Community Dispute Resolution Centers Program Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1998-1999
by NY State Community Dispute Resolution Center's, Stuart O.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) New York State Unified Court System. Division of Court Operations. The CDRCP program is a unit of the New York State Unified Court System’s State Alternative Dispute Resolution Office. It is a joint local/State effort to provide community forums for dispute resolution as...
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Communities in crisis
by Simms, Stuart O.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Corrections Today 59 (June): 78-80. Describing the challenges of juvenile crime, Simms maintains that the juvenile justice system must involve the full participation of all sectors of the community if it is to bring about significant, durable reduction in juvenile crime. The...
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Community-Based Alternatives to Prison: How the Public and Court Personnel View Them
by Lamb, D
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Federal Probation. 59:3-9. Criminologists have been interested for some time, especially in the past two decades, in the relationship between crime and the use of prison. Prison has come to be regarded not as a deterrent to crime, but as a promoter of crime, incapable of...
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Colorado community survey a pathway to restorative practices
by Christian, Peg
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) VOMA Connections no. 6 (Summer): 5, 10. Christian reports on her work in designing, conducting, and analyzing a community survey in a three-county area of Colorado. The survey addressed residents’ attitudes toward the current criminal justice system and possible...
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Coexistence and reconciliation in the northern region of Ghana
by Assefa, Hizkias
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Reconciliation, Justice, and Coexistence: Theory & Practice, ed. Mohammed Abu-Nimer, pp. 165-186. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. This chapter presents a case study in peacebuilding based on a method developed by the author. Assefa begins by summarizing the background...
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Community justice: Transforming communities through restorative justice?
by Crawford, Adam
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Restorative community justice: Repairing harm and transforming communities, ed. Gordon Bazemore and Mara Schiff, 127-149. With an introduction by Gordon Bazemore and Mara Schiff. Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing Co. Crawford and Clear examine underlying assumptions of...
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Circle sentencing: Part of the restorative justice continuum
by Lilles, Heino
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Restorative justice for juveniles: Conferencing, mediation and circles, ed. Allison Morris and Gabrielle Maxwell, 161-179. With a foreword by DJ Carruthers. Oxford: Hart Publishing. Circle sentencing is one of many restorative justice practices. It seeks recognition of the...
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Circle sentencing: A victim centered process
by Phillips, Charles
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Crime Victims Report 5 (March/April): 1-2, 6. Phillips outlines the traditional criminal justice response to crime: the crime is against the state, not the victim; victim and offender are kept separate; to a large extent the victim’s needs and interests are ignored; if...
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Circles – “A way to be”
by Chandler-Rhivers, Gwen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Hearts & Hands: Minnesota’s Restorative Justice Newsletter Winter/Spring: 2-3. Chandler-Rhivers sees peacemaking circles as a unique way to involve the community in crime prevention and community-building. A circle process in which a group of women discuss issues of...
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A circle reflection
by McCreight, Nancy Miller
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Hearts & Hands: Minnesota’s Restorative Justice Newsletter Winter/Spring: 4. McCreight writes out of her own experience of participating in almost 150 restorative justice circles in two rural Minnesota communities. A proponent of such circles, she describes the kinds...
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Churches, community groups and prisons
by Harber, Janet
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Prison Service Journal (May): 17-18. Harber and Nellis argue that prisons and communities must be more aware of each other: communities have much to offer prisons. Religious organizations can play a vital role in this interaction. In this article the authors report on a day...
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The Church and peace
by Bagh, Prem
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Paper presented at the Theology and Culture: Peacemaking in a Globalized World conference. Bienenberg Theological Seminary, Switzerland, 25-29 June. Typed manuscript (copy). In this paper Prem Bagh contends that the Church in India is called to be an agent of peace and...
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Christianity: The rediscovery of restorative justice
by Allard, Pierre
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In The spiritual roots of restorative justice, ed. Michael L. Hadley, 119-141. With an introduction by Michael L. Hadley. SUNY series in religious studies, ed. Harold Coward. Albany, New York, USA: State University of New York Press. Allard and Northey contend that a Christian...
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Forgiveness, reconciliation, and justice: A Christian contribution to a more peaceful social environment
by Volf, Miroslav
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Forgiveness and reconciliation: Religion, public policy, & conflict transformation, ed. Raymond G. Helmick, S.J., and Rodney L. Petersen, 27-49. With a foreword by Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press. Acknowledging...
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Children, young people and crime in Britain and Ireland: From exclusion to inclusion – 1998
by Barry, Monica
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Conference papers. Edinburgh, Scotland: The Scottish Executive Central Research Unit. This document consists of papers presented at a conference held at the University of Stirling, 15-17 June 1998. Participants in this invitation-only conference included representatives from...
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