Utah Juvenile Court’s Community Service & Restitution Work Programs
by Utah Administrative Office of the Courts, Susan S
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Utah Administrative Office of the Courts. The Restitution and Community Service Program of Utah’s juvenile courts is designed to compensate individual victims for their loss as a result of juvenile crime, compensate the community for its collective loss through community...
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Using Restorative Justice in Family Violence Situations
by Russell, Susan S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Crime Victims Report 4 (November/December): 65, 75-76. Russell begins by noting the significance of certain terms and concepts in restorative justice paradigms: “repairing the harm”; “putting things right”; “negotiation”;...
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Use of Criminology Literature
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (1974) London: Butterworth Following comments on conducting a search for information in criminology, the author deals with the sociological aspects of criminology, listing bibliographical material related to criminological theory. A chapter on the psychiatric aspects of crime deals...
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Unforgiveness, forgiveness, and reconciliation and their implications for societal interventions
by Worthington, Everett L
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Forgiveness and reconciliation: Religion, public policy, & conflict transformation, ed. Raymond G. Helmick, S.J., and Rodney L. Petersen, 161-182. With a foreword by Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press. A psychologist involved in research...
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Understanding majority and minority participation in interracial and interethnic dialogue
by Hubbard, Amy S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Reconciliation, Justice, and Coexistence: Theory & Practice, ed. Mohammed Abu-Nimer, pp. 275-289. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. Conflict resolution – such as in interracial and interethnic conflict – often has much to do with addressing issues of...
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Understanding restorative community justice: What and why now?
by Bazemore, Gordon
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Restorative community justice: Repairing harm and transforming communities, ed. Gordon Bazemore and Mara Schiff, 21-46. With an introduction by Gordon Bazemore and Mara Schiff. Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing Co. In this essay, Bazemore and Schiff explain key elements of...
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Underlying principles: The spirituality of the circle
by Schweigert, Francis J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Full Circle: The Newsletter of the Restorative Justice Institute 3 (Spring): 2-4. In exploring the nature and purpose of processes with participants arranged in a circle, Schweigert first points in general to the significance of the circle in human life. He then examines the...
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Truth commissions as instruments of forgiveness and reconciliation
by Chapman, Audrey R
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Forgiveness and reconciliation: Religion, public policy, & conflict transformation, ed. Raymond G. Helmick, S.J., and Rodney L. Petersen, 247-267. With a foreword by Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press. Chapman opens her chapter by asking...
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Truancy mediation: Helping youth to stay in school
by Elton, Kathy M
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) VOMA Connections no. 8 (Winter): 6-8. According to research studies, truancy is a major factor in youth being at risk of encounters with the juvenile justice system. Mediation, as an alternative dispute resolution process, can be adapted and applied as a truancy intervention...
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The treatment of victims of crimes and offences in the Spanish system of justice
by de la Cuesta, Jose
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) In Support for crime victims in a comparative perspective, ed. Ezzat Fattah and Tony Peters, 69-81. A collection of essays dedicated to the memory of Prof. Frederic McClintock. With a preface by Ezzat Fattah and Tony Peters. Leuven, Belgium: Leuven University Press. The authors...
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Balanced and Restorative Justice
by Eastern Kentucky University, Training Resource Center
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) US Dept of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. This 2-hour U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention funded videoconference held in 2001 reviewed the Balanced and Restorative Justice (BARJ) Model that outlined...
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Mediation as an Alternative to the Traditional Criminal Justice
by Chankova, Dobrinka
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Pro & Contra-Alternatives. N. 7-8. In criminal matters mediation should be seen as an option which is complementary to traditional criminal proceedings or even as an alternative to them. Thanks to its flexibility and participatory nature mediation is likely to produce a...
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Towards a Restorative Model of Criminal Justice
by Donatiu, Paul
June 4, 2015
Source: (1992) Social Alternatives. 11(3). Focuses on the enhancement of the criminal justice system in Australia. Consideration of the notion of punishment and rehabilitation; importance of public participation; role of the Catholic Prison Ministry in initiating educational projects;...
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Towards a framework for conceptualising and evaluating models of criminal justice from a victim’s perspective
by Dignan, James
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) International Review of Victimology 4(3): 153-182. Recent empirical findings and theoretical writings are reviewed in order to evaluate 3 distinct models of restorative justice within a typology of victim-based measures proposed or adopted in the U.K.: the civilian,...
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Toward the Ideal Community Justice
by Clear, Todd R
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) National Institute of Justice Journal (October 2000: pp.21 – 28.) Clear and Karp attempt to identify the ideals and goals of community justice. They distinguish it from restorative justice by pointing out that its approach is proactive and dependent on voluntary civic...
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