“A Healing Approach to Crime.”
by Evers, Tag
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) The Progressive. 62(9):30-33. Evers discusses the Restorative Justice Project, a program that involves a face-to-face meeting between crime victims and the perpetrators, and whose goal is to make things right rather than simply punishing the offenders. There are 300 such...
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“Hatred’s end: A Christian proposal to peacemaking in a new century.”
by Dawson, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Forgiveness and reconciliation: Religion, public policy, & conflict transformation, ed. Raymond G. Helmick, S.J., and Rodney L. Petersen, 219-243. With a foreword by Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press. Writing about forgiveness and...
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“Harm and Repair: Observing Restorative Justice in Vermont.”
by Karp, David R
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Justice Quarterly. 18(4):727-757. This paper analyzes the decision-making process for negotiating reparative contracts with offenders in a restorative justice model. Based on a content analysis of videotaped Community Reparative Board Meetings with probationers in Vermont, this...
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The handbook of victim offender mediation: An essential guide to practice and research.
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Sponsored by the Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking, University of Minnesota, School of Social Work. With a foreword by Marlene A. Young. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc. Mark Umbreit is the founding director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for...
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“Guiding principles for peacemaking circles.”
by Stuart, Barry.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Restorative community justice: Repairing harm and transforming communities, ed. Gordon Bazemore and Mara Schiff, 219-241. With an introduction by Gordon Bazemore and Mara Schiff. Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing Co. In this essay, Stuart proposes guiding principles for...
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Greens Guide to Alternative Dispute Resolution in Scotland.
by Moody, Susan R
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Edinburgh: Sweet & Maxwell. The book consists of ten essays, two each by the editors, and the remainder by academics, solicitors, and dispute resolution practitioners, each looking to a specific question or area of practice. Susan Moody begins the process with an overview...
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“Grace Therapy: A New Approach to the Treatment of Male Batterers.”
by Ronel, Natti.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Contemporary Justice Review. 2(3): 283. Ronel describes ‘grace therapy’, a restorative approach to the treatment of violent...
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Governing aboriginal justice in Canada: Constructing responsible individuals and communities through ‘tradition’
by Andersen, Chris
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Crime, Law & Social Change 31: 303-326. In recent years there has been much discussion asserting the failure of Western criminal justice in relation to aboriginal people. In Canada, as in other places, this has led to advocacy for alternatives in more traditional forms of...
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Going Around in Circles
by Pranis, Kay
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Hearts & Hands: Minnesota’s Restorative Justice Newsletter Winter/Spring: 1. In her article introducing this newsletter issue, Pranis states that peacemaking circles bring together the ancient wisdom of community and the contemporary value of respect for the...
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“Going to Court Cap in Hand: A Preliminary Evaluation of a Community Aid Panel.”
by Bargen, Jenny
June 4, 2015
Source: (1992) Current Issues in Criminal Justice. 4( 2): 117-140. Established by individual police officers and encouraged by a headquarters unit, the Community Aid Panels are voluntary for juvenile first offenders. It aims to provide first offenders the opportunity to make restitution to the...
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“Gladue: The judicial and political reception of a promising decision.”
by Roach, Kent
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Canadian Journal of Criminology 42 (July): 355-388. In R. v. Gladue, the Canadian Supreme Court interpreted the Criminal Code’s requirement that judges consider alternative sentencing in light of the particular circumstances of aboriginal offenders. In this decision the...
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“Getting the Balance Right: The Policing of Young People in New South Wales.”
by Hayes, Lisa
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Paper presented at the Children and Crime: Victims and Offenders Conference convened by the Australian Institute of Criminology and held in Brisbane, 17-18 June. Hayes explores the changes made in the New South Wales Police Service with the Young Offenders Bill in 1997. Efforts...
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“Gang Intervention Victim Impact Panel Program.”
by Donna Villareal, Neal
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Crime Victims Report 5 (March/April): 5-6. The Gang Intervention Victim Panel Program in Texas operates as a community supervision program to address the behavior of gang members on probation. It seeks to personalize for these offenders the trauma caused by their crimes. The...
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“When Restorative Justice Is Done Within a Retributive Justice System, What Is Gained, What Is Lost, and What Lessons Are Learned?”
by Immarigeon, Russ
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Community Corrections Report . 7(4):55-59. The use of capital punishment affects the overall criminal justice process, including the nature and conditions of other sanctions, and the relationship between capital punishment and other penalties has not been addressed adequately....
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A Future Where Punishment Is Marginalized: Realistic or Utopian?
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) UCLA Law Review, Aug. ’99, vol. 46 (6): 1717-. Braithwaite argues that the conventional way of thinking about the criminal justice system is the main obstacle to its effectiveness in reducing crime. Physical punishment and the rise of the nation-state; Why punishment can...
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