Family Group Conferences: A Restorative Justice Intervention for Children in Trouble with the Law in South Africa
by Branken, Nigel
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Home page of Nigel Branken. 24 October 2002. Around 1993 the possibility of developing and using family group conferences (FGCs) began to be discussed in South Africa. In the context of a larger effort to establish new policies and directions for juvenile justice in South Africa...
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Family Group Conferences in the Context of Juvenile Justice Transformation in South Africa
by Branken, Nigel
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Home page of Nigel Branken. 24 October 2002. In the mid 1990s, the newly democratic government of South Africa embarked on transformation of its juvenile justice system. Nigel Branken examines the nature of that transformation, with particular emphasis on the development and use...
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Partnerships Within Corrections
by Storr, Geoff
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Paper presented at the 3rd National Outlook Symposium on Crime in Australia. Melbourne, 22-23 March 1999. Canberra, Australia: Australian Institute of Criminology. Richards and Storr in this paper describe developments in corrections philosophy and practice in recent years in...
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Restorative Justice in Cases of Domestic and Sexual Violence: The Voice of a Survivior
by White, Judy
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Hot Peach Pages Abuse Help Lines. Provincial Association of Transition Houses of Saskatchewan (PATHS). Downloaded 9 June 2004. There are different perspectives on the validity and effectiveness of restorative justice ideas and practices in cases of domestic and sexual violence....
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Monster Slayer and Born for Water: The Intersection of Restorative and Indigenous Justice
by Zion, James W
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Contemporary Justice Review. 2(4): 359. Describes the intersection of restorative and indigenous justice by defining indigenous approaches to justice and comparing them to restorative justice in the context of the liberal...
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Formal Response of the Avalon Sexual Assault Centre to the N.S Department of Justice. RE: The Restorative Justice Program.
by Avalon Sexual Assault Centre, Jay G.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Submitted to the N.S. Department of Justice, Restorative Justice Program, September 1999. Provincial Association of Transition Houses of Saskatchewan (PATHS). Downloaded 9 June 2004. In June 1998 the Nova Scotia Department of Justice introduced a restorative justice program for...
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Substance Abuse Treatment and Restorative Justice Practices
by Zaslaw, Jay G.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Perspectives. 26(3): 20- 24 The mission of restorative justice is to repair the harm, rather than to treat or punish the offender. It offers a balanced approach and focuses not on the offender alone, but on harm to the community and reparation of that harm. Restorative justice...
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Community Advocate Panels
by Twait, Ann
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Paper presented at “Dreaming of a New Reality,” the Third International Conference on Conferencing, Circles and other Restorative Practices, August 8-10, 2002, Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this session we will be discussing community advocate panels. We will share the...
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Incorporating a Restorative Justice Approach in the Phillippine Juvenile Justice System: A Case Study
by Salvosa, Ray Dean
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Paper presented at “Dreaming of a New Reality,” the Third International Conference on Conferencing, Circles and other Restorative Practices, August 8-10, 2002, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The presentation seeks to highlight the various strategies that was undertaken by a...
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Community Accountability Conferencing in Thunder Bay, Ontario
by Achneepineskum, Betty
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Paper presented at “Dreaming of a New Reality,” the Third International Conference on Conferencing, Circles and other Restorative Practices, August 8-10, 2002, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nishnawbe Aski Legal Services is mandated by the chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation (48...
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Behind Prison Walls: Resolving Losses
by MacDougall, Peter
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Paper presented at “Dreaming of a New Reality,” the Third International Conference on Conferencing, Circles and other Restorative Practices, August 8-10, 2002, Minneapolis, Minnesota. “Behind Prison Walls: Resolving Losses�? is an innovative eight-week...
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Expanding FGC Within Our Community
by Holland, Kathleen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Paper presented at “Dreaming of a New Reality,” the Third International Conference on Conferencing, Circles and other Restorative Practices, August 8-10, 2002, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Family Group Conferencing has been a community-building process from its start in...
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The Circle of Opposites
by Stewart, Wendy
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Paper presented at “Dreaming of a New Reality,” the Third International Conference on Conferencing, Circles and other Restorative Practices, August 8-10, 2002, Minneapolis, Minnesota. This presentation will share ways that Aboriginal youth can relate easier to their...
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Breaking the Cycle of Chronic Behavior: Circles for Girls and Women in the Justice System
by Richardt, Gretchen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Paper presented at “Dreaming of a New Reality,” the Third International Conference on Conferencing, Circles and other Restorative Practices, August 8-10, 2002, Minneapolis, Minnesota. In January 2000, the Circles of Support Program of Dodge, Fillmore and Olmsted...
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Restoring Hope for the Brain-injured Through Restorative Justice
by Neufield, Barry
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Paper presented at “Dreaming of a New Reality,” the Third International Conference on Conferencing, Circles and other Restorative Practices, August 8-10, 2002, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Retributive Justice system works on the premise that if there is enough...
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