Awareness and attitude of the public towards community service: Research Sub-Committee’s report
by Sita, N. Masamba
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Kampala, Uganda: United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Interim National Committee on Community Service. This document stems from a pilot research project on community service. The research had two aims: (1) gather public...
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Reintegrative shaming of violence, drink driving & property crime: A randomized controlled trial
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Progress report. Canberra: Australian National University, Institute of Advanced Studies, Research School of Social Sciences. Downloaded 3 June 2004. The authors of this document report on the progress of the Canberra Reintegrative Shaming Experiments (RISE), a scientific...
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Restorative justice, American style
by Reynolds, Morgan
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Intellectual Ammunition (March/April). Downloaded 3 June 2004. Skeptical of many movements advocating new approaches to justice, Reynolds nevertheless writes positively of a restorative justice initiative in Indianapolis, Indiana, targeted at youthful, first-time offenders....
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Restorative justice: An interview with visiting fellow Thomas Quinn
by Anonymous
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) National Institute of Justice Journal (March). This article consists of an interview with Thomas Quinn, visiting fellow at the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and former executive director of the Delaware Criminal Justice Council. As part of his fellowship at NIJ, he...
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Diversion in South Africa: A review of policy and practice, 1990-2003
by Wood, Catherine
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Occasional Paper 79. South Africa: Institute for Security Studies. Diversion initiatives in South Africa, writes Catherine Wood, have been practiced since the early 1990s. Since 1996 there has been a substantial expansion in the number of children referred to diversion programs....
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Peace, justice, and forgiveness: The moral challenge of genocide
by Rawson, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Address presented at Whitworth College, Spokane, Washington, November 13. Sponsored by The Weyerhaeuser Center for Christian Faith & Learning and Partners International. David Rawson, formerly U. S. ambassador to Rwanda during the genocide of 1994, looks at the atrocities...
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The hard road of forgiveness
by Penn, Mary Sue
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Yes! Magazine (Fall). In this essay, to illustrate both the challenge and the hope in forgiveness, Mary Sue Penn tells of a murder and its effects. In 1985 four young women participated in the murder of an old woman to get her money and her car. After arrest and conviction, one...
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Restoring justice
by Oxford Youth Works, Lukas
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Initiative (Winter). Oxford: Oxford Youth Works. Downloaded 3 June 2004. In discussing restorative justice, this article begins with the claim that for Christians their relationship with God -characterized by repentance and forgiveness- should be the model for their...
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Oxford Youth Works and restorative justice
by Oxford Youth Works, Lukas
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Oxford: Oxford Youth Works. Oxford Youth Works is a Christian organization that works with youth in the Oxford area. This document presents an overview of a contemporary plan and budget for the organization. The document includes an introduction to the organization’s...
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The effectiveness of diversion programmes- a longitudinal evaluation of cases.
by Muntingh, Lukas
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Cape Town: South African National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Reintegration of Offenders Diversion programs were established in South Africa on a fairly informal basis in the early 1990s by the National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Reintegration of Offenders...
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No short cuts to reconciliation: A spiritual perspective on crime in South Africa.
by Miller, Andie
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) In Odyssey 21(5). October. South Africa: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. Downloaded 2 June 2004. Violent crime and its effects are widespread concerns in South Africa. Many propose severely punitive responses to crime. Andie Miller sees such responses as...
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Reintegrative shaming and recidivism risks in drug court: Explanations for some unexpected findings
by Miethe, Terance D
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Crime & Delinquency 46 (October): 522-41. In this study, the authors apply Braithwaite’s theory of reintegrative shaming to examine the relative effectiveness of specialized drug court in reducing recidivism risks. Despite the structural similarities of specialized...
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Kid mediators: Learning and applying conflict resolution skills in schools
by Maday, Mike
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) In Context: A Quarterly of Humane Sustainable Culture (Spring): 27ff. Mike Maday helps schools set up conflict resolution and mediation programs. As indicated in the title, he focuses in this article on students mediating conflicts among other students. He describes the student...
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Convenience store robbery case study: Both victim and offender make a personal connection
by Luther, Doris
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) VOMA Connections, no. 4 (Autumn/Winter): 9 One of the mediators in this case, Doris Luther recounts a mediation in Maine between a juvenile who robbed a convenience store and the two victims who owned the store. Victim offender mediation is different from other mediation in that...
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Conflict, conflict resolution and the children of Northern Ireland: Towards understanding the impact on children and families
by Lovell, Erin L
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Kroc Institute Occasional Paper Series #21:OP:1. South Bend, Indiana: University of Notre Dame, The Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. The authors of this paper use a multidisciplinary approach to investigate the effects of conflict and conflict processes on...
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