“Neighborhood benefits from victim offender mediation. “
by Victim Offender Reconciliation Program, Els
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) VORP News 18 (January): 1-2 This article features an account of a mediation in a neighborhood to deal with graffiti vandalism. The account covers the particulars of the incident causing the dispute, the people involved (the victim, the offender and his family, and the...
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Neglecting due process for minors: A possible dark side of the restorative justice implementation?
by Durmortier, Els
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. Expressing skepticism about what he perceives to be the optimistic nature of restorative justice perspectives,...
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Multi-Cultural Implications of Restorative Justice: Potential Pitfalls and Dangers
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime. The purpose of this paper is to share with practitioners of restorative justice principles concerns about the implementation of such principles with people of varying cultural perspectives. Worldviews,...
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“Moral Education in Victim Offender Conferencing.”
by Schweigert, Francis J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Revision of a paper presented at the First North American Conference on Conferencing. Minneapolis, 6-8 August 1998. This is a substantial revision of a paper presented at a conference on conferencing. It examines the potential for moral education in victim offender conferencing:...
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Models of juvenile justice
by O’Connor, Ian
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Paper presented at the Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice – Toward 2000 and Beyond conference. Adelaide, South Australia, 26-27 June. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. Likening the last twenty years of juvenile justice in Australia to a maze, O’Connor...
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Minnesota State Supreme Court Upholds Use of Sentencing Circles.
by Parker, Lynette
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Restorative Justice Online February 2002 Edition. A January 2002 Minnesota Supreme Court decision reinforced the purpose and decision-making authority of sentencing-circles. The case questioned whether a circle could include a stay of adjudication as a part of sentencing...
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“Methodologies for peacemaking and pursuing justice in Ethiopia.”
by Hussein, Bedru
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. Hussein addresses issues pertaining to injustice in Ethiopia and the role of churches – particularly churches in the...
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“Mending the Vase: Reconciling Broken Relationships.”
by Arendse, Craig
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Track Two. 6(3&4) In this short article, Arendse compares conflict to a broken vase. The cracks left by the repair are similar to the scars left from a breaking of relationships. He outlines a process for reconciliation that includes sincerity in wanting to understand the...
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The Mediation of a Drunk Driving Death: A Case Development Study
by Price, Marty D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution 1 (May). Victim-offender mediation programs often limit services to juvenile and property crimes. However, some programs are beginning to broaden their services to deal with adult offenses and more serious crimes. Price claims that...
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“Mediation in the Italian juvenile justice system: A mediation service project.”
by Baldry, Anna C
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) VOMA Quarterly 9 (Spring): 8-11 The authors of this article survey the status and function of mediation in the Italian juvenile justice system – at the time of writing, mediation was not available in the adult system in Italian. Restorative justice principles were...
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“Mediation and restorative justice in the Italian criminal justice system.”
by Ministry of Justice
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Paper presented at the Tenth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders. Vienna, Austria, 10-17 April. Rome: Ministry of Justice. This paper presents the status of mediation in the Italian criminal justice system. The first part of the...
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“Mediation of Criminal Conflict: An Assessment of Programs in Four Canadian Provinces: Executive Summary Report.”
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) St. Paul, Minnesota: Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking, University of Minnesota. This executive summary describes a study of community based non-profit organizations that provide mediation services for referrals from the criminal justice systems in cities in four...
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“Mediation, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and the Alaska Court System.”
by Alaska Judicial Council, Dennis M
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Alaska Judicial Council Attorneys and litigants in Alaska increasingly are using ADR to resolve court cases instead of a decision by a judge or jury. Alaska Rule of Court 26(f) requires attorneys to discuss ADR with opposing counsel and to create an ADR plan for most civil cases...
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“Masculinities, Violence, and Communitarian Control.”
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Australian Violence: Contemporary Perspectives II. Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology. Braithwaite and Daly recognize that traditional justice system responses towards violent men have failed, and outline another approach that is compatible with the principles of...
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Managing school conflict: The peer mediation approach
by Silver, Jeff
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Alberta, Canada: Canadian Forum on Civil Justice. Silver and Vermander note the variety and persistence of conflict in human experience. Yet, they maintain, well-managed conflict can catalyze positive change for people and relationships. With this in mind, Silver and Vermander...
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