“Restorative Justice: An Evaluation of the Restorative Resolutions Project”
by Bonta, James
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Canada Solicitor General. After outlining the holes in empirical research done on the outcomes of restorative justice programs, Bonta and his colleagues outline the intermediate result of the Restorative Resolutions project in Winnipeg. This project started with a goal to...
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“Restorative Justice in Diverse and Unequal Societies.”
by Daly, Kathleen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Law in Context. Special issue on Criminal Justice in Diverse Communities. Vol. 17. Daly explores the value of restorative justice in overcoming the larger injustices based on race. She relies on data from New Zealand and Australia. While accepting the fact that restorative...
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Restorative Justice: A Discussion Paper.
by Belgrave, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Ministry of Justice, New Zealand. In New Zealand, when it was became apparent that the adoption of a restorative focus in the adult jurisdiction could constitute major new public policy, the NZ Ministry of Justice requested input on the wide range of views that had to be...
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“RJ dialogue processes, Are they confidential? Erosion of confidentiality in some jurisdictions is cause for careful evaluation.”
by Bird, Kathleen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) VOMA Connections no. 9 (Autumn): 1, 10-11. Confidentiality of information in mediation is emphasized in mediator training and in the mediation itself. Yet, according to the authors, erosion of that confidentiality appears to be occurring due to various state statutes, court and...
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Restorative justice: Current developments and research findings
by Strang, Heather
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Paper presented at the 3rd National Outlook Symposium on Crime in Australia. Melbourne, 22-23 March 1999. Canberra, Australia: Australian Institute of Criminology. This paper sketches certain developments and findings with respect to restorative justice. According to Strang,...
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A restorative justice critique of shelters for battered women in the American deep south.
by Cook, Kim
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Criminology- Aotearoa/New Zealand September (no. 16): 7-9. Cook begins her review of shelters for battered women in the American deep south by noting the evaluative framework of xe2x80x9cmoral pragmatismxe2x80x9d advanced by Stan Cohen. With this framework in mind, Cook provides...
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“Restorative Justice Conferencing: Guidelines for Victim Sensitive Practice – “Adapting Conferences, Mediations, Circles and Reparative Boards to People, Communities, and Cultures.”
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and St. Paul, Minnesota: The Balanced and Restorative Justice Project. A partnership between the Community Justice Institute (Florida Atlantic University) and the Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking (University of Minnesota). The purpose of...
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Restorative Justice Conferencing and the Ethic of Care
by Barton, Charles
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Ethics and Justice: An interdisciplinary public affairs journal. 2 (2). Restorative Justice Conferencing is a relatively new response to wrongdoing and crime. In a restorative justice conference offenders meet their victims in the company of their respective communities of...
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“Restorative Justice Circles in South Saint Paul, Minnesota.”
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) St. Paul, Minnesota: Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking, University of Minnesota. In the relatively homogenous community of South St. Paul, the South St. Paul Restorative Justice Council seeks to strengthen community bonds and pride. The purpose of the council is...
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Restorative justice in Canada
by Bayda, E. D
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Gazette 62 (5/6): 4-7. An appellate judge in Canada, Bayda acknowledges the difficulty in getting the judiciary to recognize the legitimacy of restorative justice. Nevertheless, in 1999 the Canadian Supreme Court affirmed restorative justice, particularly for the adjudication of...
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“Restorative justice buzzes around Guam.”
by Wolff, Patrick M
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) VOMA Quarterly 9 (Spring): 6-8. In this article Wolff reports on a 1998 conference in Guam on restorative justice. The conference was sponsored by a mediation group in Guam. Attendees included many notable members of the local community – for example, representatives from...
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“Restorative justice: A program for Nova Scotia.”
by Nova Scotia Department of Justice., Charles.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Halifax: Nova Scotia Department of Justice. Citing numerous dissatisfactions with the current system of justice, the Department of Justice in Nova Scotia has embarked on a restorative justice program. This document details the plan for that program. It begins with background...
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Restorative Justice Approach Launched by South Africa Department of Correctional Services.
by Skelton, Ann
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Restorative Justice Online. January 2002 edition. The South Africa Department of Correctional Services held a conference in November to launch its new “restorative justice approach”. Although other government departments have included restorative justice in their...
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Restorative Justice and Police Complaints
by Pollard, Charles.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Paper presented at The Second International Conference on Conferencing and Circles: Restorative Practice in Action. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 10-12 August 2000. Pollard, chief constable in the Thames Valley Police (United Kingdom), points to the extensive use of restorative...
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Restorative Justice and Jewish Law
by Lerman, David.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) VOMA Quarterly 9 (1):1-2. Lerman relates the case of an act of vandalism against a synagogue and the adjudication of the case. A victim offender reconciliation meeting occurred between the offenders and the members of the synagogue. From this, Lerman considers restorative...
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