Facilitating restorative group conferences. Trainer’s guide lesson 3: Understanding the participants.
by Minnesota Department of Corrections
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Department of Corrections. The Minnesota Department of Corrections has produced a set of practical materials to guide people who are training others in facilitation of restorative group conferences. Lesson 3 deals with understanding the...
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Facilitating restorative group conferences. Trainer’s guide lesson 2: Conferencing and restorative justice.
by Minnesota Department of Corrections
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Department of Corrections. The Minnesota Department of Corrections has produced a set of practical materials to guide people who are training others in facilitation of restorative group conferences. Lesson 2 deals with conferencing and...
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“Tradition Ways and Juvenile Justice: Synergy for a New System in South Africa.”
by Van Eden, Karen
June 4, 2015
Source: Documents of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Young People at Risk. Van Eden identifies the ways in which the retributive character of traditional justice systems, both in South Africa specifically and in general, fail to bring true justice and rehabilitation to either the offender...
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Traditions of Conflict Resolution in South Africa
by Choudree, R.B.G
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) African Journal in Conflict Resolution. No. 1. In the domain of law, and elsewhere, ‘alternative’ dispute resolution can be used in more than one way. It may signify a recognition that there are other methods than litigation, and that these may sometimes be more...
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“Trading truth for justice?”
by Linfield, Susie.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Boston Review 25 (Summer). Linfield considers the relationship between truth and justice as presented by the purpose and work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa. Following the demise of apartheid, this commission promised amnesty to any person who came...
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“Towards restoration (victim awareness programmes for adult offenders in South Australia).”
by Thompson, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Paper presented at the Restoration for Victims of Crime Conference. Australian Institute of Criminology and Victims Referral and Assistance Service. Melbourne Thompson notes that criminal justice systems increasingly recognize the rights of victims in offender management. A...
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“‘To see history doxologically’: Miroslav Volf’s and John Howard Yoder’s competing conceptions of the place of memory in the politics of forgiveness.”
by Sider, J. Alexander.
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. Sider’s paper consists of a comparison of conceptions of forgiveness and memory in the writings of Miroslav Volf and John...
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“Toolbox for implementing restorative justice and advancing community policing.”
by Nicholl, Caroline G
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services This document – styled as a toolbox by the author to emphasize its practical nature – is a guide to police departments interested in starting a restorative justice program....
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“Theology and culture: The claim of ethnicity and gender on faith and understanding.”
by Riggs, Ann K.
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. Noting the perspective of some theological traditions that the Church suffered from inculturation following its establishment in...
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“‘The balancing act’: The current situation regarding the Truth and Reconciliation Commission within the broader political and security framework.”
by Bright, Dennis
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Address presented at the National Workshop on the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission. 16-17 November. In this address Dennis Bright reflects on Sierra Leone’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in the context of broad political and security issues....
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Tempting simplicity and robust complexity: Conflict management in selected prestate societies
by McGuire, Steve
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Peace and Conflict Studies 2 (December): 54-61. McGuire counters both those who find peace to be hopelessly utopian and those who find peace to be realized in fully peaceable societies. He argues that war is not attributable to human nature as intrinsically aggressive. He also...
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Successful Crime Fighting Techniques
by McGarrell, Edmund F
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) FDHA Congressional Testimony. This statement is by Mr. Edmund F. McGarrell, Senior Fellow and Director of the Crime Control Policy Center Hudson Institute. In this state Mr. Hudson outlines the positive effects of restorative justice conferencing on juvenile offenders and their...
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Stories excerpted from the book Real Justice
by Wachtel, Ted
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) From Real Justice. Pipersville, Pennsylvania: Piper’s Press. In his book Ted Wachtel includes numerous stories of victims and offenders in real life conferencing situations. Here are seven stories excerpted from the book. The stories are part of his account of the growth...
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“Restorative Justice Practice: The State of the Field 1999”
by McCold, Paul
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Paper presented at the Building Strong Partnerships for Restorative Practices conference, Burlington, Vermont, 5-7 August 1999. Downloaded 8 June 2004. This paper presents a broad overview of restorative justice practice during the last 30 years. The historical evolution of the...
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Standards for Restorative Justice.
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Paper presented at the Ancillary Meetings of the Tenth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders. Vienna, Austria, 10-17 April. Braithwaite discusses the benefits and the pitfalls of regulating restorative justice practices. One main concern...
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