The Role of Shame in Going Straight: A Study of Former Offenders
by Leibrich, J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) In: B. Galaway and J. Hudson (eds.), Restorative Justice: International Perspectives. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press, pp. 283-302. A study of former offenders found that shame was a significant feature in decisions to go straight. It was the most commonly mentioned reason...
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Ending It: Dispute Resolution in America
by Johnston, B. M
June 4, 2015
Source: (1988) Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing Company, 164p. This text describes and defines the basic terms of litigation, voluntary arbitration, court-annexed or mandatory arbitration, negotiation, and mediation, providing a context for process descriptions, the evaluation of emerging...
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System, Community Response: Help in Healing the Victim
by Bauer, B
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Restorative Justice Newsletter. Minnesota Department of Corrections Restorative Justice Program, November, p1, 3. The authors warn against cause and effect thinking when applied to crime: that it leads to blaming the victim for the crime. A call is issued to examine ways to...
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Public Attitudes towards Restorative Justice
by Lee, A
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) In: B. Galaway and J. Hudson (eds.), Restorative Justice: International Perspectives. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press, pp. 337-347. Considerable research has been undertaken to ascertain public attitudes towards reparation or restitution, but less to assess attitudes towards...
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The Effectiveness of Diversion in Montreal in 1981
by Beaumont, H
June 4, 2015
Source: (1991) Canadian Journal of Criminology 33(1):61-82. The Canadian Young Offenders Act has made it possible to implement alternative measures before a young person appears before youth court. In Quebec between 1979 and 1984, formal diversion was instituted before the act came into...
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Restitution as a Cost-Effective Alternative to Incarceration
by Lawrence, R
June 4, 2015
Source: (1990) In: B. Galaway and J. Hudson (eds.), Criminal Justice, Restitution, and Reconciliation. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press, pp. 207-216. Texas has one of the largest prison populations in the nation and has recently developed one of the fastest growing restitution programs. A...
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Reexamining Community Corrections Models
by Lawrence, R
June 4, 2015
Source: (1991) Crime & Delinquency 37(4):449-464. This essay and review asserts that old and new community corrections models are appropriate: if they include the community as well as the offender as targets of change. The old models of advocacy, diversion and reintegration have been...
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Victim/Offender Groups
by Launay, G
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. 113-131. This chapter reports on the Victims and Offenders In Conciliation (VOIC) project in the Medway towns, Kent. This program brings...
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Criminal Restitution: A Survey of Its Past History and an Analysis of Its Present Usefulness
by Laster, R. E
June 4, 2015
Source: (1970) University of Richmond Law Review 5(1):71-98. This article discuses the history and contemporary use of criminal restitution. Some of the advantages in a system of restitution are considered. The present use of restitution as a condition of probation is not very effective since...
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Aboriginal Criminal Justice in Canada
by Laprairie, Carol
June 4, 2015
Source: (1992) Canadian Journal of Criminology 34(3-4):281-521. A special issue of the journal is devoted to Aboriginal crime and justice, primarily in Canada which use Braithwaite’s (1989) “Crime, Shame and Reintegration” as an explanatory framework. Articles include...
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Community Justice or Just Communities? Aboriginal Communities in Search of Justice
by Laprairie, Carol
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Canadian Journal of Criminology 37(4):521-545. This article explores the role of justice in aboriginal communities in Canada, and discusses the growing willingness of the Federal Government to accommodate a more informal, accessible form of local justice for native peoples. The...
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Altering Course: New Directions in Criminal Justice: Sentencing Circles and Family Group Conferences
by Laprairie, Carol
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology (special issue):78-99. This paper explores two new approaches in criminal justice which have important implications for indigenous and aboriginal communities, sentencing circles in Canada and family group conferences in...
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The Church and the Criminal Justice System
by Lancaster, K
June 4, 2015
Source: (1990) Public policy statement of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Louisville, KY, 76p. This pamphlet is a compilation of contemporary policy statements of the Presbyterian General Assemblies during the past three decades on crime and justice. Statements are collected by topic area,...
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Ideology and Discourse: Some Differences between State-Planned and Community-Based Justice
by Baskin, D. R
June 4, 2015
Source: (1990) Law and Human Behavior 14(3):249-268. Ethnographic methods were used to study alternative dispute resolution as practiced by two mediation projects. Observations of actual mediation sessions, interviews with key informants, and archival data were used. The authors found that the...
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Crime Prevention: Approaches, Practices and Evaluations
by Lab, S. P
June 4, 2015
Source: (1988) Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing Company, 247p. This text provides brief descriptions of the more well-known and recent crime prevention approaches, together with results of evaluative research into the effectiveness of each. Primary prevention approaches are examined...
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