Restorative Community Justice: A Call to Action.
by Young, M.A
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Washington, DC: National Organization for Victim Assistance, 30p. This monograph presents a theoretical description of restorative community justice (RCJ), combining both the goals of retribution (punishment) and restorative justice (restitution). In addition to swift and...
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The Defense Attorney and Alternative Sentencing: Fourteen Sentencing Programs.
by Young, M
June 4, 2015
Source: (1984) Washington, DC: National Council on Crime & Delinquency. A report describes 14 sentencing programs available to defense counsel in adult felony and misdemeanor courts in the U.S., some intended as alternatives to imprisonment. The programs described are: pretrial release...
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“Inventing Law in Local Settings: Rethinking Popular Legal Culture.”
by Yngvesson, B
June 4, 2015
Source: (1989) Yale Law Journal 98(8):1689-1709. This article analyzes law and legal culture by drawing on interpretive anthropology and political and legal theory. Legal culture is created through a dynamic process and the spirit of law is not handed down from the top by an elite, but is...
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“Juvenile Delinquency in Turkey.”
by Yenisey, F
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. 409-418. This article describes the Turkish Penal Code for juveniles...
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Navajo Restorative Justice: The Law of Equity and Harmony.
by Yazzie, Robert
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) In: B. Galaway and J. Hudson (eds.), Restorative Justice: International Perspectives. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press, pp. 157-174. In 1982, the Navajo Nation established Navajo Peacemaker Courts; respected community leaders organize and preside over traditional Navajo...
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Shame and Modernity
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (1993) British Journal of Criminology 33(1):1-18. This article presents a review of shame in human history. First, the arguments of Elias that, with the demise of feudalism, shame became more important in the affect structure of citizens. Elias did not consider the movement away from...
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“Leeds Mediation and Reparation Service: Ten Years Experience of Victim-Offender Mediation.”
by Wynne, J
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) In: B. Galaway and J. Hudson (eds.), Restorative Justice: International Perspectives. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press, pp. 445-462. The Leeds Mediation Service has completed 10 years of victim offender mediation involving both juvenile and adult offenders and their victims....
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“Family Conferencing for Young Offenders: The South Australian Experience.”
by Wundersitz, J
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) In: J. Hudson, et al. (eds.), Family Group Conferences: Perspectives on Policy and Practice. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press, pp. 111-139. In 1994, South Australia enacted legislation establishing family group conferencing and its philosophy of restorative justice as the...
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Mediation and Criminal Justice: Victims, Offenders and Community.
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (1989) Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. An anthology includes 18 original papers on the use of mediation as an alternative to standard criminal justice processing. Topics include: victim-offender mediation in North America and Britain; the National Association of Victims Support...
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“What the Public Wants.”
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (1989) In: M. Wright and B. Galaway (eds.), Mediation and Criminal Justice: Victims, Offenders and Community. London, UK: Sage Publications, pp. 264-269. This chapter discusses the response of the public toward criminal justice as reported in two British Crime Surveys and reported by...
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“Introduction.”
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (1989) In: M. Wright and B. Galaway (eds.), Mediation and Criminal Justice: Victims, Offenders and Community. London, UK: Sage Publications, pp. 1-13. This chapter discusses the problems with the criminal justice system and the possibilities offered by mediation and reparation. The new...
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“Justice for Whom?”
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (1990) In: R.H. Ward et. al. (eds.), Beyond Barriers Toward 2000 A.D. Chicago, IL: University of Illinois at Chicago, pp. 23-28. The emergence of the Victim Support network and the Criminal Justice Act of 1988 have made some progress toward restorative justice by offering compensation...
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Justice for Victims and Offenders: A Restorative Response to Crime.
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (1991) Bristol, PA: Open University Press. This essay argues that the basic purpose of criminal justice should not be retributive (punishment and deterrence) but restorative: i.e., based on repairing, as far as possible, the harm caused by the crime. Criminal justice need not always...
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“Victim-Offender Mediation As a Step towards a Restorative System of Justice.”
by Wright, Martin
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. 525-540. After reviewing some of the flaws in the existing system of...
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Juvenile Offending: New Theory and Practice
by Braithwaite, John
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.35-42. Braithwaite argues there has been a modest shift in Australia and New Zealand from an oppressive...
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