“What Kind of Justice? “
by Pinnock, Don
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) University of Cape Town. Institute of Criminology. In this discussion paper, Don Pinnock outlines the history and problems of South Africa’s current criminal justice system. These include the detrimental affects of incarceration, the lack of healing for victims, and the...
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What Is Restorative Justice?
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Center for Justice & Peacemaking. University of Minnesota. Saint Paul, Minnesota. Umbreit – describing restorative justice as a “victim-centered response to crime‿ – provides his overview of restorative justice principles and practices. He lists...
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“What is the Future of the Youth Court? Reflecting on the Relationship between Informal and Formal Justice.”
by Daly, Kathleen
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Remarks prepared for a meeting of Australian and New Zealand Youth Court judges and magistrates, 16 October 1999, Adelaide While outlining the history of the youth court, Daly opens the discussion of the working partnership between formal and informal justice processes. She...
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“What Future for Public Safety and Restorative Justice in Community Corrections?”
by Smith, Michael E.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Sentencing and Corrections, no. 11. Rockville, MD: National Institute of Justice. As an objective for community corrections, “public safety” is best conceived as “the condition of a place, at times when people in that place are justified in feeling free of...
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“What Anabaptist-Mennonite confessions of faith say about violence and nonviolence.”
by Harder, Helmut
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Paper presented at the Theology and Culture: Peacemaking in a Globalized World conference. Bienenberg Theological Seminary, Switzerland, 25-29 June. Harder examines the historical legacy of the Anabaptist-Mennonite peace tradition as affirmed in confessions of faith from the...
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“Woodbury Police Department’s Restorative Justice Community Conferencing Program: An Initial Assessment of Client Satisfaction.”
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) St. Paul, Minnesota: Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking, University of Minnesota. In May 1995 the Woodbury Police Department initiated a restorative justice conferencing program for juvenile offenders and those affect by crime. The Center for Restorative Justice...
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Ways and means for enhancing the aftercare and rehabilitative programmes for released offenders: An Indian perspective
by Chattoraj, B N
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Agenda Item Five. Paper presented at the 8th ACPF World Conference, “Challenges for the 21st Century.â€? Beijing, China, 11-15 October. Tokyo: Asia Crime Prevention Foundation. Chattoraj maintains that the ultimate objective of corrections is the...
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“VORP-by the numbers, from 1983-1999.”
by Griffith, Jay
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) VORP News 18 (April): 1. Griffith summarizes the history and services of the Victim Offender Reconciliation Program (VORP) in Fresno, California, a program that has been in effect for seventeen years. He sketches the kinds of services offered, the number of cases, and the...
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“Victim offender reconciliation program: Bringing restorative justice to the local community.”
by Powell, Elinor.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) QCJJ Newsletter No. 40 (July). Beginning with an overview of the nature and process of victim offender reconciliation programs, Powell locates such programs in the larger perspective of restorative justice, which she contrasts with retributive justice. She notes that restorative...
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“Victim Offender Mediation Empirical Studies.”
by Coates, Robert B
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Research & Resources Review 1 (1). St. Paul, Minnesota: Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking, University of Minnesota Umbreit and Coates compile and present, in table form, lists of many empirical studies of victim offender mediation programs. The lists...
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“Victim Offender Mediation Continuum: From Least to Most Restorative Impact.”
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) St. Paul, Minnesota: Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking, University of Minnesota. In one page, the author presents a clear point-by-point comparison of various attitudes and practices that he believes characterize a continuum from least (agreement-driven; offender...
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Victim-Offender-Mediation in Domestic Violence Cases-A Comparison of the Effects of Criminal Law Intervention: the Penal Process and Mediation. Doing Qualitative Research
by Pelikan, Christa
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Forum Qualitative Social Research. 3(1). Research on the efficacy of criminal law intervention involves social processes and due to its nature, the processes require the use of qualitative methods. It is about processes of change, about development, or fixation and about the...
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Victim Offender Mediation & Dialogue: Guidelines for Victim Sensitive Practice
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime. As the field of victim offender mediation has grown extensively over the past 25 years, it has become increasingly important to conduct the process in a highly victim sensitive manner. In this paper, a...
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Victim-Offender Mediation Association Recommended Ethical Guidelines.
by Victim Offender Mediation Association, Ivo
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Victim Offender Mediation Association. This is a set of recommended guidelines for principles and practices in victim-offender mediation. It includes a brief description of the nature and practice of victim-offender mediation, including an overview of the process, training for...
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“Victim-offender mediation in Belgium.”
by Aertsen, Ivo
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) In Victim-offender mediation in Europe: Making restorative justice work, ed. The European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice, 153-192. With an introduction by Tony Peters. Leuven, Belgium: Leuven University Press. In describing victim-offender mediation...
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