“Restorative Justice and Punishment: the Views of Young People.”
by Daly, Kathleen
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Paper presented to the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Toronto, 17-21 November 1999. Using data from the South Australian Juvenile Justice Project, Daly discusses the meaning of punishment and whether or not it is relevant to restorative process. She refers to a...
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“Restorative Justice’ and Other New Penal Patterns: 23- 25 June 2000.”
by Ditchley Foundations, Patrick S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Ditchley Foundations. This report gives the discussion points covered by RJ practitioners and protagonists from the UK on the relevance of RJ in the UK’s criminal justice system. They discussed whether or not RJ practices could/should be codified; its costs relative...
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Restorative Justice: Moving Past the Caricatures.�
by Daly, Kathleen
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Draft paper for Seminar on Restorative Justice, Institute of Criminology, University of Sydney Law School. Daly outlines two misconceptions she sees in the “storyâ€? of restorative justice. These are a restrictions are (1) a restricted history and (2) the...
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“Restorative Justice: Juvenile Offenders Negotiate Penalties with Their Victims”
by Pemberton, Patrick S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) VORP News 19 (May/June): 6-7. In this article, Pemberton reports on the Victim Offender Reconciliation Program (VORP) in Fresno County, California. He points out its foundations in restorative justice, and he sketches the number and types of cases handled by VORP. The article...
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“Restorative justice: Justice as peacebuilding.”
by Porter Jr., Thomas W.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Footpaths 1 (Spring). Over the last twenty years, restorative justice has generally been connected with criminal justice. Porter acknowledges this, then goes on to argue that restorative justice should be extended as a key paradigm for our entire legal system, for mediation, and...
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Restorative Justice: When Justice and Healing Go Together
by Zehr, Howard
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Track Two. 6(3&4) In this short essay, Zehr points out where the truth and reconciliation commission of South Africa falls short of the ideals of restorative justice. While recognizing the attempt to concentrate on the stories of individual harm, Zehr says that the time...
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“Restorative Justice in Urban Aboriginal Communities”
by Plett, Irene
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Alberta, Canada: Canadian Forum on Civil Justice. Restorative justice perspectives and practices are slowly being implemented in Canadian criminal justice, especially for aboriginal offenders. However, according to Plett, there has been resistance to restorative changes with...
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“Restorative justice in Russia. “
by Shank, Eric Ian.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) VOMA Quarterly 9 (Spring): 1-2, 4-6. Shank shares his experiences in Russia as a temporary volunteer assisting with reform efforts in the Russian criminal justice system. He discusses efforts to introduce victim-offender mediation in particular. In assessing both the...
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“Restorative Justice Inroads in the United Kingdom.”
by Parker, Lynette
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Restorative Justice Online. September 2001 Edition. Over the past three years, the United Kingdom has begun to implement significant changes in its response to youth...
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“Restorative Justice Innovations by the Thames Valley Police Force.”
by Parker, Lynette
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Restorative Justice Online. November 2001 Edition. The Thames Valley Police Force has led the movement toward restorative justice in the United Kingdom by shifting to a problem-solving...
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“Restorative Justice in Nova Scotia.”
by Clairmont, Don
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) ISUMA. 1(1) There is a growing recognition of the deficiencies of the mainstream justice system interms of how it deals with offenders, victims and community concerns. That recognition has renewed interest in restorative justice. The central premise of restorative justice is...
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“Restorative justice in cases of domestic and sexual violence: Healing justice?”
by Coward, Stephanie
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Carleton University. Using research based on a literature review and interviews with practitioners and professionals in the women’s movement in Canada, Stephanie Coward addresses the controversy over whether alternative criminal justice...
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Restorative Justice in Bulgaria.
by Chankova, Dobrinka
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Restorative Justice Online. December 2001 Edition. Dobrinka Chankova of the Institute For Conflict Resolution in Sofia, Bulagaria provides a look at the movement for restorative justice in her...
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“Restorative justice in a European perspective.”
by Aertsen, Ivo
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Paper presented at the Restorative Justice Ireland Network 1999 conference. In this presentation Aertsen examines restorative justice in the European context. While the term may be relatively unfamiliar in Europe, as compared to victim-offender mediation, it can be argued that...
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Restorative Justice in Everyday Life: Beyond the Formal Ritual
by Wachtel, Ted
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Paper presented at the Reshaping Australian Institutions Conference: Restorative Justice and Civil Society. The Australian National University, Canberra, 16-18 February 1999. Wachtel, arguing that occasional or limited use of restorative principles and practices is ineffectual...
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