Justice in Relationships: Calgary Community Conferening as a Demonstration Project
by Calhoun, Avery
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Contemporary Justice Review. 5(3): 249-260 Contemporary and alternative justice paradigms lead to definitions of wrongdoing as “lawbreaking” and “harm to social relationships” respectively. The retributive model within the contemporary justice paradigm...
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Role-Taking and Restorative Justice: Social Practices of Solidarity and Community in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure
by Musolf, Gil Richard
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Contemporary Justice Review. 5(3):211-230. This article examines to what extent role-taking inspired characters in Shakespeare’s play Measure for Measure to new modes of consciousness and concomitant social pracitices of restorative justice. The play’s main...
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Navajo Peacemaking History, Development, and Possibilities for Adjudication-Based Systems of Justice: An Interview with James Zion
by Sullivan, Dennis
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Contemporary Justice Review. 5(2): 167-188. Dennis Sullivan interviews James Zion about the history, development, practice, and future of navajo...
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Restorative Justice and Reconviction
by Maxwell, Gabrielle
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Contemporary Justice Review. 5(2): 133-146 Proponents of restorative justice have suggested that its practices have the potential to reduce reoffending by those responsible for harm. This articles examines these claims using the results of two separate studies of the...
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Victim-Offender Reconciliation: THe Danger of Cooptation and a Useful Consideration of Law Theory
by Trenczek, T
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Contemporary Justice Reviews The conceptual orientation and implementation of Täter-Opfer-Augleich (TOA), the German version of victim-offender reconciliation programs (VORP), in the criminal and juvenile justice systems of Germany brings some dangers with it. If can hide the...
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Punishment, Policing and Praxis: Restorative Justice and Non-Violent Alternatives to ParaMilitary Punishments in Northern Ireland
by McEvoy, Kieran
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Policing and Society. 11:359-382. During the most recent three decades of conflict in Northern Ireland, the linitations of the Royal Ulster Cibstabulary’s (RUC) policing of local working class communities has seen the parallel evolution of violent paramilitary systems of...
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Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation: Pathways to Safer Schools
by Stomfay-Stitz, Aline M
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) Childhood Education 70(5). Violence in America’s schools may be minimized with the help of peer mediation programs. These programs teach students communications and conflict resolution skills so that they can settle disputes through peaceful discussions rather than through...
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Solving Conflicts Outside the Court System: Experiences with the Conflict Resolution Boards in Norway
by Nergard, Truda Brita
June 4, 2015
Source: (1993) British Journal of Criminology 33(1): 81-94 Norway’s conflict resolution boards, in which criminal cases are mediated outside the courts, have not met their initial goals of reducing adolescent criminality or reducing law enforcement’s workload and the time required...
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Constructing Cultures of Non-Violence: The Peace Power! Strategy
by Mattaini, Mark A
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Education & Treatment of Children 24(4) Extensive redesign of overall systems, like entire schools, could dramatically reduce the level of violence, threat, and coercion in schools, but this is generally unrealistic. This article presents an alternative approach, the...
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Confronting the Past and Creating the Future: The Redemptive Value of Truth Telling
by Lapsley, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Social Research 65(4) South Africa is engaged in a process of healing from the damage done by apartheid. The interim Constitution calls for ubuntu or generosity of spirit rather than victimization and for reparation rather than retaliation. The Truth and Reconciliation...
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The Impact of Aboriginal Justice Research on Policy: A Marginal Past and An Even More Uncertain Future
by La Prairie, Carol
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Canadian Journal of Criminology 41(2) A Canadian knowledge base in aboriginal and restorative justice must emerge, and it is not enough to leave such research to other countries. Canadian research on community justice or other aboriginal justice-specific initiatives must...
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An Exploratory Test of Braithwaite’s Reintegrative Shaming Theory
by Hay, Carter
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 38(2): 132-153 The past two decades have seen unprecedented growth in both the number and variety of theories of crime causation. Since 1985, at least 25 new theories of crime causation have emerged. If these theories are to...
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A Community Justice Dimension to Effective Probation Practice
by Harding, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) The Howard Journal 39(2): 132-149 This article builds on earlier articles by McWilliams and Pease in suggesting that the probation service requires a transcendent justification for its activities. The author supports the need for greater links between prison and probation...
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Forgiveness: The Victim’s Prerogative
by Verwoerd, Wilhelm
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) South African Journal of Philosophy. 21(1):97-111 This article explores and offers a qualified defense of the claim that the entitlement to forgive a wrongdoer belongs to the victim of the wrong. A summary account of forgiveness is given, followed by arguments in favor of the...
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Affective versus Effective Justice: Instrumentalism and Emotionalism in Criminal Justice
by Frieberg, Arie
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Punishment and Society 3(2): 265-278 This article argues that if crime prevention policies are to succeed in the political or public spheres they must address some of the deeper emotional or affective dimensions of crime and its place in society. While crime prevention remains a...
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