Social work & restorative justice: Skills for dialogue, peacemaking, and reconciliation.
by McAndrews, Robert
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare 38(4): 182-184. abstract...
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Restorative practices: Giving everyone a voice to create safer saner school communities.
by Mirsky, Laura
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) The Prevention Researcher. December 2011: 3-6. This article seeks to familiarize readers with the philosophy and processes of restorative practices employed in K-12 education. The author spoke to educators and students at schools where the practices are being implemented and...
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Moving beyond sides: The power and potential of a new public safety policy paradigm.
by Rogers, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Portland: Partnership for Safety and Justice. The voice of victims who want a different approach to public safety than the status quo has been mostly untapped by traditional criminal justice reform advocates: organizations and activists who primarily focus on challenging the...
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A history of programs implemented by the Chicago Police Department within Chicago public schools.
by Lewis, Stacy A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Dissertation. Doctor of Education. Loyola University Chicago This study provides a history of programs implemented between the Chicago Police Department within Chicago Public School, while looking at the changes in the relationship between the two between 1945 and 2005. The...
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Demobilizing the minors: Examining compliance with international child soldiering laws.
by Davis, Jennifer Ann
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Dissertation. Doctor of Philosophy. The George Washington university. Why do some states follow international laws prohibiting the use of child soldiers, while others do not? While child soldiering is something that most states have avoided throughout history, recent trends...
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Factors influencing police officers’ decisions to participate in the mediation of citizen complaints.
by Todd, Scott
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Thesis. Master of Arts. Royal Roads University. The use of mediation to resolve citizen complaints against police has not gained much acceptance within law enforcement. This research was conducted within the Calgary Police Service and was designed to uncover some factors that...
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From homie to hermano: Conversion and gang exit in Central America.
by Brenneman II, Robert E.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Dissertation. Doctor of Philosophy. University of Notre Dame. The transnational youth gangs of Central America promote a hyper-machismo that idealizes violent, risk-prone codes of conduct and lifelong affiliation. Meanwhile, Central American evangelicals promote a...
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The essence of responsive regulation.
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) University of British Columbia Law Review. 44(3):475+ Regulation that is responsive to the moves regulated actors make, to industry context and to the environment seems a complex task. The argument of this essay is that it is complex in the sense that being a parent regulating...
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The use of restorative justice for environmental crime.
by Preston, Brian J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Criminal Law Journal. 35(3):136-153. abstract...
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Culture, conflict resolution and the legacy of colonialism.
by Gang, Melissa Lauren
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Thesis. Master of Arts. American University. Colonialism impacted local cultures far beyond their infrastructure, government and geography. In addition to eroding indigenous power structures, the structural violence inflicted during colonialism left native populations with...
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Society’s complicity in child abuse: From justifications to acknowledgement to authentic transformations.
by Rogers, Katrina
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Dissertation. Doctor of Philosophy. Fielding Graduate University. Child abuse is not simply a matter between individuals. Society also plays a role in exacerbating children’s vulnerability to abuse. This dissertation offers a theory of society’s complicity in child...
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Women’s participation in transitional justice mechanisms: Comparing transitional processes in Timor Leste and Sierra Leone.
by Guthery, Holly
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Thesis for Master of Arts. University of Denver. Women tend to suffer a disproportionate amount of sexual and reproductive violence during periods of conflict, though they generally participate at a lower rate than men in transitional justice processes. Because participation is...
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Circular arguments.
by Hoffman, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Today’s parent. 29(6): 146. So why am I so uneasy about restorative circles? It’s mainly because I’ve seen so many good ideas go awry. For teaching literacy, whole language was a useful approach that got a bad name because it was never really carried out...
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“Too big to remedy?” Rethinking mass restitution for slavery and Jim Crow.
by Wenger, Kaimipono David
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review. 44:177-232. Slavery and Jim Crow inflicted horrific harms on Blacks in America. Official silence aggravated that harm, as neither victims nor their descendants received monetary restitution, nor even (until very recently) any official apology....
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Restorativeness,procedural justice, and defiance as predictors of reoffending of participants in family group conferences.
by McGarrell, Edmund F
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Crime and Delinquency. Published online before print December 7, 2011, doi: 10.1177/0011128711428556 Prior research has suggested that family group conferences (FGCs), a particular form of restorative justice, hold promise in reducing reoffending among youths, at least for some...
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