). “The Police Role.”
by Volpe, M.R.
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. 229-238. Of all the dispute resolution intervention processes, mediation raises some of the most significant challenges and concerns for...
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“The Reemergence of Tribal Society and Traditional Justice Systems.”
by Vincenti, C.N
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Judicature 79(3):134-141. This essay contends that Native-American tribal courts should be permitted to restore traditional forms of adjudication. Native-American justice attempts to reintegrate offenders into tribal society. Some tribes have made unique adaptations, and there...
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The VORP Book: an organizational and operation manual.
by Victim Offender Reconciliation Resource Center, J
June 4, 2015
Source: (1984) Valparaiso, IN: PACT Institute of Justice. The Victim Offender Reconciliation Program is a process for reconciling the conflict a criminal act creates between a victim and an offender. The first VORP was started in Kitchener, Ontario in 1975; today, VORPs can be found across the...
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“Pre-Court Diversion for Juvenile Offenders.”
by Veevers, J
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. 69-81. This chapter discusses the city of Exeter, Devon’s structured system of cautioning under the 1969 Children and Young Persons...
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“Minors and Deviance: The Role of Social Services and the Local Community.”
by Vecchiato, T
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. 379-386. In this paper, the new juvenile justice system in Italy and...
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Restorative Justice: Theory.
by D. Carlson, Daniel W
June 4, 2015
Source: (1989) Washington, DC: Justice Fellowship, 67p. This report proposes a model for a new criminal justice paradigm and then discusses “transformation” issues and impediments likely to arise in implementing the new paradigm. The proposed “restorative justice”...
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Restoring Justice
by Van Ness, Daniel W
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) (Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing Company, 254p. Fourth Edition 2010. This book presents the case for restorative justice in both its theoretical and practical dimensions. Part One explores the root concepts underlying restorative justice, the history of its developments and...
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Crime and Its Victims: What Can We Do?.
by Van Ness, Daniel W
June 4, 2015
Source: (1986) Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 240p. This essay describes how the present criminal justice system evolved in the United States, examines the biblical perspective on law, and provides a blueprint for comprehensive criminal justice reform. The objective of the system must...
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“Pursuing a Restorative Vision of Justice.”
by Van Ness, Daniel W
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. 17-30. This article attacks the current criminal justice system and reports on the Justice...
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“Restoring the Balance: Tipping the Scales of Justice.”
by Van Ness, Daniel W
June 4, 2015
Source: (1990) Corrections Today 52(1):62, 64-66. This essay offers the proposed strategy of restorative justice would balance the interests of victims, offenders, the government, and the local community. The foundation principles of restorative justice are 1) that the criminal justice process...
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“American Indians, Imposed Law and Self-Determination: Juvenile Justice in Gila River Indian Community.”
by Bond-Maupin, L
June 4, 2015
Source: (1992) Dissertation, Arizona State University. Dissertation Abstracts International. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 291p. This dissertation focuses on the colonization process with regard to federal Indian policy and the transformation of indigenous systems of law and government...
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“Restorative Justice.”
by Van Ness, Daniel W
June 4, 2015
Source: (1990) In: B. Galaway, and J. Hudson (eds.), Criminal Justice, Restitution, and Reconciliation. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press, pp. 7-14. This essay presents restorative justice as a response to crime that enables victims, offenders and the community to collaborate with government...
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“New Wine and Old Wineskins: Four Challenges of Restorative Justice.”
by Van Ness, Daniel W
June 4, 2015
Source: (1993) Criminal Law Forum 4(2):251-276. Reprinted in Restorative Justice. Declan Roche (2003), ed. Pp. 137-162. The International Library of Essays in Law & Legal Theory, Second Series. Aldershot, Hants, England: Dartmouth/Ashgate. This essay asserts that dissatisfaction with the...
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“A Reply to Andrew Ashworth.”
by Van Ness, Daniel W
June 4, 2015
Source: (1993) Criminal Law Forum 4(2):301-306. The author responds to criticisms of the restorative justice vision offered in this volume by Andrew Ashworth. It is agreed that certain areas require further clarification and development, but Van Ness contests the assertion that success be...
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“Restorative Justice and International Human Rights.”
by Van Ness, Daniel W
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) In: B. Galaway and J. Hudson (eds.), Restorative Justice: International Perspectives. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press, pp. 17-36. Restorative justice theory offers a conceptual framework which may reconcile apparently inconsistent criminal justice norms and standards. The...
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