“Tertiary Victimization: A Case of the Politically Abused Crime Victims.”
by Sessar, K.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1990) In: B. Galaway and J. Hudson Criminal Justice, Restitution, and Reconciliation. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press, pp. 37-45. This essay argues that modern victimology tries to combine the victim’s interests in participation in the criminal process with interest in...
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“Critical Examination of the Informalism Experiment in the Administration of Justice.”
by R.M. Bohm, L
June 4, 2015
Source: (1987) Crime and Social Justice 29: 43-57. This article examines reasons for the development of informal dispute resolution mechanisms, various models of informal justice, and contradictions inherent in the progressive promises of the experiment. Models of informal justice include the...
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“Diversion and Juvenile Justice: Can We Ever Get It Right?”
by Preiser, L
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. 279-290. This paper explores the recent history, development,...
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“Future of the Adversary System.”
by Schulhofer, S.J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1986) Justice Quarterly 3(1):83-93. This essay challenges the assumptions that the American legal system is plagued by too many trials, too much adversarial behavior and too much law. The author comments briefly on these broad claims and then consider more specifically their...
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“Victim Offender Reconciliation in Germany: Stocktaking and Criminal Political Consequences.”
by Bannenberg, B
June 4, 2015
Source: (1991) In: G. Kaiser, H. Kury and H. Albrecht (eds.), Victims and Criminal Justice: Legal Protection, Restitution and Support. Criminological Research Reports, Volume 51 Max-Plank Institute, pp. 457-475. Victim offender reconciliation (VOR), or indemnification in Germany is concerned...
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Deterrence and Juvenile Crime: Results from a National Policy Experiment. Research in Criminology.
by Schneider, A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1990) New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 127p. This study examines the perceptual mechanisms that link delinquency policy to deterrence of recidivism, and investigates why juveniles who have been exposed to numerous programs designed to reduce delinquency continue or discontinue their...
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“Community Justice: A Report on the 2nd Frank Sander Lecture Series.”
by Bell, G
June 4, 2015
Source: (1992) Forum (Winter):5-26. The keynote address by former Attorney General Griffin Bell reviews the work of the Office for Improvements in the Administration of Justice under his tenure, followed by invited commentaries from dispute resolution professionals. Bell reviews the...
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“Parallels between Restorative and Retributive Justice Frameworks: Are They Really So Different?”
by Schiff, Mara F.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 20-23, 1996. This essay examines the important differences and parallels between retributive and restorative justice theoretical models. While typically portrayed as resting on...
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Community Courts.
by Scharf, W
June 4, 2015
Source: (1992) South Africa: University of Cape Town Institute of Criminology, 20p. This booklet examines the history of and problems and challenges for community courts which operate at the township level in South Africa. Community courts are now are located in townships, they convene in the...
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“Designing a Reformatory Conflict Management and Dispute Resolution System through Mediation.”
by Salem, R.A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) In: B. Galaway and J. Hudson (eds.), Restorative Justice: International Perspectives. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press, pp. 477-492. This essay reports on a lengthy intervention by an outside mediator at a maximum security reformatory who mitigated racial violence, heightened...
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“A Court-Referred Scheme.”
by Ruddick, 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. 82-98. This chapter considers one of the three court-based Home Office funded schemes, at Coventry. Drawing on the scheme’s experience...
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Record of Proceedings Community Justice Alternatives Restitution and Reconciliation, May 8-9, 1986.
by Royal Canadian Mounted Police
June 4, 2015
Source: (1986) Ottawa, CAN: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Science and Technology Program Support Section, 122p This is an edited version of the record of proceedings of a 2-day community justice conference held in Oak Ridge, Tenn., in 1986, which focused on the costs, benefits, successes, and...
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“Two Types of Juvenile Restitution Programs in Two Midwestern Counties: A Comparative Study.”
by Roy, S.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1993) Federal Probation 57(4):48-53. This study compares 2 juvenile restitution programs: a victim-offender reconciliation project (VORP) in Elkhart County, IN; and a Kalamazoo County, MI program administered by the Juvenile Probate Court. Both of the voluntary programs involve...
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“Perspectives on Juvenile Delinquency.”
by Roy, S.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1993) in R. Vogel and D. Champion (eds.), Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice (special edition on Perspectives on Juvenile Delinquency.) 9(2):81-167. Report which compares the impact of a victim-offender reconciliation program for juveniles and adults in Elkhart County, IN in...
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“Victim Offender Reconciliation Program for Juveniles in Elkhart County, Indiana: An Exploratory Study.”
by Roy, S.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) Justice Professional 8(2):23-35. A study evaluates the Victim Offender Reconciliation Program (VORP) for juveniles operated by a private agency in Elkhart County, IN. The sample, composed of 228 youths who participated in the program from January 1987 to December 1988, was...
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