“Community penalties in historical perspective.”
by Nellis, Mike
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Community penalties: Change and challenges, eds. Anthony Bottoms, Loraine Gelsthorpe, and Sue Rex, 16-40. Cambridge Criminal Justice Series. Devon, UK: Willan Publishing. In this chapter, Nellis surveys the history of community penalties in England and Wales. Starting with a...
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“Community penalties in the context of contemporary social change.”
by Liddle, Mark.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Community penalties: Change and challenges, eds. Anthony Bottoms, Loraine Gelsthorpe, and Sue Rex, 41-66. Cambridge Criminal Justice Series. Devon, UK: Willan Publishing. In light of contemporary social change, Liddle explores debates about the purpose and appropriateness of...
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Community penalties: Change and challenges.
by Bottoms, Anthony
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Cambridge Criminal Justice Series. Devon, UK: Willan Publishing. This book grew out of papers and discussions at the 24th Cropwood Round Table Conference in Cambridge, England, 28-29 June 2000. The purpose for the conference was to address future directions for community...
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“Community penalties and social integration: ‘Community’ as solution and as problem.”
by Raynor, Peter.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Community penalties: Change and challenges, eds. Anthony Bottoms, Loraine Gelsthorpe, and Sue Rex, 183-199. Cambridge Criminal Justice Series. Devon, UK: Willan Publishing. Raynor begins by pointing to ambiguity in the widespread use of “community.â€?...
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Community mediation in the USA
by Zondervan, Deborah Boersma
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) In Mediation in Context, ed. Marian Liebmann, 111-125. With an introduction by Marian Liebmann. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Describing mediation as a process of constructive or positive problem-solving through the assistance of a neutral third party, Zondervan provides...
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Community mediation in an urban setting
by Waddington, Graham
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) In Mediation in Context, ed. Marian Liebmann, 85-95. With an introduction by Marian Liebmann. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Community mediation deals with disputes within communities and neighborhoods. Using one mediation service in Cardiff, Wales, as an example,...
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Forget Forgiveness: On the Benefits of Sympathy for Political Reconciliation
by Eisikovits, Nir
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Theoria. December: 31-63. The work of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission has generated a great deal of interest in the role of forgiveness in politics. More specifically, it has raised the question of whether forgiveness should be a constitutive part of...
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Community justice initiatives: Issues and challenges in the U.S. context
by Altschuler, David M
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Federal Probation 65 (1, June): 28-32. Downloaded 8 March 2005. Altschuler notes connections and overlap between ideas such as ‘community justice,’ ‘restorative justice,’ ‘community restorative justice,â€? and ‘balanced and restorative...
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Community is not a Place: A New Look at Community Justice Initiatives
by McCold, Paul
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Contemporary Justice Review. 1(1): 71-. This article discusses the various ways that “community” has been conceptualized by current community justice initiatives, especially community policing and restorative justice. It considers a reconceptualization of community...
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Reconciliation and justice in South Africa: Lessons from the TRC’s community interventions
by van der Merwe, Hugo
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Reconciliation, Justice, and Coexistence: Theory & Practice, ed. Mohammed Abu-Nimer, pp. 187-207. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. The author evaluates the efforts of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) at reconciliation in two communities...
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Hartford Community Court
by Center for Court Innovation, Bartholomew Bioh
June 4, 2015
Source: US Dept of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance. Community courts close the gap between courts and communities by bringing justice back to neighborhoods. They are much more than local branches of centralized court systems. Broadly conceived, they expand traditional notions about the...
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Community corrections and the experiences of young male offenders in the Hong Kong youth justice system
by Gray, Patricia
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Journal of Social Policy 28 (October): 577-594. In this article, Gray compares and contrasts England and Hong Kong in terms of “deinstitutionalization” and “decarceration” in youth justice policies. Because of legal changes, the number of juvenile...
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A community-based alternative for high-risk young offenders
by Leschied, Alan W.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Forum on Corrections Research 11 (May): 25-29. Canada has one of the highest rates of youth incarceration in Western industrialized countries. Yet, reliance on imprisonment is costly and largely ineffective in providing public safety. A literature review by the authors indicates...
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A Community Approach to Overcoming Violence: Peace and Justice Through Reconciliation
by Colley, Bartholomew Bioh
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) The Ecumenical Review. 53(3): 385-389. The Biblical theological perspective of violent conflict, with emphasis on Africa, the current methods of intervention, restorative justice through truth commissions, retributive justice through war crimes tribunals and a community approach...
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Commercial alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
by Newman, Paul
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) In Mediation in Context, ed. Marian Liebmann, 177-190. With an introduction by Marian Liebmann. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Newman focuses on commercial alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in the United Kingdom. First he describes the current state of commercial ADR in...
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