationale for transitional justice, serious critical discussion on the political and social construction of victimhood is only tentatively emerging in the...
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Facing up to offending: Use the restorative justice in the criminal justice system.
by Criminal Justice Joint Inspection
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) London: Criminal Justice Joint Inspection The aim of this review was to identify the benefits of restorative justice practices across the criminal justice system. It was a joint inspection, carried out by Her Majesty‟s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), Her...
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