Just and unjust peace: An ethic of political reconciliation.
by Philpott, Daniel
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) New York: Oxford University Press. In the wake of massive injustice, how can justice be achieved and peace restored? Is it possible to find a universal standard that will work for people of diverse and often conflicting religious, cultural, and philosophical backgrounds? In Just...
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Contesting policy that undermines restorative justice for victims of crime.
by Ney, Tara
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Contemporary Justice Review. 15(3):297-308. A policy provision in the Criminal Victim Assistance Program in British Columbia excludes the offender from participating in restorative justice approaches with the victim (and other affected parties) during counseling. A historical...
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Who owns this conflict? The challenge of community involvement in restorative justice.
by Gerkin, Patrick M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Contemporary Justice Review 15(3):277-296. As an alternative means of achieving justice, restorative practices are touted as community based. The ownership of decisions regarding the response to crime belongs to the key stakeholders, including victim(s), offender(s), and members...
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Connecting restorative justice with gender-responsive programming.
by Gaarder, Emily
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Contemporary Justice Review. 15(3):239-264. This article reports on the development and use of restorative circles for delinquent girls. Our study focused on a program unique in its goal of blending restorative justice with gender-responsive philosophies and practices. The...
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Tribal probation: An overview for Tribal Court judges.
by Cobb, Kimberly A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Assistance, US Dept of Justice. Recent research has found that community supervision, or probation, of offenders has become a desirable alternative for use by the courts. The benefits of community supervision include the ability to address the...
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Mediation among young immigrants in the juvenile penal justice system.
by del Campo, Jaume
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Journal of Social Work. 12(5):491-509. Multicultural modern society shows the necessity for a systematic assessment of needs and the formulation of policies which are based on rigorous and systematic research. Specifically, in Spain juvenile penal justice represents one of the...
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Measuring the impacts of truth and reconciliation commissions: Placing the global ‘success’ of TRCs in local perspective.
by Ben-Josef Hirsch, Michal
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Cooperation and Conflict. 47(3):386-403. Truth and reconciliation commissions (TRCs) have emerged as an international norm and are assumed to be an essential element of national reconciliation, democratization, and post-conflict development. Despite the increase in the number of...
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Model code on education and dignity.
by Dignity in Schools Campaign.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Dignity in Schools Campaign. This Model Code articulates a vision for all stakeholders based on the best practices, research and experiences of students, parents and educators from around the country, and on a human rights framework for schools that recognizes that the goal of...
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Evaluation of the South Yorkshire Restorative Justice Programme.
by Meadows, Linda
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Sheffield, UK: Hallam Centre for Community Justice, Sheffield Hallam University The evaluation was primarily qualitative and involved: interviews with eight magistrates, 34 victims and 29 offenders and 10 police officers; observation/focus group activities in five community...
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Redeeming communities: Restorative offender reentry in a risk-centric society.
by Fox, Kathryn J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Victims & offenders. 7(1):97-120. Released prisoners present problems for communities to manage. The Federal Government’s prisoner reentry initiative funded States (beginning in 2001 and again in 2008) to develop reentry projects. Vermont utilized its existing...
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Mediation as a community alternative to litigation for young offenders: A social reconstruction of justice.
by Deosaran, Ramesh
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) The Lawyer. Pages 24-33. Given all the experience and evidence available, a bold step is required to deal with young offenders in this country. A proposal for an alternative method of treating those committing minor crimes and offences in this country is now considered...
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Does transitional justice promote reconciliation?
by Skaar, Elin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Transitional Justice Review. 1(1):54-103. Reconciliation is one of the most contested concepts in the scholarly debate on transitional justice, and arguably also the most difficult to measure empirically. This paper provides an assessment of current knowledge on the...
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A case of high school hazing: Applying restorative justice to promote organizational learning.
by DeWitt, Douglas M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) NASSP Bulletin. Published online before print August 13, 2012, doi: 10.1177/0192636512452338. While collegiate fraternity and sorority hazing are well documented problems that receive prominent attention, hazing at the high school level is also a serious issue. Across the...
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Punishment v. restoration: A comparative analysis of juvenile delinquency law in the United States and Mexico.
by Caldwell, Beth
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law. 20:105-141. This Article compares the juvenile delinquency codes of Oaxaca and California in order to explore contrasting approaches to juvenile justice, addressing each country’s practices in light of research...
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Gacaca: A successful experiment in restorative justice?
by Clapham, Charlotte
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) e-International Relations. 30 July 2012. The scenes of extreme overcrowding in Rwanda’s prisons, a domestic criminal justice system buckling under the weight of over 800,000 genocide-related prisoners awaiting trial (Wielenga and Harris 2011: 16; Khaleeli 2010) and a...
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