Restorative Justice: Ideas, Values, and Debates
by Johnstone, Gerry
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Devon, UK: Willan Publishing Restorative Justice: Ideas, Values, Debates, provides a concise but informative introduction to the fundamental ideas of restorative justice and the many arguments surrounding the movement. Although not a detailed history or explanation of theory,...
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Two Tails of Justice
by D'Aprix, Amy
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services. 83(4): 374 The authors of this essay begin with the notion that justice is a form of group behavior. They then identify and analyze five types of justice: protective, corrective, restorative, distributive, and...
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Ere their story die’: truth. Justice and reconciliation in South Africa
by Hamber, Brandon
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Race and Class. 44(1):61. In this essay Brandon Hamber examines the purpose and work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to ascertain the status of truth, justice, and reconciliation in South Africa. The core purpose of the TRC was to promote national unity and...
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A Theology of Community: The Ubuntu Theology of Desmond Tutu
by Battle, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Interpretation. 54(2): 173 The author of this article explores the transition in spiritual leadership in South Africa. Major spiritual leaders are dead, retiring, or moving to more reflective stages in their lives. Michael Battle perceives in this a split between spiritual...
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Criminal Justice Reforms: Lessons Learned Community Involvement and Restorative Justice. Rapporteur’s Report
by Tkachuk, Brian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) United Nationas Programme Network Institutes. Technical Assistance Workshop. Vienna Austria. April 17. The United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice provides technical assistance to member states on issues relevant to crime prevention and criminal...
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“Forgiving the Past’: paths towards a culture of reconciliation
by Rigby, Andrew
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) IPRA Conference. Tampere August. Trying to come to terms with a legacy of past atrocities, abuses, and criminal acts involves many difficulties and issues, writes Andrew Rigby. Many have drawn parallels between Western approaches to the treatment of victims of post-traumatic...
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Alternatives to Custody
by Scottish Parliament Information Centre, Mel
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) SPICs Briefing provided as background to the Executive debate on ‘Alternatives to Custody’ which took place on Tuesday 28 May 2002. This briefing paper provides information on incarceration and alternatives to custody in Scotland. The Scottish criminal courts have a...
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Restorative Policing
by Lofty, Mel
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. According to Superintendent Mel Lofty of the Thames Valley Police, restorative...
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Juvenile Accountability Conferencing: A Child of Restorative Justice
by Burns, Linda
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. A new spin on Restorative Justice, the Juvenile Accountability Conferencing Program...
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Implementing Conferencing in a Legalistic Country
by Vanfraechem, Inge
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. When implementing a conferencing project in a legalistic country, some issues...
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Dealing with the Legacy of Native Residential School Abuse in Canada: Litigation, ADR, and Restorative Justice
by Llewellyn, Jennifer J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) University of Toronto law Review. 52:253-300. Recently, a number of civil litigation suits have been filed in Canada against the federal government and four major Christian churches by former students of Canadian Native residential schools. Abuse and other harms in the...
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Are Shaming Punishments Beautifully Retributive? Retributivism and the Implications for the Alternative Sanctions Debate
by Markel, Dan
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Vanderbilt law Review. 54(6): 2157-2242. In recent years, scholars and policymakers in criminal justice have given increasing attention to two topics: the retributivist theory of punishment; and the development of alternative sanctions to the orthodoxy of incarcerating criminals...
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Northern Ireland’s Burden of History
by Osborn, John E
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Georgetown Journal of International Affaits. 1(1). John Osborn reports on his own experience visiting Northern Ireland and the prospects for peace and reconciliation in that region, especially in light of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. There remain significant obstacles to...
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Repairing the Irreparable: Dealing with Double-Binds of Making Reparations for Crimes of the Past
by Hamber, Brandon
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Revised paper first presented at the African Studies Association of the UK Biennial Conference “Comparisons and Transitions” as SOAS, University of London, London, 14-16 September. Reparations, both material and symbolic, can be important for survivors of violence or...
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Looking Back, Moving Forward- Revisiting Conflicts, Striving Towards Peace.
by Burton, Mary
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) paper presented at the conference Dealing with the Past. Reconciliation Processes and Peace Building. June 8-9, 1998. Retrieved September 30, 2002 from Columbia International Online Database. In this paper, Mary Burton reflects on the transition from a regime of apartheid to a...
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