A New Chance for Human Peaceableness?
by Boulding, Elise
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology 6(3): 193-215. The millennial optimism being generated among nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the global civil society by the advent of the year 2000, and the United Nations Declaration of a Year and Decade of Education for...
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Câmaras restaurativas: a Justiça como instrumento de transformação de conflitos
by Scuro Neto, Pedro
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) In: Pela justiça na educação. BrasÃÂlia: MEC/BIRD. Abstract...
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Community Accountability Conferences
by Morey, Alexander
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Youth Studies 16(3). Reports on the launch of a collaborative pilot project in a high school in Adelaide, South Australia allowing the local police to deal with offending behavior occurring within the school. Development of process called Community Accountability Conference;...
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Restorative Justice: Framework for the Future of Corrections
by Richardson, Greg
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Corrections Today 59(7). Discusses restorative justice in the United States. People’s perception of criminal justice in the country; Advantages offered by restorative justice; Importance of restorative justice; How to implement the justice system in correctional...
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Dimensions of Forgiveness: An Untried Step Toward Character Education
by Rodden, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Vital Speeches 63(23). University of Texas professor John Rodden believes that the prevalence of hate and violence in society is caused by people’s failure to forget past grievances. However, a peaceful future can be attained through the moral and intellectual education...
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Peacemaking and the Tsuu T’ina Court
by Mandamin, L.S. Tony
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Justice as Healing: A Newsletter on Aboriginal Concepts of Justice. Spring. 8(1): 1-4. University of Saskatchewan Native Law Centre. As Tony Mandamin writes, the aboriginal peoples of Canada’s First Nations have a deep respect for their elders. It is a respect rooted in...
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Keeping Kids Out of Court: Three Case Studies Illustrate Some of the Latest Efforts to Reduce Juvenile Recidivism Within Their Communities
by Wade, Beth
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) American City & County 113(5). Juvenile crime decreased from 1996 to 1998 and only 15% of the offenders were arrested again after their first offense. Juvenile justice programs in Oklahoma County, OK; Dakota County, MN; and Deschutes County, OR, are presented as case...
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The Victim and the Justification of Punishment
by Whiteley, Diane
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Criminal Justice Ethics 17(2). Argues that a justification for punishment should take account of victims’ concerns as well as those of the wrongdoer and community. Overview of traditional theories; Details on the naturalistic approach; Communication of the victim’s...
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Exploring the Implications of Four Sanctioning Orientations for Community Corrections
by Harris, M. K
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Federal Probation 62(2). Focuses on the implications of pursuing four popular orientations toward sanctioning: Limited risk management; Effective correctional intervention; Restorative or community justice; Structured sanctioning policy...
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Key Differences Among Community Corrections Acts in the United States: An Overview
by Harris, M. K
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Prison Journal 76(2). The first state to adopt a Community Corrections Act (CCA) was Minnesota. Iowa and Colorado also enacted their own CCAs that were reflective of their own traditions, attitudes and values. The similarities and differences of four major CCA models are...
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Conferencing and Plurality: Reply to Blagg
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) British Journal of Criminology 37(4). Shame and shaming are cultural universals although their context may differ, and social support, the reintegrate portion of reintegrative shaming, occurs in all cultures as well. Harry Blagg errs in his opinion that this is not the case, and...
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Street Crime, Corporate Crime, and the Contingency of Criminal Liability
by Brown, Darryl K
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) University of Pennsylvania Law Review 149(5). Focuses on the conditions of culpability and punishment in criminal law in the United States. Role of retributism in expressing moral condemnation; Identification of criteria for imposing criminal culpability; Assessment of offenders...
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American Criminal Justice Philosophy: What’s Old-What’s New?
by Blakely, Curtis
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Federal Probation 63(1). Provides an overview of the underlying objectives of the early criminal justice system in the United States. Historical review of the police; Contemporary policing issues; Historical review of corrections; Contemporary correctional issues; Comparison...
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Developing Delinquent Youths: A Reintegrative Model for Rehabilitation and a New Role for the Juvenile Justice System
by Bazemore, Gordon
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Child Welfare 76(5). Presents logical, theoretical and empirical arguments for a new juvenile justice rehabilitative agenda based on youth development principles. Examination of the dominant intervention paradigms; Comparison on the theoretical and philosophical assumption of...
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ACA Policies and Resolutions. (Winter Conference Recap).
by American Correctional Association
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Corrections Today 64(3). Community corrections programs enable offenders to work and pay taxes, make restitution, meet court obligations, maintain family ties and develop and/or maintain critical support systems with the...
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