Restorative Justice: For Victims, Communities and Offenders
by Center for Restorative Justice & Mediation, H
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) St. Paul, MN: University of Minnesota, School of Social Work, 28p This is a series of brief flyers describing restorative justice, including definition, principles, program characteristics, successes, transformation of the system, how victims and communities are a part of...
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Expanding Options for Spousal Abuse: The Use of Restorative Justice
by Carbonatto, H
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Occasional Papers in Criminology: New Series No. 4. Wellington, NZ: Institute of Criminology, 19p. A review examines policy developments in the area of spousal abuse, focusing in New Zealand, and develops an alternative approach based on principles of restorative justice. Topics...
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Analytical Literature Review of the Cost-Effectiveness of ADR
by Canada Department of Justice, K
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) Ottawa, CAN: Department of Justice, 57p. Empirical and nonempirical literature on the cost-effectiveness of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is reviewed, with emphasis on measuring ADR’s cost-effectiveness. Results revealed a lack of empirical data on cost-...
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Crime and Politics in the 1990s: A National Leadership Conference
by Campaign for an Effective Crime Policy, K
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) Washington, DC: Campaign for an Effective Crime Policy, 184p. This publication includes papers on U.S. crime policies, including the mix of enforcement and prevention; an assessment of crime rates; the relationship between crime and incarceration, the economic interests in...
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Morality, Symbolism, and Criminal Law: Chances and Limits of Mediation Programs
by Bussman, K
June 4, 2015
Source: (1992) In: H. Messmer and H.-U. Otto (eds.), Restorative Justice on Trial: Pitfalls and Potentials of Victim-Offender Mediation: International Research Perspectives. Dordrecht, NETH: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 317-326. This article analyzes the prospects and limits of the...
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Relational Justice: Repairing the Breach
by Baker, N
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) Waterside Press, Winchester, 174p. Thirteen authors discuss relational justice, where primacy is placed on interpersonal relationships in society and between victims and offenders and the role these have on one’s sense of social duty. Relational justice is proposed as both...
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Family Group Decision Making Project: Implementation Report Summary.
by Pennell, J
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) St. John’s, CAN: Family Group Decision Making Project, School of Social Work, Memorial University of Newfoundland Reports on the first year of implementation of Family Group Decision Making Project in three sites in Labrador and Newfoundland Canada. Adapted from the New...
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Applying Restitutive Justice to Young Offenders: Observations from the United Kingdom
by Bullock, R
June 4, 2015
Source: (1992) In: H. Messmer and H.-U. Otto (eds.), Restorative Justice on Trial: Pitfalls and Potentials of Victim-Offender Mediation: International Research Perspectives. Dordrecht, NETH: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 367-378. A report from the Dartington Social Research Unit suggesting...
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Taking Fear of Crime Seriously: The Tasmanian Approach to Community Crime Prevention
by Brown, M. J. A
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Crime & Delinquency 42(3):398-420. A review describes the distinctive crime prevention strategy of the Australian state of Tasmania. The strategy aims to simultaneously address crime and fear of crime through a combination of restorative justice (such as family group...
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Juvenile Justice in New Zealand
by Brown, M. J. A
June 4, 2015
Source: (1993) In: L. Atkinson and S.-A. Gerull (eds.), National Conference on Juvenile Justice. Conference Proceedings No. 22, Canberra, AUS: Australian Institute of Criminology, pp. 97-112. This paper describes New Zealand’s Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act of 1989. The...
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The Case for Creative Restitution in Corrections
by Bridges, J
June 4, 2015
Source: (1979) Federal Probation 43(3):28-35. Creative restitution (self-initiated restitution contracts) is an alternative and supplement to many of the more traditional correctional practices. Programs can be designed that can bring about realistic and logical consequences for criminal acts....
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Nez Perce Peacemaker Project: An Inter-Cultural Approach to Dispute Resolution
by Brettin, C
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 20-23, 1996, 20p. This paper describes the design and implementation of the Nez Perce Peacemaker Project, which enables the tribal court to refer cases to mediation. The goal of...
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Not Just Desserts: A Republican Theory of Criminal Justice
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (1990) Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 240p. This essay aims to transcend the debate between theories of punishment with a comprehensive theory not only of punishment, but of criminal justice generally. The goal of criminal justice should be to maximize dominion, which is freedom,...
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Conditions of Successful Reintegration Ceremonies
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) British Journal Of Criminology 34(2):139-171. Reprinted in Restorative Justice. Declan Roche (2003), ed. Pp. 3-35. The International Library of Essays in Law & Legal Theory, Second Series. Aldershot, Hants, England: Dartmouth/Ashgate. Shifting criminal justice practices...
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Trust and Compliance
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) Policing and Society 4(1):1-12 This study investigates whether regulators’ subjective trust in the industry they regulate leads to good will that improves compliance. The Australian government conducted inspections of 410 nursing homes in 1987. Additional data were...
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