“Evaluation of the adult victim-offender mediation program, Saskatoon Community Mediation Services. Final report.”
by Nuffield, Joan
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Regina, Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Department of Justice. This report is an evaluation of an adult victim-offender mediation program in Saskatoon, Canada. The evaluation did not include interviews with victims or offenders. It consisted of a process review comparing recidivism...
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“Summary of the Evaluations of Six California Victim Offender Reconciliation Programs.”
by Evje, Audrey
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) San Francisco, CA: California Judicial Council, 132 pages. Through VORPs, trained volunteer mediators bring together victims and juvenile offenders to discuss what happened in a particular crime and how the crime has affected the victims and the community. VORPs both augment and...
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“An evaluation of the SACRO (Fife) Young Offender Mediation Project. “
by Sawyer, Becki.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Edinburgh, Scotland: The Scottish Executive Central Research Unit. This document reports the results of an evaluation of a Young Offender Mediation Project in Fife, Scotland – a project based on a restorative justice model. The evaluation consists of several elements,...
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“An evaluation of the NSW Youth Justice Conferencing scheme.”
by Trimboli, Lily
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Sydney, Australia: New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. As a result of legislation in 1997, a Youth Justice Conferencing scheme came into being in New South Wales, Australia, as an alternative to court processing. This report shows the results of an...
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“Evaluation of the Akron 4-A Project.”
by Brown, E.C
June 4, 2015
Source: (1979) From Resolution of Minor Disputes – Hearings, pp. 430-441. The goals of the project are to (1) provide system support activities to improve the ability of criminal justice and related agencies to deliver services, (2) provide a meaningful alternative to prosecution of...
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“The ethos of Christian forgiveness.”
by Marty, Martin E
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) In Dimensions of forgiveness: Psychological research & theological forgiveness, ed. Everett L. Worthington, Jr., 9-28. With a preface and an introduction by Everett L. Worthington, Jr. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press. In this chapter Marty locates forgiveness in...
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“Ethics and good practice in restorative justice. “
by Mackay, Robert
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, 49-67. With an introduction by Tony Peters. Leuven, Belgium: Leuven University Press. Mackay addresses the need to develop and...
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“Establishment of the European Association for Restorative Justice.”
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Offender Programs Report (May/June): 5-6. In this short piece, Martin Wright reports on the establishment of the European Association for Restorative Justice (EARJ). Much of the initiative behind the establishment of this organization comes from efforts of the Catholic...
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Empowerment and retribution in criminal justice.
by Barton, Charles
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) In Restorative justice: Philosophy to practice, ed. Heather Strang and John Braithwaite, 55-76. Burlington, Vermont, U.S.: Ashgate Publishing Company. Barton asserts that punishment and retribution cannot be ruled out categorically by any system of justice. Hence, he argues,...
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“Empirical research in forgiveness: Looking backward, looking forward.”
by Worthington, Everett L
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) In Dimensions of forgiveness: Psychological research & theological forgiveness, ed. Everett L. Worthington, Jr., 321-339. With a preface and an introduction by Everett L. Worthington, Jr. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press. Worthington concludes that a solid, if...
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“The elements of forgiveness: A Jewish approach.”
by Dorff, Elliot N.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) In Dimensions of forgiveness: Psychological research & theological forgiveness, ed. Everett L. Worthington, Jr., 29-55. With a preface and an introduction by Everett L. Worthington, Jr. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press. Relating his mediation of a dispute between...
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“Education for coexistence in Israel: Potential and challenges.”
by Abu-Nimer, Mohammed
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Reconciliation, Justice, and Coexistence: Theory & Practice, ed. Mohammed Abu-Nimer, pp. 235-254. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. Coexistence projects, as described by Abu-Numer, consist of efforts to educate participants to achieve peaceful coexistence between...
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“Balanced and Restorative Justice and Educational Programming for Youth At-Risk.”
by DeVore, Donald
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) The Clearing House, 73 (2): 96-100. DeVore and Gentilcore share their thoughts on the Balanced and Restorative Justice (BARJ) competency -based curriculum model and its impact on educational programming for students at risk. They conclude that the BARJ model provides a suitable...
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“Restorative justice and earned redemption: communities, victims, and offender reintegration.”
by Bazemore, Gordon
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) American Behavioral Scientist 41(6): 768-813. An essay and review traces the roots of the new reintegrative and restorative justice theories, as well as the success of current preliminary applications of these theories. Because the traditional and opposing theories of the...
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Doing Justice Without the State: The Afikpo (Ehugbo) Nigeria Model of Conflict Resolution
by Elechi, O. Oko
June 4, 2015
Source: International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 20(1&2): 337-355. Prior to colonialism, Afikpo, like most societies in Africa, had a well-defined system of political and social control. At least in part because of Afikpo peoples’ disapproval of colonial...
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