“Reconciliation: The Road to Healing?”
by Winslow, Tom
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Track Two 6(3&4). Winslow compares the healing ability of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission at the macro and the micro levels. While enabling the society to face the truth of the past and change accepted norms that lead to abuses, the process has not always been as...
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“Reconciling injustices – A process for Indonesia.”
by Ruth-Heffelbower, Duane
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Islamic Millennium Journal 1 (1). In this essay, Ruth-Heffelbower explains restorative justice for a Muslim audience and proposes a process for reconciliation in response to the conflicts in Indonesia. He sketches the recent history of violence in Indonesia. This leads to a...
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“Reconciliation or pacifism? The Church of the Brethren in Nigeria.”
by Bugu, Patrick 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. Citing the example of Jesus and the teachings of the Old and New Testaments, Bugu contends for the indispensability of peace in...
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“Reconciliation between the Sinhala and Tamil diasporas: A possibility? “
by Wijesinha, Ranjit
June 4, 2015
Source: Melbourne: Friends for Peace in Sri Lanka. In addition to the Sinhalese and Tamils in Sri Lanka, there are significant groups of Sinhalese and Tamils living outside of Sri Lanka (the diasporas to which he refers). In this essay the author considers the roles those groups play in the...
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“Recommendations to the Alberta Summit on Justice”
by Edmonton Victim Offender Mediation Society, Dobrinka
June 4, 2015
Source: Edmonton, Alberta (Canada): Edmonton Victim Offender Mediation Society. Based on several years of experience, the Edmonton Victim Offender Mediation Society (EVOMS) expresses its commitment to victim-offender mediation as both appropriate and effective. Hence, EVOMS desires to work...
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Recent Developments in Victim Related Policies in Bulgaria.
by Chankova, Dobrinka
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Post Graduate Course. Victimology, Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice”,Dubrovnik , 4-15 May 1998. Chankova outlines Bulgarian legislation dealing with the rights of victims. She outlines the short-comings of practice and potentials of the laws. She also points to the...
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“Reason and emotion in restorative justice.”
by Luna, Erik.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Lecture transcript, 5 July. New Zealand Institute for Dispute Resolution. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University of Wellington. Luna, an American associate professor of law and a visiting lecturer in Victoria University’s Faculty of Law, surveys the range of debate...
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Real Justice.
by Wilson, Jon.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Hope magazine. Fall, 1999 Wilson, publisher and editor of Hope magazine, illustrates and explains mediation and the process of restorative justice. He identifies which crimes can be addressed through mediation and which aren’t suited to this approach. He also covers the...
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“Restorative approaches of crime in Belgium”
by Aertsen, Ivo
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Paper presented at the Beyond Prisons symposium. Kingston, Ontario, March. Ottawa: Correctional Service of Canada. In this paper Peters and Aertsen examine recent initiatives in the Belgium criminal justice system to move away from traditional custodial sentences. The framework...
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“Restorative justice and the RCMP: Definitions and directions”
by Richards, Lenore
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Gazette 62 (5/6): 8-11. In this article Richards considers the Royal Mounted Canadian Police’s (RCMP) endorsement of restorative practices as a cornerstone of its community policing initiative. After defining restorative justice, she links community policing and...
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The Question of Reparations.
by Armster, Michelle
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Conciliation Quarterly. 20(3). Armster briefly discusses the World Conference on Racism and the declining support by governments such and the United States and the United Kingdom. She poses several questions for how restorative justice could address the issue of...
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“The Question of Forgiveness”
by Samuels, Mary
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Paper presented at the First North American Conference on Conferencing. Minneapolis, 6-8 August 1998. Samuels examines these perspectives on forgiveness. Forgiveness may be the most difficult of virtues. To hurt another is to violate them. To be hurt is to feel violated. But...
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“Quakers and the Lamb’s War: A hermeneutic for confronting evil. “
by Hillman, Gene
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. Hillman maintains that Quaker nonresistance to evil is not passive, as in some forms of pacifism, but assertive testimony or...
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Questions for Restorative Practitioners to Consider When Creating and Implementing a Victim-Centered and Victim-Balanced Program
by Russell, Susan S
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. Russell, a victim services provider, outlines a number of questions relating to victims’ needs. The questions...
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“A Quick Look at In-house Evaluations.”
by Geary, William
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Victim Offender Mediation Association. The author remarks that one of the necessary challenges for any program is evaluation. Because of the importance of this practice, the author provides basic guidelines for an organization to conduct its own “in-houseâ€?...
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