Interview with Ada Pecos Melton
by Editor, Jennifer J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Full Circle: The Newsletter of the Restorative Justice Institute 3 (Spring): 6-7. Trained and experienced in criminal justice, Ms. Melton is a member of the Pueblo Jemez in New Mexico and President of American Indian Development Associates. In this interview, she responds to...
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International crime victim compensation program resource directory.
by Office for Victims of Crime., Jennifer J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime. This directory lists contact information for victim compensation programs in 29 countries, including the United States. The listing for each country includes available...
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“Institutions for restorative justice: The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.”
by Llewellyn, Jennifer J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) University of Toronto Law Journal (Summer99) 49(3): 355ff. 34p. Proposes a different view of South Africa’s Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC), which challenges the conception of justice that underlies criminal trials. Limits of criminal trials; Support for...
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“Community Sentencing in Oklahoma: Offenders Get a Second Chance to Make a First Impression.”
by Morrissey, Linda G
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) University of Tulsa law Review. vol. 36 Summer. The purpose of the Act is to protect the public in a cost-effective community sentencing system that utilizes a broad spectrum of supervised sanctions to treat both the criminogenic and social needs of the eligible offender while...
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Inner Corrections.
by Lozoff, B.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1989) Cincinnati, OH: Anderson. Peace making is based on self-honesty, courage, kindness, and humor and operates independently of race, creed, culture, or time and place. It suggests that rehabilitation can be accomplished from the inside-out rather than forced upon criminals, and...
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The influence of offense-generated factors, social perceptions, and preexisting individual characteristics on restorative justice coping responses
by Bradfield Jr, Murray O’Neal
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Ph.D. Dissertation, Georgia State University. Educators and trainers have recently begun to develop approaches for helping individuals deal with offenses precipitated by the behavior of others. This study examined those psycho-social factors that predict different types of...
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“Infancy, adolescence, and restorative justice: Strategies for promoting organizational reform.”
by Carey, Mark
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Restorative community justice: Repairing harm and transforming communities, ed. Gordon Bazemore and Mara Schiff, 151-169. With an introduction by Gordon Bazemore and Mara Schiff. Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing Co. Carey makes the point that application of restorative...
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“Individual accountability in South Africa: Cultural optimum or political façade?”
by McGregor, Lorna
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) American Journal of International Law 95 (January): 32-45. McGregor points out that states in political and social transition have dealt with their pasts in different ways. South Africa – moving from minority rule with apartheid to majority rule in a democracy, first...
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“Indigenous justice.”
by Preston, Bill
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Full Circle: The Newsletter of the Restorative Justice Institute 3 (Spring): 1. In their introductory essay to this issue of the journal, the editors contend that indigenous justice has many lessons to teach advocates of restorative justice. Hence, they review aspects of...
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“Incorporating Restorative and Community Justice Into American Sentencing and Corrections.”
by Kurki, Leena
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Sentencing and Corrections: Issues for the 21st Century, No. 3., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice. Kurki addresses the fact that RJ and CJ are diametrically opposed systems in philosophies, methods and goals. She identifies the...
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“Making the links between community policing and community justice.”
by Nicholl, Caroline G
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) The ICCA Journal 3 (August): 20-28. Noting the challenges posed by crime rates and traditional responses to crime, Nicholl examines the potential in community policing and the risks to this approach. With this in mind, Nicholl relates the background to community policing in a...
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“Implementing restorative youth justice: A case study in community justice and the dynamics of reform.”
by Griffiths, Curt Taylor
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) In Restorative juvenile justice: Repairing the harm of youth crime, ed. Gordon Bazemore and Lode Walgrave, 237-261. With an introduction by Gordon Bazemore and Lode Walgrave. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press. Griffiths and Corrado explore trends and issues concerning...
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“Implementing restorative justice: What works?”
by Morris, Allison
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Restorative justice for juveniles: Conferencing, mediation and circles, ed. Allison Morris and Gabrielle Maxwell, 267-281. With a foreword by DJ Carruthers. Oxford: Hart Publishing. In this essay, Morris and Maxwell reflect on the ideas and research findings presented in the...
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“Implementation of track two diplomacy: Developing a model of forgiveness.”
by Botcharova, Olga
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Forgiveness and reconciliation: Religion, public policy, & conflict transformation, ed. Raymond G. Helmick, S.J., and Rodney L. Petersen, 269-294. With a foreword by Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press. Botcharova explores the value of...
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“The impact of religious programming on recidivism, the community and prisons.”
by O’Connor, Tom.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) The IARCA Journal 6 (June): 13-19, 47. O’Connor examines two closely related issues: (1) the relationship between religion, prisons, and offenders; and (2) the effects of religious programming on prisons, the community, and offenders. He argues that volunteer religious...
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