Manual for coordinators and communities: The organization and practice of family group decision making
by Burford, Gale
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada: Memorial University of Newfoundland, School of Social Work, Family Group Decision Making Project. The authors of this manual intend it for community or government groups who are interested in instituting family group conferences, and...
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Community criminal justice: What community policing teaches us.
by Bucqueroux, Bonnie
June 4, 2015
Source: Mason, MI: policing.com. The author of this article observes that proponents of community policing believe that this new paradigm has the potential to serve as the model for dramatic reform of the entire criminal justice system. At the same time, the controversial and complicated...
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Working to define community. Dialogue paper
by Brown, Tony C
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Moscow, Idaho: Friends Committee on Restorative Justice. In this short essay, Tony Brown questions the accepted categorization of offenders victims. The definitions are too narrow, and an emphasis on either the offender (retributive justice) or the victim (restorative justice)...
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The Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill [HL] [Bill 74 of 1998-99].
by Baber, Mary
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Research Paper 99/40. London: House of Commons Library, Home Affairs Section. This research paper provides background information for the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill. At the time the paper was written, the Bill had completed its passage through the House of Lords...
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The quest for peace and justice: A Biblical code of international relations
by Amstutz, Mark R.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1991) Paper presented at the Justice and Global Witness conference in Washington, D.C., 8-10 July. Wheaton, IL: Wheaton College. Mark Amstutz begins his consideration of the quest for peace and justice by referring to Michael Walzer’s account of basic justice or ‘moral...
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Reintegrative confinement and intensive aftercare
by Altschuler, David M
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Juvenile Justice Bulletin (July): 2-15. Much attention has been paid in recent years to the issue of aftercare for juvenile offenders. Juvenile justice policymakers and professionals are experimenting with models to reintegrate youth being released from confinement into their...
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Review of Confronting youth in Europe – Juvenile crime and juvenile justice, ed. by Lode Walgrave and Jill Mehlbye (1998).
by AKF: Institute of Local Government Studies - Denmark, Dobrinka
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Copenhagen: AKF: Institute of Local Government Studies. This is a long review of a book consisting of a collection of essays about juvenile crime and juvenile in the various countries of Europe (the collection being edited by Lode Walgrave and Jill Mehlbye). As the review...
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Book Review: Victim Policies and Criminal Justice on the Road to Restorative Justice: Essays in Honour of Tony Peters.
by Strong, Gregory
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Restorative Justice Online. December 2002 Edition. This book is a collection of previously unpublished essays written to honor Tony Peters on his 2001 retirement from his long and influential career as a professor of criminology at the Katholieke Universiteit,...
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Victim Offender Mediation’s Potential.
by Chankova, Dobrinka
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Restorative Justice Online. December 2002 Edition. Dobrinka Chankova, Director of the Institute for Conflict Resolution in Bulgaria, recently published a book on victim offender mediation. The book, written in Bulgarian, provides a history of victim offender mediation and its...
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Breaking the Cycle of Violence in Jamaica.
by Parker, Lynette
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Restorative Justice Online. December 2002 Edition. Rising rates of violent crime in Jamaica have led to increasing instability and societal polarization. In August 2001, the National Committee on Crime and Violence was created to study the problem of crime and its root causes...
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Book Review: What is Community Justice? Case Studies of Community and Restorative Justice.
by Strong, Gregory
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Restorative Justice Online. November 2002 Edition. According to the editors of this volume, new approaches to community supervision are emerging where the focus of supervision is not just on criminal justice but also on community justice. Such approaches are tailored to fit the...
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African NGO Works for Transformation in the Justice System.
by Parker, Lynette
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Restorative Justice Online. November 2002 Edition. The Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), founded in 1994, works toward creating a more humane environment in prisons and alternatives to imprisonment. In the area of justice reform, PRAWA’s Community...
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PEACE Foundation Melanesia.
by Howley, Patrick
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Restorative Justice Online. November 2002 Edition. PEACE Foundation Melanesia is an NGO in Papua New Guinea that provides mediation and restorative justice training to local communities and groups in conflict. This article was written by Br. Pat Howley, executive director of...
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Accountability in Restorative Justice
by Roche, Declan
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Claredon Studies in Criminology Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Restorative justice, as an informal process, has to address concerns about being held in private, without lawyers, and with little or no monitoring of the quality of the facilitation. This is the first book...
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Restorative Justice and Open Justice
by Roche, Declan
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Paper presented at American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, November 1999. Also presented at 3rd International Conference on Restorative Justice for Juveniles, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, October 1999 Abstract...
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