The Possibility of Popular Justice: A Case Study of Community Mediation in the United States
by Merry, S E
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 488p. An anthology presents studies of an experiment in popular justice, the San Francisco (CA) Community Boards (SFCB). Part I examines the conditions under which popular justice flourishes or dies, how community mediation has...
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Defining ‘Success’ in the Neighbourhood Justice Movement
by Merry, S E
June 4, 2015
Source: (1982) in R. Tomasic and M.M. Feeley (eds.), Neighbourhood Justice: Assessment of an Emerging Idea. New York: Longman, pp. 172-192. This paper provides (1) an examination of the prototype of mediation and the social settings in which it occurs naturally, (2) an analysis of the impact...
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Myth and Practice in the Mediation Process
by Merry, S E
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. 239-250. In this chapter, the author raises some important caveats for the mediation movement, bases on her research on mediation programs in...
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Getting Justice and Getting Even: Legal Consciousness Among Working-Class Americans
by Merry, S E
June 4, 2015
Source: (1990) Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 228p. This study examines how “ordinary people” view, use, and emerge from American courts. The data were obtained from 2 research projects on the use of mediation to handle interpersonal cases originating in lower courts....
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On Mission Statements and Reform in Juvenile Justice: The Case of the ‘Balanced Approach’
by Bazemore, Gordon
June 4, 2015
Source: (1992) Federal Probation 56: 64-70. Using the “balanced approach” model as a case study in adopting a new mission for juvenile probation, this essay examines problems that may occur when agencies fail to understand or commit to organizational changes required by the mission...
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A critical assessment of two justice paradigms: Contrasting the restorative and retributive justice models
by Fattah, Ezzat A
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) In Support for crime victims in a comparative perspective, ed. Ezzat Fattah and Tony Peters, 99-110. A collection of essays dedicated to the memory of Prof. Frederic McClintock. With a preface by Ezzat Fattah and Tony Peters. Leuven, Belgium: Leuven University Press. In this...
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The Privacy Implications of Family Group Conferences in the United States
by Melvin-Mickens, J
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) In: M. Hardin (ed.), Family Group Conferences in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases: Learning from the Experience of New Zealand. Washington, DC: ABA Center on Children and the Law. American Bar Association, pp. 153-180. The New Zealand-style family group conference raises some...
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Community Dispute Resolution Programs and Public Policy
by McGillis, D
June 4, 2015
Source: (1986) Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates, Inc., 131p. This report examines the development, philosophies, and operation of community dispute resolution programs during recent years and presents empirical data regarding the quality of justice and the efficiency of these programs. The three...
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The Intent of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Restorative Justice?
by McElrea, F W M
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) Paper presented to the Youth Justice Conference of the New Zealand Youth Court Association (Auckland), Inc., February 25, 27p. This paper considers the extent to which the New Zealand system of Youth Justice represents a new model of justice, specifically the restorative justice...
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The New Zealand Youth Court: A Model for Use with Adults
by McElrea, F W M
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) In: B. Galaway and J. Hudson (eds.), Restorative Justice: International Perspectives. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press, pp. 69-84. The New Zealand Youth Court is based on restorative justice principles in the sense that power is transferred from the state to the community....
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Family Group Conferencing: A Training Manual
by Hyndman, M
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Bondi Beach, AUS: Transformative Justice Australia, 75p. This training manual was developed by the Australian innovators of the Wagga model of community conferences/family group conferences in New South Wales. This loose-leaf booklet provides a brief history, theory and...
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Real Justice Training Manual: Coordinating Family Group Conferences
by McDonald, J
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Pipersville, PA: The Piper’s Press, 107p. This training manual was developed for use with a three-day Real Justice Training workshop. The manual introduces the history family group conferences (FGCs). The theories of why FGCs work so well, and the philosophy of restorative...
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Bethlehem Police Family Group Conferencing Project
by McCold, Paul
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 20-23, 1996, 26p. This paper reports on an ongoing experimental research program to evaluate the implementation, operation and effects of police-based Family Group...
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Restorative Justice: The Role of the Community
by McCold, Paul
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Paper presented to the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Conference. Boston, March 1995. In B. Galaway and J. Hudson (Eds.), Restorative Justice: International Perspectives. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press, pp. 85-102. This paper discusses the need for a new...
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Juvenile Justice in New Zealand: A New Paradigm
by Morris, Allison
June 4, 2015
Source: (1993) Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology 26(1):72-90. Reprinted in Restorative Justice. Declan Roche (2003), ed. Pp. 53-71. The International Library of Essays in Law & Legal Theory, Second Series. Aldershot, Hants, England: Dartmouth/Ashgate. A review describes...
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