“Mediation: the idea: influences on the development of conflict resolution.’
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (1993) Justice of the Peace and Local Government Law. P.766-767. Wright outlines the history of mediation as an alternative to adjudication of conflicts. Briefly, he outlines the problem of court backlog and the influence of anthropological study of dispute resolution in non-Western...
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“Mediation as a basic element of crime control: Theoretical and empirical comments.”
by Rössner, Dieter
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Buffalo Criminal Law Review 3 (1): 211-233. Citing the legal and social situation in Germany, Rössner examines the value of victim-offender reconciliation and mediation (peacemaking) in dealing with criminal offenses. He traces how reaction to wrongdoing in thought and...
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“Mediation as an Alternative to the Criminal Proceedings: The American Experience.”
by Chankova, Dobrinka
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Contemporary Law. N. 5. Mediation is one of the most successful innovation introduced in the USA and Canada to resolve some of the problems caused by crime. Mediation programs within the criminal justice system constitute a growing component of a broader Alternative Dispute...
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“Mediation, criminal justice and community involvement. A European perspective.”
by Faget, Jacques
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) In Victim-offender mediation in Europe: Making restorative justice work, ed. The European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice, 39-48. With an introduction by Tony Peters. Leuven, Belgium: Leuven University Press. With a European context in particular in...
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“Mediation as an Alternative to Probation Revocation Proceeding.”
by Cooke, S.S
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Federal Probation 59 (4):48-52. Mediation cases should be limited to probationers’ technical violations, because probation officers currently have much discretion regarding whether to file a petition or simply report the conduct to the court and request no further action....
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“Avoiding the marginalization and “McDonaldization” of victim-offender mediation: A case study in moving toward the mainstream.”
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Restorative juvenile justice: Repairing the harm of youth crime, ed. Gordon Bazemore and Lode Walgrave, 213-234. With an introduction by Gordon Bazemore and Lode Walgrave. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press. Umbreit traces the growth and acceptance of victim-offender...
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“Toward a Holistic Vision of Restorative Juvenile Justice: A Reply to the Maximalist Model.”
by McCold, Paul
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Contemporary Justice Review. 3(4):357-. This paper engages the efforts to develop a mid-range theory to complete the vaguely-defined paradigm of restorative justice. Advocates of a Maximalist model have been critical of a voluntary process-based theoretical structure to evaluate...
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“Mass violence and ubutabera: Exploring the boundaries of justice and reconciliation in post-genocide Germany and Rwanda.�?
by Holland, Frederick Peter
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Ph.D. Dissertation, The Claremont Graduate University. This dissertation is about the difficulties posed for traditional conceptions of justice when both state and citizenry are complicit in the commission of the radical crime of genocide. The sheer numbers of people involved in...
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Maori and the justice system. Paper presented at the Making Crime Pay conference. Wellington, New Zealand, June 1994.
by Chapman, Sam
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) Stimulus 2 (August): 23-28. In his conference address, Sam Chapman considers crime and justice in New Zealand from a Maori and Christian perspective. Crime is fundamentally a moral issue, within a person; it is manifested in particular, situational terms. Responses to crime...
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“Making ‘what works’ work: Challenges in the delivery of community penalties.”
by Underdown, Andrew
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Community penalties: Change and challenges, eds. Anthony Bottoms, Loraine Gelsthorpe, and Sue Rex, 117-125. Cambridge Criminal Justice Series. Devon, UK: Willan Publishing. In this chapter Underdown comments on opportunities and challenges with respect to the ‘what...
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Making Good-Prison, Punishments, and Beyond.
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (1982) London: Hutchinson Publishing Group Limited. Wright underlines the appalling state of the prisons and reviews the orthodox reformist case for short-term improvement. Overcrowded and inhumane conditions could be improved by shorter sentences; the abandonment of imprisonment for...
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Looking back, moving forward-crime victims and restorative justice.
by Seymour, Anne
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) The ICCA Journal 3 (August): 13-16. To advance justice for crime victims, Seymour reviews the crime victims’ movement and the current status of crime victims in the United States. She argues that when restorative justice works, crime victims constitute the center of our...
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Looking at the law: Update on selected restitution issues.
by Goodwin, Catharine M
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Federal Probation 65 (June): 54-61. In this article Goodwin provides expanded guidance and updated case law on two particular issues pertaining to restitution: (1) a procedure for determining victims and harms for restitution; and (2) the imposition and enforcement of...
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“Conclusion: The long road to reconciliation.”
by Abu-Nimer, Mohammed
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Reconciliation, Justice, and Coexistence: Theory & Practice, ed. Mohammed Abu-Nimer, pp. 339-348. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. The authors of this essay observe that there are complex relationships between the four different but interrelated concepts of peace,...
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“Life of Crime: Criminology and Public Policy as Peacemaking.”
by Quinney, R.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Criminal Justice in America: Theory, Practice, and Policy, pp. 410-415, 1996, Barry W Hancock and Paul M Sharp. Prentice Hall Inc. A “compassionate criminology” recognizes the interrelatedness of everything, i.e., that we are connected to one another and to our...
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