“Restitution and Victim Participation in Sentencing: A Comparison of Two Models.”
by Thorvaldson, S
June 4, 2015
Source: (1990) In: B. Galaway and J. Hudson (eds.), Criminal Justice, Restitution, and Reconciliation. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press, pp. 23-36. This essay compares civil restitution and “criminal restitution. Comparisons are made on 30 variables, including: the nature and legal...
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“Doing unto Others: Disputes and Dispute Processing in an Urban American Neighborhood.”
by Buckle, L G
June 4, 2015
Source: (1982) In: R. Tomasic and M.M. Feeley (eds.), Neighborhood Justice: Assessment of an Emerging Idea. New York, NY: Longman Inc., pp. 78-90. This essay argues that the neighborhood-justice-center concept should be modified to fit existing patterns of disputing and resident values....
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Mea Culpa: A Sociology of Apology and Reconciliation.
by Tavuchis, N
June 4, 2015
Source: (1991) Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. This book discusses situations that violate a moral imperative, harms someone, and endangers our social understanding, but is not necessarily subject to formal or legal sanctions. Assuming that we are not indifferent to the negative...
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Justice as Sanctuary: Toward a New System of Crime Control.
by Bianchi, H
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. Bianchi suggests a non-punitive system of controlling criminality based on principles of conflict resolution. Current criminal law is alienating or anomic; eunomic system emphasizes the active responsibility of involved parties, and...
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“Design Requirements for Mediator Development Programs.”
by Montgomery, B R
June 4, 2015
Source: (1987) Hofstra Law Review 15(3):499-533. This analysis focuses primarily on how neighborhood justice centers (NJC’s) recruit and train mediators. NJC’s serve parties involved in disputes that might otherwise be prosecuted as misdemeanors. This article identifies the tasks...
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“Circle Sentencing: Turning Swords into Ploughshares.”
by Stuart, B.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) In: B. Galaway and J. Hudson (eds.), Restorative Justice: International Perspectives. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press, pp. 193-206. This report describes circle sentencing, which involves community meetings to address both family and community circumstances that are...
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“Shaming Conferences: Community Policing and the Victim’s Perspective.”
by Strang, Heather
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 20-23, 1996. This report on the randomized trial underway in Canberra AUS comparing the effectiveness of the restorative justice approach, represented by shaming conferences,...
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“Family Group Conferences with Young Offenders in New Zealand.”
by Stewart, T.
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. 65-87. This paper sets out a description of the roles of all entitled participants in the youth justice family group conference process in New...
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Justice Needs In a Mohawk Community: Akwesasne.
by Steinke, B.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Ottawa, CAN: Aboriginal Justice Directorate, Department of Justice, 73p. Justice Needs In a Mohawk Community:...
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“Beyond Crime and Punishment.”
by Steinert, H.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1986) Contemporary Crises 10(1):21-38. This essay describes three irrational assumptions of modern crime policies: that crime can be reduced by doing something to persons who have committed criminal acts; that the state is exclusively responsible for taking these actions; and that...
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“Including Victims in the Criminal Justice Equation: Community Justice in the Next Century.”
by Steele, M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) Perspectives 18(3):31-36. This essay argues that changing the goal of the criminal justice system from rehabilitation to retribution and incapacitation has not solved the crisis in criminal justice and overlooks the needs and role of the victim and community. The history and...
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“Victim-Offender Mediation: Does It Really Meet the Needs of Victims of Crime?”
by Spooner, N.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 20-23, 1996. Over the past two decades, “rediscovering” victims has become a growth industry for contemporary Western criminology and criminal justice policy. Victim...
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Victim Services on a Shoestring
by Smith, R.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1984) Federal Probation 48(2):39-42. Probation, parole, corrections and district attorneys’ offices can play a greater role in victim services. This article focuses on what can be done within a probation and parole context. Although many jurisdictions are financially...
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“Mediation in South Yorkshire.”
by H. Blagg, F
June 4, 2015
Source: (1988) British Journal of Criminology 28(3):378-395. This study examines the experience of victims and offenders who were contacted by probation officers working on a victim-offender mediation project in South Yorkshire, UK from September 1984 to December 1985. Data were collected from...
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“Informal Justice and Conflict Solution: A Research Report on New Interventive Strategies of Administrative Social Work in the Field of Juvenile Delinquency.”
by Bettmer, F
June 4, 2015
Source: (1989) In: P. Albrecht and O. Backes (eds.), Crime Prevention and Intervention: Legal and Ethical Problems. New York, NY: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 129-143. This paper reports on an investigation into an informal justice program of the Bielefield youth authority. The investigation deals...
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