The New Zealand Experience Implementing the Reparation Sentence
by Galaway, Burt
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. 55-80. This study reports on the implementation of the New Zealand...
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Victim-Offender Mediation by New Zealand Probation Officers: The Possibilities and the Reality
by Galaway, Burt
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Mediation Quarterly 12(3):249-262. A study of victim-offender mediation in New Zealand collected information from 6 data sets. Generally, reparation was perceived as an appropriate sole sentence for an offender who had a very minor or no prior criminal history, who had committed...
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Violence and Family Mediation: Policy
by Astor, H
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) Australian Journal of Family Law 8(1):3-21. Because of the imbalance of power created by family violence, consensual decisionmaking is impossible and such cases should not go to mediation. Mediation is highly likely to result in unjust and exploitive agreements that endanger the...
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APPA’s Vision: Welcome to the Land of Oz..Where Dreams Can Come True
by Fulton, B
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Perspectives 19(2):6-12. This essay describes the Community Justice Leadership Project, initiated by the American Probation and Parole Association to develop a vision for the future of community corrections and strategies to implement that vision. Main themes include: a full...
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Mediators and the Law: China and America Compared
by Fu, H
June 4, 2015
Source: (1991) International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 15(1 & 2):81-88. This article compares the differences between neighborhood justice in American and people’s mediation in China. In America, mediators are trained to avoid using law and legal concepts...
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Family Group Conferencing in New Zealand Child Protection Work
by Fraser, S
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. 37-48. Child protection family group conferences are designed to acknowledge that the primary role in caring for and protecting children and young...
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Evaluating Dispute Resolution Programs
by Francey, C
June 4, 2015
Source: (1983) In: M R. Volpe, et al. (eds.), Mediation in the Justice System: Conference Proceedings. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association Special Committee on Resolution of Minor Disputes, pp. 104-120. The national evaluation of the Neighborhood Justice Centers created by the Department of...
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Restitution in Criminal Justice: A Minnesota Experiment
by Fogel, D
June 4, 2015
Source: (1972) Criminal Law Bulletin 8(8):681-691. The restitution process being developed by the Minnesota Department of Corrections will involve the careful formulation of an explicit individualized restitution plan involving the offender, an agent of the criminal justice system, and,...
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Victim Offender Mediation: Application with Serious Offences Committed by Juveniles
by Flaten, C
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) In: B. Galaway and J. Hudson (eds.), Restorative Justice: International Perspectives. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press, pp. 387-402. The idea of using mediation as a tool to aid in the rehabilitation of juveniles had been explored since 1986 at a state agency that provides...
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Political Economy of Dispute Settlement in Papua New Guinea
by Fitzpatrick, P
June 4, 2015
Source: (1982) In: C. Sumner (ed.), Crime, Justice and Underdevelopment. Brookfield, VT: Gower, pp. 228-247. This study examines the relationship between political economies and dispute settlement forms in precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial Papua New Guinea. Postcolonial dispute...
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Corporations, Crime and Accountability.
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 279p. This essay and review addresses 2 issues in corporate crime sanctioning. First, corporations, and not individuals, are held accountable in crime and thus are the targets of enforcement. Second, the law does not ensure that...
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Police Authority, Respect and Shaming
by Findlay, M
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) Current Issues in Criminal Justice 5(1):29-41. This paper explores structures of police authority which seek legitimacy through consensus and respect within the ideology of community policing. Respect may be presented as one of the principal, voluntary bonding relationships...
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Community Mediation in Dorchester, Massachusetts
by Felstiner, W.L
June 4, 2015
Source: (1982) In: R. Tomasic and M.M. Feeley (eds.), Neighborhood Justice: Assessment of an Emerging Idea. New York, NY: Longman Inc, pp. 111-153. This analysis of the mediation component of the Dorchester Urban Court (Massachusetts) found that mediator training is crucial to mediation...
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Some Doubts about Restorative Justice
by Ashworth, A
June 4, 2015
Source: (1993) Criminal Law Forum 4(2):277-299. A response to Van Ness (1993) expresses some doubts about restorative justice, particularly greater victim participation in the process. A reply to these doubts is...
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Dispute Resolution: Techniques and Applications: A Selected Bibliography
by Federal Justice Research Program, W
June 4, 2015
Source: (1985) Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice Federal Justice Research Program. This bibliography lists 119 citations, together with their abstracts, taken from the data base of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS). The information reflects the wide range of...
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