Reshaping civilization: Liberalism between assimilation and cultural genocide.
by van Krieken, Robert
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Canberra: Australian National University, Research School of Social Sciences. Robert van Krieken begins this essay by noting the growing interest in extending ideas of reparation, restitution, and reconciliation from criminal justice to redress a range of past injustices. This...
Read More
Peacemaking circles in Minnesota: An exploratory study.
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Crime Victims Report 5 (January/February): 81, 82, 95. Circles for dialogue, healing, sentencing, and other purposes are growing in use as restorative practices. They are rooted in Native American and First Nation traditions. Peacemaking or restorative circles come in many forms...
Read More
From prison back home: Social rehabilitation as a process (the Uganda experience).
by Sita, N. Masamba
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Kampala, Uganda: United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders. The authors of this report point to the problem of overcrowding in prisons in many African countries. The means are available in the current criminal justice system to...
Read More
Rethinking criminal justice in Scotland: Report of the Scottish Consortium on Crime and Criminal Justice
by Scottish Consortium on Crime and Criminal Justice, J. M
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Edinburgh: Scottish Consortium on Crime and Criminal Justice. This Consortium consists of a number of organizations in Scotland experienced in criminal justice issues relating to corrections, victims, community safety, and human rights. It came together in 1998 to promote...
Read More
Restorative justice – a quiet revolution in criminal justice.
by Robertson, J. M
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Paper presented at the Children’s Legal Issues Forum. Brisbane, Australia, 4 October. Robertson states that the current criminal justice system is retributive in nature, yet there is little evidence that retributive sanctions have much effect in achieving the goals of...
Read More
Victim-offender mediation: The English experience.
by Roberts, Annie
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) VOMA Quarterly 8 (Fall): 9-11. The authors of this article report on their research into issues relating to two victim-offender mediation programs in Great Britain. Specific issues addressed by their research include victim and offender satisfaction with the mediation process...
Read More
Victim involvement in criminal matters: “Levelling the playing field.â€?
by Rasmussen, Bernice
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Paper presented at the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration Magistrates’ Conference. Melbourne, Australia, 20-21 July. Rasmussen states that victim involvement in criminal justice is not new but a reemergence. The victim used to be central in addressing crime...
Read More
Criminology as peacemaking – “Empathy works, obedience doesn’t.�?
by Pepinsky, Harold E.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Draft (online). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University. As against making war on crime and violence, Pepinsky advocates peacemaking to supplant violence, to establish safety in the face of violence. This occurs when people become responsive to the feelings and needs of others....
Read More
Conferencing in New Zealand and Australia.
by Palk, Gerard
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) VOMA Quarterly 8 (Fall): 3, 4, 9. Growth in the development of family group conferencing in a number of countries has been accompanied by passionate advocates, skeptics, and strong critics. Writing within the Australian context, Palk believes that much of the comment has not...
Read More
Part I: Victims as storytellers: The importance of victim impact testimony in criminal justice proceedings.
by Myers, Roslyn
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Crime Victims Report 5 (January/February): 85, 86, 94, 95. One of the ways in which the victims’ rights movement has influenced criminal justice in recent years is the emergence of victim impact statements as part of the court process. Victims have deep and strong needs...
Read More
Small group conferencing in Minnesota – A VOMA interview with Carolyn McLeod
by Moore, Beverly
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) VOMA Quarterly 8 (Fall): 7, 8. Carolyn McLeod is the coordinator of the Community Justice Project in Washington County, Minnesota. In this article she responds to questions about that program. After outlining the justice programs offered by Washington County, she discusses the...
Read More
First Central American Course on Victimology and Victim Assistance: Perceptions of a first time participant
by Miles, Shireen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) The Victimologist 5 (June): 6. At the invitation of the World Society of Victimology, Shireen Miles (a practitioner in victim assistance in California) went in February 2001 as a presenter to the First Central American Course on Victimology and Victim Assistance in San Salvador....
Read More
Criminal justice conferencing calls for caution
by Marshall, Tony F
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) VOMA Quarterly 8 (Fall): 5, 6, 9. Understanding family group conferencing as a natural development from victim-offender mediation, Marshall sees great promise in conferencing. At the same time, he cautions that there are dangers as well as benefits in family group conferencing....
Read More
The effects of restorative justice programming: A review of the empirical. RR2000-16e.
by Latimer, Jeff
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Ottawa: Department of Justice, Research and Statistics Division. In recognition of limits and problems with the current criminal justice system in Canada, many have advocated restorative justice as an alternative, with restorative justice programming increasing in application....
Read More
Facilitating restorative group conferences. Trainer’s guide lesson 1: Introduction.
by Minnesota Department of Corrections
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Department of Corrections. The Minnesota Department of Corrections has produced a set of practical materials to guide people who are training others in facilitation of restorative group conferences. Lesson 1 is an introduction to the training....
Read More