Justifying compensation by the International Criminal Court’s Victim Trust Fund: Lessons from domestic compensation schemes.
by Megret, Frederic
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Brooklyn Journal of International Law. 36(1):124-204. This Article seeks to characterize the operation of the Trust Fund for Victims in relation to victims when it comes to these autonomous resources emanating from the “international community.” Are they a form of...
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The Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative of St. Louis City: Empirical analysis of reduction in detention days and juvenile recidivism.
by Nelson, Jessica
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Thesis. Master of Science in Criminal Justice. University of Central Missouri. The Juvenile Detention Initiative (JDAI) was founded by tne Annie E. Casey Foundation to determine if there are other possibilities for youth besides detention. JDAI establishes sites around the...
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Truth and Reconciliation Commissions (TRCs): An international human rights intervention and its connection to social work.
by Androff, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) British Journal of Social Work. 40:1960-1977. Over the last quarter of a century, Truth and Reconciliation Commissions (TRCs) have grown in prevalence as a primary human rights intervention for post-conflict reconstruction. Building upon restorative justice theory, TRCs...
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Interdependent relationship theory: A model for reducing discipline issues with Latino/Hispanic students.
by Morgan, Lorraine S.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Dissertation. Degree for Doctor of Education Administrator Leadership. Walden University. Studies continue to reveal major concerns with discipline issues, such as referrals, detentions, and suspensions, involving Latino/Hispanic students. This problem particularly affects...
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Youth violence in South Africa: the case for a restorative justice response.
by Clark, Janine Natalya
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Contemporary Justice Review. 15(1):77-95. Crime presents a fundamental challenge in South Africa. Particularly disturbing is the prevalence of violence committed by and against young people. The main purpose of this article is to look at how South Africa should deal with the...
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Victims’ responses after mass atrocities: a note on empirical findings.
by Ajetunmobia, Abdulsalam
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Contemporary Justice Review. 15(1):39-56. mpirical research has shown that in the aftermath of mass atrocities, a large majority of the victims of gross human rights violations are much more concerned with their immediate needs than with the criminal prosecution of the...
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Community of care from a victim-perspective: a qualitative study.
by Bolivar, Daniela
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Contemporary Justice Review. 15(1):17-37. Even if there has been some theoretical debate on the role of what has been called the ‘community of care’ in restorative justice (RJ) there has not been much research on, or analysis of, the implications of the role of...
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Christian critiques of the penal system.
by Parker, Lynette
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Christian Reflection. Prison. pp. 84-88. As public policies exclude more and more people from community life through incarceration, it is often asked, “Does the criminal justice system work?†The four books reviewed here propose an alternative vision for justice....
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Restorative justice: The new way forward.
by Rea, Lisa
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Christian Reflection. Prison. pp. 29-35. Can we reform the justice system and prisons in ways that seek to restore lives and transform individuals injured by crime? Restorative justice promises to move us away from warehousing offenders and toward a system that leads offenders...
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The measure with which we measure.
by Skotnicki, Andrew
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Christian Reflection. Prison. pp. 20-28. I would like to emphasize two points prior to beginning our discussion. First, in the rather antiseptic vocabulary and procedural formality of Western law and justice, it is important to remember that punishment is an act of violence. The...
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Divine justice as restorative justice.
by Marshall, Chris
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Christian Reflection. Prison. pp. 11-19. Accordingly, biblical justice is retributive justice insofar as it turns on the principles of moral culpability, measured recompense, and the rule of law. It would be a mistake to conclude, however, that biblical teaching on justice is...
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Healing and justice through truth-telling: Local perceptions of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Sierra Leone
by Millar, Gearoid
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Dissertation. Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Social Science, Syracuse University. The theory and practice of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions has been driven by the academics, aid agencies, NGOs, and international governmental organizations such as the UN, who have...
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Reentry & transition planning circles for incarcerated people.
by Walker, Lorenn
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Honolulu: Hawai’i Friends of Justice & Civic Education. This book describes a reentry and transition group planning process for incarcerated people to guide their own “safety plans.” An imprisoned person voluntarily invites her loved ones, along with a...
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Restorative justice in practice: Evaluating what works for victims and offenders.
by Shapland, Joanna
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Milton Park and New York: Routledge. Restorative justice has made significant progress in recent years and now plays an increasingly important role in and alongside the criminal justice systems of a number of countries in different parts of the world. In many cases, however,...
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The little book of victim offender conferencing.
by Amstutz, Lorraine Stutzman
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Intercourse, PA: Good Books. Victim offender dialogues have been developed as a way to hold offenders accountable to the person they have harmed and to give victims a voice about how to put things right. Rooted in the practices of Native peoples, “conferencing”...
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