Reintegrative Shaming and Compliance with Regulatory Standards
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) Criminology 32(3):361-385. This study tests the hypothesis that reintegrative shaming increases compliance with the law in Australian nursing homes. Nursing homes visited by inspection teams with a reintegrative shaming ideology displayed significantly improved compliance; by...
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“Masculinities, Violence and Communitarian Control.”
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) In: T. Newburn and E. Stanko (eds.), Just Boys Doing Business? London, UK and New York, NY: Routledge, pp. 189-213. Braithwaite and Daly recognize that traditional justice system responses towards violent men have failed, and outline another approach that is compatible with the...
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“Victims and Offenders: the Australian Experience.”
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) In: R. Block (ed.), Victimisation and the Fear of Crime: World Perspectives. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, pp. 3-10. The authors present highlights from the first national victimization survey conducted in Australia. The results are generally similar to those...
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To Punish or Persuade: Enforcement of Coal Mine Safety.
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (1985) Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. A study of 39 coal mine disasters suggests that these were the result of corporate crime rather than human error or unstoppable forces of nature. An optimal mixing of punishment and educational measures taken against corporate...
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‘Retributivism, Punishment and Privilege.”
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (1986) In: W. Groves and G. Newman (eds.), Punishment and Privilege. Albany, NY: Harrow and Heston, pp. 55-65. A theorem of justice states that where desert is greatest punishment will be least. Though white collar and corporate criminals deserve greater punishment than street...
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Crime, Shame and Reintegration
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (1989) New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. A theory suggests that the key to crime control is cultural commitments to reintegrative shaming of lawbreakers. Societies with low crime rates are those that shame potently and judiciously; individuals who resort to crime are those...
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“Measuring Shame in an Ethnic Context.”
by Zhang, S.X
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) British Journal of Criminology 35(2):248-262. This study attempts to operationalize John Braithwaite’s (1989) theory of reintegrative shaming and to measure how it is used by parents of different ethnic groups in response to their delinquent children. Data were obtained...
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Victim Offender Reconciliation: An Incarceration Substitute?
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (1982) Federal Probation 46(4):63-68. This study reports on the Victim Offender Reconciliation Program (VORP) operated by PACT, Inc. in Indiana and Ohio. In 1981, 180 cases were referred to VORP in Elkhart, Indiana, 85 percent of them involving juvenile offenders and 86 percent...
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“Mediating the Victim-Offender Conflict.”
by Zehr, Howard
June 4, 2015
Source: (1980) New Perspectives on Crime and Justice (Issue #2). Akron, PA: Mennonite Central Committee Office of Criminal Justice, September, 30p. The Victim Offender Reconciliation Program (VORP) in Elkhart, Indiana, has been functioning for several years as a subdivision of Elkhart County...
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“Reducing the Crime Problem: A Not So Dismal Criminology.”
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (1992) Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology 25(1):1-10. The author argues for a theoretical revolution in criminology toward republicanism. Four commitments are basic to republicanism: deliberation in governance that both shapes and balances interests; political equality;...
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“Retributive Justice, Restorative Justice.”
by Zehr, Howard
June 4, 2015
Source: (1985) New Perspectives on Crime and Justice (Issue #4). Akron, PA: Mennonite Central Committee Office of Criminal Justice, September, 16p. An essay which claims that the current justice is not working for victims or for offenders. The current process actively discourages real offender...
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“Justice: Stumbling Toward a Restorative Ideal.”
by Zehr, Howard
June 4, 2015
Source: (1989) In: P. Arthur (ed.), Justice: The Restorative Vision. New Perspectives on Crime and Justice (Issue #7). Akron, PA: Mennonite Central Committee Office of Criminal Justice, pp. 1-15. This essay contrasts two perceptions of crime: retributive justice and restorative justice,...
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Changing Lenses: A New Focus for Crime and Justice.
by Zehr, Howard
June 4, 2015
Source: (1990) Scottsdale, PA: Herald Press, 271p. This essay examines common assumptions about crime and justice, which it terms a “retributive” lens or paradigm, and considers historical, biblical and practical alternatives. A “restorative” model is proposed that is...
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“Justice Paradigm Shift? Values and Visions in the Reform Process.”
by Zehr, Howard
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Mediation Quarterly 12(3):207-216. Governed by a retributive paradigm, the criminal justice process threatens to co-opt and subvert alternative processes such as mediation. Only a grounding in alternative values: indeed, an alternative, restorative understanding of justice: can...
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“Reparation as Mitigation.”
by Young, R
June 4, 2015
Source: (1989) Criminal Law Review 461(524):463-480. This study reports on two Home Office funded reparation programs in Wolverhampton and Coventry that enabled victims and offenders to discuss the offense and how the offender might make amends subsequent to an offender’s conviction and...
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