Ho-Chunk Nation Community Service Program
by Ho-Chunk Youth Services Program, M
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Rockville, MD: National Institute of Justice/NCJRS The Community Service Program was proposed to address the growing number of Ho-Chunk youth involved in the court system. The Program was to provide culturally relevant intervention in the juvenile cases for the Black River...
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Dutch Victim Policy: A Comparative Perspective.
by Brienen, M
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Judicial Explorations (Justiteile verkenningen) 27(3) It is widely accepted that crime victims should be able to participate in the criminal proceedings of their cases. Guidelines for the legal rights of victims have been provided in authoritative documents such as the 1985...
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Dutch Governmental Victim Policies: Some Recent Developments
by Van Dijk, P
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Judicial Explorations (Justiteile verkenningen) 27(3) The Dutch Government requires that police officers and public prosecutors meet certain standards in their interaction with crime victims. New governmental standards for victim services involve only minor changes, among them...
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OVC Handbook for Coping After Terrorism: A Guide to Healing and Recovery.
by US Dept of Justice Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Rockville, MD: US Dept of Justice, Office of Victims of Crime Resource Ctr. This handbook offers suggestions to aid victims’ recovery after an act of terror or mass violence. Recovering from a traumatic event takes a long time and is not easy. Everyone responds...
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Family Group Conferencing: Some Critical Remarks
by Weijers, I
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Judicial Explorations (Justiteile verkenningen) 27(3) The author notes that family group conferences have been featured in attempting to implement the principles of restorative justice for juveniles in many western countries. In critiquing family group conferences, the author...
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International Review of Restorative Justice.
by Miers, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) London: Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate This report reviewed the development and provision of restorative justice (RJ) programs in 12 European jurisdictions, so as to compare and contrast the often diverse ways RJ had been deployed, while indicating...
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Exploratory Evaluation of Restorative Justice Schemes
by Miers, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) London: Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate This report presents the results of a 15-month study of the effectiveness of seven British restorative justice (RJ) schemes conducted between December 1999 and June 2000, two of them dealing primarily with...
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Criminal Procedure or Mediation?
by Cleiren, C. P. M
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Judicial Explorations (Justiteile verkenningen) 27(3). This paper compares the processes of criminal procedure with those of mediation in responding to criminal offenses in the Netherlands. The author questions whether justice can be done without the involvement of a judicial...
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Restorative Justice or Penal Law: Duet or Duel?
by Walgrave, Lode
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Judicial Explorations (Justiteile verkenningen) 27(3). According to the author, restorative justice has a social-ethical surplus value compared to punitive penal law. He also argues that penal law is an inadequate means of confirming and internalizing dominant, positive social...
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Mediation in Relation to Criminal Procedure
by Spapens, A.C
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Judicial Explorations (Justiteile verkenningen) 27(3) The author differentiates between three main forms of mediation: reparation of harm, settlement of conflict, and mediation. Apart from the reparation of harm on the basis of the so-called “Aanwijzing...
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Westmoreland County Youth Commissions: A Diversionary Program Based on Balanced and Restorative Justice
by Sturges, Judith E
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Juvenile and Family Court Journal 52(3) The program aims to reduce caseloads and costs of the juvenile court, while providing youths with a rehabilitation program with close supervision. The Youth Commissions cover 59 municipalities. The analysis focused on 489 cases for which...
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Volunteer Program Aids Released Offender Supervision
by Evans, Donald G
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Corrections Today 63(5). In Canada, there have been two recent developments regarding supervision of conditionally released offenders. The first relates to releasing offenders at the expiration of their sentences and, in the case of sex offenders, provision of community...
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Amending Young Justice Policy in Canada: Discourse, Mediation and Ambiguity
by Campbell, Kathryn
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders 26-1. In 1984, the Canadian Youth Offenders Act (YOA) was passed and considered a revolutionary piece of legislation. Yet, with increases in youth crime much criticism was generated...
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Community-Based Treatment for Offenders in the Philippines: Old Concepts, New Approaches, Best Practices
by Yangco, Celia Copadocia
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders 26-1. The paper studied measures to facilitate the reintegration of offenders into society. It examined these measures primarily from a social development perspective, with emphasis...
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Mediation Along Side the Courts: Execution of the National Project ‘Mediation Judiciary’
by Pel, M
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Mediation 26(9). This article describes the implementation of a Dutch project entitled, “Mediation Along Side the Courts,” whose goal is to determine whether the structural provision of so-called “court referred mediation” within the existing judicial...
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