Using crime to reweave the social fabric: Developing social capital/informal social control through restorative processes – stories from the street.
by Minnesota Department of Corrections
June 4, 2015
Source: Saint Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Corrections, Community and Juvenile Services Division. Downloaded 2 June 2004. One of the chief aims of restorative justice practices is repair of broken lives and relationships. Many forces – including, but not limited to, actual crime...
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Peacemaking circle process.
by Minnesota Department of Corrections
June 4, 2015
Source: Saint Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Corrections, Community and Juvenile Services Division. Downloaded 2 June 2004. Peacemaking circles consist of an activity and a process for bringing people together for dialogue, conflict resolution, and healing. These circles have roots in the...
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Respecting everyone’s ability to resolve problems: Restorative measures.
by Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Roseville, MN: Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning. This booklet applies restorative measures (i.e., a restorative philosophy and process) to deal with school-based conflicts and problems. A restorative measures approach starts from the perspective that a...
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Culture of peace: UNESCO’s program in Asia and the Pacific
by Meleisea, Malama
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Thinking peace, making peace, eds. Barry Hindess and Margaret Jolly, 77-91. Occasional Paper Series 1/2001. Collection of papers presented at the Academy of the Social Sciences annual symposium, 5 November 2000. Canberra: Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. United...
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Christian attitudes in the justice system
by McGeorge, Nicholas
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) The Friend (January 19). Nicholas McGeorge, having worked as a psychologist in the prison service in Great Britain, cites statistics to argue that the British generally take a tougher attitude towards offenders in their criminal justice system than other European countries. The...
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A Christian approach to conflict resolution.
by McElrea, F W M
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Address presented to the Australasian Christian Legal Convention. Victoria, Australia, 1-4 February In this address, Judge F. W. M. McElrea looks specifically at mediation and at restorative justice as a New Testament or Christian approach to conflict resolution. He provides...
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Restorative justice-a new approach to conflict resolution
by Lofty, Mel
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Address presented at the Long Crendon Women’s Institute, 13 June. Oxford: Church of England, Diocese of Oxford, Board for Social Responsibility. In this presentation, Superintendent Mel Lofty, head of Youth and Restorative Justice, Thames Valley Police, focuses on...
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Aboriginal policing in Manitoba: A report to the Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission.
by Clairmont, Don
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission. In the 1980s, the Manitoba Government initiated an inquiry into the administration of justice and aboriginal people – commonly called the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry. In 1999 the Aboriginal Justice...
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What is forgiveness?
by Liebmann, Marian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) The Friend (January 14). Marian Liebmann reports on her participation in a 1999 conference in Scotland on forgiveness. At the conference she perceived two main themes. One was that forgiveness is a personal journey that can be undertaken by oneself, regardless of the attitude of...
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Restorative justice- an overview
by Liebmann, Marian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Restorative justice – What’s it all about?, ed. by the Churches’ Criminal Justice Forum, 6-13. Paper presented at a conference hosted by the Churches’ Criminal Justice Forum. London: Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, Churches’...
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Inspiring the future
by Liebmann, Marian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) The Friend (May 18). In this article, Marian Liebmann reports on an international conference on restorative and community justice held in Winchester (United Kingdom) in March 2001. The conference brought together many experts on restorative justice and hundreds of participants....
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Cultures and conflict
by Liebmann, Marian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) The Friend (October 27). The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) started in the mid 1970s in Greenhaven Prison, New York (USA), when a group of inmates asked local Quakers to help them stem violence in the prison. A workshop was devised to teach conflict resolution to...
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Reducing recidivism: Canada’s first drug treatment court
by La Prairie, Carol
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Horizons 3 (October): 20, 21. Drug abuse and addiction often are accompanied by other issues, such as persistent criminal behavior. In general, the criminal justice system offers little or no addiction treatment or after-care services to drug addicts. Hence, criminal recidivism...
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Does prison protect us?
by Lampen, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) The Friend (May 4). Lampen observes that most people agree on two realities: (1) the majority of those who are convicted have little hope or faith in themselves; and (2) far too many prisoners re-offend after release, suggesting that prison systems do not foster personal change...
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Restorative justice as direct democracy and community building.
by Kurki, Leena
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Saint Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Corrections, Community and Juvenile Services Division. As conceived and practiced, restorative justice applies directly to victims, offenders, and communities in terms of redressing the harm caused by crime. Kurki and Pranis contend that...
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