Youth justice conferences versus Children’s Court: A comparison of re-offending.
by Smith, Nadine
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Crime and Justice Bulletin. Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice. NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. Number 150 After adjusting for other factors in the intention-to-treat analyses, no significant differences were found between conference and court participants in...
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Exploring recent developments in restorative policing in England and Wales.
by Clamp, Kerry Leigh
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Criminology and Criminal Justice. Published online before print April 12, 2012, doi: 10.1177/1748895812441933 The evolution of the policing role over the last decade has led to 33 police forces in England and Wales integrating restorative justice practices, in one form or...
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Restorative justice in higher education: Compilation of formats and best practices.
by Darling, Justine
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) University of San Diego. Restorative Justice is possible in any Institution of Higher Education and this document highlights clear steps and resources for institutions to become more restorative. The findings are based on best practices used by colleges and universities already...
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Family decision making in child welfare: Challenges in developing a knowledge base for practice.
by Morris, Kate
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Child Abuse Review. 21(1):41-52. Over the past two decades, engaging families in decisionmaking has grown in popularity across child welfare systems internationally. The family group conference in particular has generated interest as a practice model that facilitates broader...
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Family power: Engaging and collaborating with families.
by Smull, Elizabeth
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Bethlehem, PA: International Institute of Restorative Practices. Family Power offers practical guidance for engaging and collaborating with families, illustrated by anecdotes gathered from professionals in a range of settings around the world. The authors connect FGC/FGDM with...
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Restorative justice for juveniles … and adults.
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Paper for Conference on ‘Human rights and education: global and regional problems and perspectives’, Khanti-Mansiysk, Russia, , 21-24 August 2000. If we were able to take a new sheet of paper and design a new system for dealing with crime, knowing what we do now,...
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Sprawiedliwość naprawcza w Europie i na świecie
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) Współpraca krajów Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej na rzecz rozwoju sprawiedliwości naprawczej i mediacji Warszawa, 21-22 stycznia 2006 Pozwolę sobie zacząć słowami skierowanymi do naszych polskich gospodarzy: każda kolejna wizyta w Polsce jest...
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Victim/offender mediation: the independent model and Implications of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 for mediation
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Address by Martin Wright to the Official Launch of the Waltham Forest Victim/Offender Mediation Service, 21 September 1998 It is an honour for me to be invited to speak at the Official Launch of the Waltham Forest Victim/Offender Mediation Service. I suppose you have asked me...
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How far can and should restorative justice distance itself from criminal justice?
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Workshop for conference of the European Forum for Restorative Justice. Verona, Italy, 17-19 April 2008. To the extent that restorative justice has been implemented, it has shown very promising results: the great majority of victims are satisfied, offenders feel that the method...
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Restorative Legislation: not too little, not too much, but just right.
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Paper given at a Workshop on Perspectives of Victim-Offender Mediation, Sofia, Bulgaria, December. Restorative justice adds a new dimension to the conventional aims of justice: to restore the well-being of the person harmed. The offender is enabled (or required) to make amends...
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Restorative justice and Mediation.
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Paper presented at the conference “Probation Methods in Criminal Policy: Current State and Perspectives” at Popowo, Poland, 20-21 October. From the early 1980s, victim/offender mediation introduced in a few places, by local probation services or by voluntary...
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Restorative justice in Europe and beyond.
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2006) ‘Co-operation of Eastern and Central European countries for the development of restorative justice and mediation’, Warsaw, 21-22 January 2006‘. I should like to say something about the European Forum for Restorative Justice; then I will suggest ways in which...
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Restorative justice and the victim: The English Experience.
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Paper to seminar at École Nationale de la Magistrature, Paris, 6-7 May 2004. The recent history of restorative justice in England and Wales is of small experiments, a renaissance, a takeover by the government, and a struggle by those who believe in the concept to preserve...
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Is mediation appropriate even for rape?
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) paper to International Conference on Restorative Justice, Winchester, 28-31 March 2000. The aim of this article is to test the principles of restorative justice by applying them to very serious cases. It will consider mainly those cases where the victim and the offender are...
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The Centrality of Victims in Restorative Justice Policy and Practice.
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Paper to conference on International perspectives: restorative justice in Northern Ireland. Belfast, 26-27 October. The paper will have three main sections: the mediation process, victim-sensitive administration, and principles and standards; but I will begin with a case...
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