Children’s Hearings Project – A Mediation Program for Children and Families
by Wixted, S
June 4, 2015
Source: (1982) Alternative Means of Family Dispute Resolution, pp. 511-537, 1982, Howard Davidson et al, ed., American Bar Association. Families are referred to the Children’s Hearings Project (CHP) by the courts, the schools, and social service agencies. Upon referral, one of two staff...
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The children of someone else’s history: Reading for restorative justice
by Kaye, Frances W
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) American Review of Canadian Studies 31 (Spring/Summer): 225. Commenting on aboriginal justice issues in Canada, Kaye maintains that those issues will only be addressed genuinely and effectively if the dominant society awakes to them and claims them as its own issues. She holds...
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Children and the Law
by Skelton, Ann
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Lawyers for Human Rights. This manual on children and the law is based on expert analysis and aimed at those people who help children and their families. It is written in a straightforward language, making it also understandable to older children and their families. The manual...
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Changing punishment at the turn of the century: Restorative justice on the rise
by Roach, Kent
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Canadian Journal of Criminology 42 (July): 249-280. This paper addresses many themes examined at a 1999 conference in Canada called “Changing Punishment at the Turn of the Century.â€? Specifically, Roach discusses pure and partial theories of restorative...
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Youth Criminal Justice Act: New Directions and Implemenation Issues
by Barnhorst, Richard
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice. 46(3): 231-250. The YCJA views the primary objective of the juvenile justice system as holding juveniles accountable in a fair way for the offense committed. Accountability occurs through the imposition of significant...
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Changing the paradigm: Restorative justice in Minnesota schools
by Riestenberg, Nancy
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) The ICCA Journal 3 (August): 17-19, 28. Riestenberg presents the extension of restorative justice to schools in Minnesota. Most schools operate in ways divergent from or even opposed to restorative principles and practices. In the mid 1990s Minnesota education officials began...
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Changing forms of coexistence
by Kriesberg, Louis
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Reconciliation, Justice, and Coexistence: Theory & Practice, ed. Mohammed Abu-Nimer, pp. 47-64. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. Noting the dynamic character of relations between different peoples – at times more unjust and violent, at other times more equitable...
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The challenge of history: Justice, coexistence, and reconciliation work in Northern Ireland
by Fitzduff, Mari
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Reconciliation, Justice, and Coexistence: Theory & Practice, ed. Mohammed Abu-Nimer, pp. 255-273. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. In the spring of 1998, the Belfast (or, Good Friday) Agreement marked a turning from violence toward politics as the arena and means for...
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A Case Study of Restorative Justice: The Vermont Reparative Probation Program
by Broderick, John J
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) In Restorative Justice for Juveniles: Potentialities, Risks and Problems, Lode Walgrave, ed., Leuven, Belgium: Leuven University Press. For two years the State of Vermont has operated a reparative probation program which relies on small committees of community representatives to...
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The case of land in Zimbabwe: Cause of conflict, foundation for peace
by McCandless, Erin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In Reconciliation, Justice, and Coexistence: Theory & Practice, ed. Mohammed Abu-Nimer, pp. 209-233. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. As land ownership has been and continues to be a major source of conflict in Zimbabwe, the question of land reform raises intense issues:...
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The case for aboriginal justice and healing: the self perceived through a broken mirror
by Blue, Arthur W
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) In The spiritual roots of restorative justice, ed. Michael L. Hadley, 57-79. 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. The Blues point out the disproportionately high...
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Captains of restorative justice: Experience, legitimacy and recidivism by type of offense
by Sherman, Lawrence W
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Paper presented at National Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution, Fresno Pacific College, May, 6p The authors report on the substantial variety of effects on offenders resulting from restorative justice programs based on the same model, but run by different people with...
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Can restorative justice reduce battering? Some preliminary considerations
by Gaarder, Emily
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Social Justice 27 (Spring): 175-195. According to Presser and Gaarder, domestic violence is a seemingly intractable problem. Some argue that common legal strategies to help victims, such as mediation, actually make matters worse. While some feminists have virtually rejected...
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Canada faces sentencing reform
by Evans, Donald G
June 4, 2015
Source: (1989) The Journal of State Government 62 (March/April): 92-94. With overcrowded, costly prisons, and multiple, contradictory goals in sentencing, Canada faces serious problems in its criminal justice system. Evans describes this situation and reports the findings of a 1987 sentencing...
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Calgary Community Conferencing- School component 1999-2000: A year in review.
by Calhoun, Avery
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Calgary Community Conferencing. Begun in 1998, Calgary Community Conferencing (CCC) consists of a joint initiative involving governmental and nongovernmental organizations. It take referrals from the youth justice system and the school system. This...
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