Juvenile justice
by South African Law Commission
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Discussion Paper 179, Project 106. Pretoria, South Africa: South African Law Commission. This lengthy paper consists of a proposal for a cohesive child justice system in South Africa. The aim of the system would be to hold young people accountable for their actions while at the...
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Juvenile justice: What works and what doesn’t!
by Buttrum, Ken
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. In this essay Buttrum investigates the factors and influences that shape policy on...
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Justice: Retribution or Restoration?
by Zehr, Howard
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Peacework Magazine on the web, April 1999. Zehr explains the perspective behind the current retributive system of justice and its focus on the breaking of laws, punishment, and the removal of responsibility from the offender. He then identifies how the Biblical advocates...
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The justice sector: Alternative measures
by Murray, Tonita
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Gazette 62 (5/6): 29-30. Observing the growing use in many sectors of alternative methods for resolving disputes and legal matters, Murray points to the fact that federal and provincial governments in Canada are introducing alternative measures for criminal justice matters....
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A journey in aboriginal restorative justice.
by Eagle, Harley
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Conciliation Quarterly 20 (3): 6-8. Harley Eagle is a program coordinator for the Oglala Lakota Nation Mennonite Central Committee Voluntary Service Unit. He and his wife share many responsibilities of this work, including teaching a course on Aboriginal Restorative Justice at...
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Juvenile Justice Reform Act
by Stevenson, Phillip
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Trends & Issues Update 1(2): 1-4. Illinois has adopted the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 1998, an act that incorporates the philosophy of balanced and restorative justice as its guiding principle. The act attempts to balance three broad concepts in juvenile justice: (1)...
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New Juvenile Justice Legislation for South Africa: Giving Children a Chance
by Pinnock, Don
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) University of Cape Town. Institute of Criminology. Occasional Paper Series. The authors review South Africa’s institutional court procedures for handling youth offenders — only slightly modified practices of the adult offender courts — and their contribution to...
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Is real justice restorative, Is restorative justice real?
by Brown, Tony C
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Dialogue Paper. Moscow, Idaho: Friends Committee on Restorative Justice. Noting the variety of definitions of restorative justice, Brown focuses on the question, “What is restorative justice?â€? He seeks to answer the question through a review of historical...
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Is ‘prison justice,’ justice?
by Griffith, Jay
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) VORP News 18 (May): 1-2. Looking at criminal justice law and policy in California, the authors of this article question the justice of sending more people to prison for longer sentences. They contend that the situation in California is moving toward a crisis. Citing statistics...
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Islamic Mediation Techniques for Midde East Conflicts
by Irani, George E
June 4, 2015
Source: Mediate.com. Irani describes the problems of using western forms of conflict resolution in the Middle East. He describes the rituals of suhl and musalaha. In doing so, he stresses the need for cultural understanding in peacemaking...
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Is crime a faith issue?
by Church Council on Justice and Corrections, Jim
June 4, 2015
Source: Ottawa, Canada: Church Council on Justice and Corrections. Some people may consider crime to be essentially a socio-political issue, with faith having little role to play in understanding it or devising a response to it. In this short piece, the Church Council on Justice and...
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An Irish way forward
by Consedine, Jim
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Paper presented at the Restorative Justice Ireland Network 1999 conference. Consedine argues that retributive justice, which has dominated criminal justice in Western countries for centuries, is ineffective, expensive, and pernicious. In contrast, ancient Celtic traditions of...
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International criminal justice and reconciliation: Lessons from the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
by Rakate, Phenyo
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Johannesburg, South Africa: Institute for Global Dialogue. Highlighting experiences from South Africa and the former Yugoslavia, Rakate investigates difficult issues facing societies trying to rebuild and deal with intense, violent conflict in their past. He argues for a model...
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“In New York City, a ‘Community Court’ and a New Legal Culture.â€?
by Anderson, D.C
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) US Dept of Justice, National Institute of Justice. The court focuses on low-level offenses that can lower a community’s morale and holds defendants immediately accountable for their crimes. The court also addresses issues underlying the problem that led to the offenses by...
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Information on Research Findings Related to Uniquely Restorative Justice Interventions: Victim Offender Mediation & Family Group Conferencing
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) St. Paul, Minnesota: Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking, University of Minnesota. The first portion of the study examines what has been learned about victim-offender mediation for property crimes and minor assaults. Information addresses program characteristics,...
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