Family, Victims and Culture: Youth Justice in New Zealand
by Maxwell, Gabrielle
June 4, 2015
Source: (1993) Wellington, NZ: Victoria University, 228p. A study of processes in New Zealand under the Children, Young Persons and their Families Act included 692 youthful offenders drawn from 5 geographical areas. The law has been successful in meeting many of its objectives. Before its...
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Developing a Victim Orientation for Community Corrections: A Restorative Justice Paradigm and a Balanced Mission
by Bazemore, Gordon
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) Perspectives 18(3):19-24. This article discusses the inadequacies of the offender focus in community corrections. A restorative justice approach is proposed as an alternative to both the treatment and control...
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Rethinking Youth Justice: For Better or Worse
by Maxwell, Gabrielle
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) Occasional Papers in Criminology New Series: No. 3. Wellington, NZ: Victoria University of Wellington, Institute of Criminology, 17p. A paper critiques and discusses consequences of proposals made by the New Zealand Children and Young Persons Service to consolidate youth justice...
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Family Group Conferences and Re-offending
by Maxwell, Gabrielle
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Criminology Aotearoa/New Zealand. 3: 12-13. This article presents some preliminary information on the reconviction patterns of youth processed by family group conferences (FGC) in New Zealand. Among the 161 young people 35% had no convictions for either criminal or serious...
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Research on Family Group Conferences With Young Offenders in New Zealand
by Maxwell, Gabrielle
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. 88-110. This analysis reports data on family group conferences for more than 200 juvenile offenders in New Zealand in 1990 and 1991. The...
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Family Decision-Making in Youth Justice: The New Zealand model
by Maxwell, Gabrielle
June 4, 2015
Source: (1993) In: L. Atkinson and S.-A. Gerull (eds.), National Conference on Juvenile Justice. Conference Proceedings No. 22, Canberra, AUS: Australian Institute of Criminology, pp. 113-126. This article reviews the goals and objectives New Zealand’s Children, Young Persons and Their...
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Children and Family Violence: The Unnoticed Victims
by Maxwell, Gabrielle
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) Occasional Paper No. 3. Wellington, NZ: Office of the Commissioner for Children, 16p. Written files recorded by the Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Project were used to create a database of 528 records of police incidents which involved a physical assault involving family or...
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Restorative Justice: A Maori Perspective
by Maxwell, Gabrielle
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) The New Zealand Maori Council. Wellington, NZ: Ministry of Justice, 27p. This paper is a response to Belgrave (1995) and describes the historical and current Maori justice system. An option to strengthen the restorative process embedded in the Maori community is proposed. Issues...
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Community Mediation in Massachusetts: A Decade of Development 1975 to 1985
by Massachusetts District Courts, Tony F
June 4, 2015
Source: (1986) Salem, MA: Massachusetts Administrative Office of the District Courts, 200p. This report describes, compares, and analyzes Massachusetts’ 28 community mediation programs. The report traces the growth of community mediation in Massachusetts from 1975 through 1985....
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Crime and Accountability: Victim/Offender Mediation in Practice
by Marshall, Tony F
June 4, 2015
Source: (1990) London, UK: Home Office, Her MajestyÃÂs Stationery Office, 271p. A report describes victim-offender mediation and reparation projects in the U.K. There are currently some 70 victim-offender reconciliation projects in North America, which usually intervene at the court stage of...
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Reparation, Conciliation and Mediation
by Marshall, Tony F
June 4, 2015
Source: (1984) Research and Planning Unit Paper 27. London, UK: Home Office, 73p. The only previous survey of British reparation and mediation projects was conducted by the National Association of Victims Support Schemes in 1982. The subsequent growth of interest in victim/offender...
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Three Paradigms for Juvenile Justice
by Bazemore, Gordon
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) In: B. Galaway and J. Hudson (eds.), Restorative Justice: International Perspectives. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press, pp. 37-68. Two limited and incomplete paradigms define the parameters of the debate over the future of the juvenile justice system in the U.S. Neither the...
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Alternatives to Criminal Courts: The Potential for Non-Judicial Dispute Settlement
by Marshall, Tony F
June 4, 2015
Source: (1985) Brookfield, VT: Gower, 321p. This overview of alternatives to criminal courts discusses arbitration, mediation, and diversion, focusing on the experience in England and Wales. Various dispute resolution arrangements that developed in small-scale communities or tribal societies...
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Results of Research from British Experiments in Restorative Justice
by Marshall, Tony F
June 4, 2015
Source: (1990) In: B. Galaway and J. Hudson (eds.), Criminal Justice, Restitution, and Reconciliation Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press, pp. 83-107. Evaluations were conducted of 4 U.K. Home Office-funded mediation and reparation schemes; several other schemes around the U.K. also voluntarily...
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Victim Offender Mediation
by Marshall, Tony F
June 4, 2015
Source: (1991) Research Bulletin U.K. Home Office. 30:9-15. The findings of Home Office research on victim-offender mediation (reparation schemes) are summarized. The main achievement of the schemes is a contribution to the ‘humanization’ of justice by catering for personal needs....
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