“Engaging the Community in Restorative Justice.â€?
by Pranis, Kay
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Balanced and Restorative Justice Project. Community Justice Institute, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Florida Atlantic University; and the Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking, University of Minnesota. Pranis observes that relationships form the basis of community....
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“The Emergence of Restorative or Community Justice in the United States.â€?
by Wilkinson, Reginald A
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) From: Frontiers of Justice: Vol. 2: Coddling or Common Sense? Wilkinson, the Director of the Ohio Dept. of Rehab. and Correction, gives an overview of the historical roots, principles and current practices in victim-offender mediation. He explains the critical need to involve...
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“Early intervention through collaborative practices.”
by Anders, Jenny
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Paper presented at the Reducing Criminality: Partnerships and Best Practice conference. Perth, 31 July – 1 August 2000. Canberra, Australia: Australian Institute of Criminology. High risk adolescents often have complex and multiple needs and risk behaviors. In view of...
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The Dynamics of Navajo Peacemaking
by Zion, James W
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 14 (1): 58-74. This article explains the traditional Navajo justice process using social psychology and Navajo discourse. It identifies the nayee or monster (things that get in the way of a successful life) in disputes in light of...
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Domestic violence and the restorative justice initiatives: The risks of a new panacea
by Busch, Ruth
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Waikato Law Review 4 (1): 101-30. Reprinted in Restorative Justice. Declan Roche (2003), ed. Pp. 355-384. The International Library of Essays in Law & Legal Theory, Second Series. Aldershot, Hants, England: Dartmouth/Ashgate. Hooper and Busch examine the appropriateness and...
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Doing justice
by Mackey, V
June 4, 2015
Source: Paper commissioned by the New York State Community of Churches. Albany, New York: New York State Community of Churches. To assist churches and church people to respond faithfully to those hurt by crime and those who perpetrate crime, Mackey explores the Jewish and Christian faith...
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Diversionary Programs in the South Australian Criminal Justice System and Their Effects on Victims.�
by Sarre, Rick
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Victims of Crime 2000 Now that some aspects of the criminal justice system in South Australia, into which the victims’ movement has been able to establish itself, have shifted the focus to offenders, what may be the effects on victims? This paper reviews first some...
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“Diversion and restorative justice in the United States: Traditional practices and emerging trends.”
by Johnson, Robert M.A
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Paper presented at the 6th annual conference and general meeting of the International Association of Prosecutors. Sydney, Australia, 2-7 September. Johnson, a county attorney in Minnesota, focuses on two alternatives to traditional criminal justice practices: diversion and...
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Diversionary Conferences in Australia: A Reply to the Optimists and the Skeptics.
by Daly, Kathleen
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Draft paper for American Society of Criminology Annual Meetings, 20-23 November. Daly explores four critiques of restorative justice. These inclusd (1) due process, (2) Anti-racist, (3) feminist, and (4) a potpourri. While noting the possible problems of power imbalances and net...
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“Sentencing (A New Sentencing Framework). “
by South African Law Commission
June 4, 2015
Source: Discussion Paper 91. Project 82. South African Law Commission This is a background research paper for the Law Commissions project to develop a new sentencing framework. Some of the problems cited are cases are not treated a like, certain serious offences are not taken seriously enough,...
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Community Dispute Resolution Structures
by South African Law Commission
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Discussion Paper 87. Project 94. South African Law Commission. This discussion paper lists the Commissions recommendations for giving the traditional Community Dispute Resolution Structures a formal place in the South African system. These community structures are seen as...
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Discipline that Restores
by Claassen, Roxanne
June 4, 2015
Source: (1993) Conciliation Quarterly Newsletter 12 (Spring). An elementary school teacher, Claassen became familiar with mediation and cooperative problem solving through work with a victim offender reconciliation program. Here she describes the application of restorative conflict resolution...
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“The disavowal of Constantine in age of global capital.”
by Dula, Peter
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Paper presented at the Restoration for Victims of Crime Conference. Australian Institute of Criminology and Victims Referral and Assistance Service. Melbourne One of the chief charges against the dominant form of the Church by John Howard Yoder, among others, is Constantinianism...
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Directory of victim offender mediation programs in the US
by et al, Jenni
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota. Saint Paul, Minnesota: University of Minnesota. This is an extensive listing of victim offender mediation programs in the United States. It is an online version of a directory...
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“Diminishing returns: Crime and incarceration in the 1990s”
by Gainsborough, Jenni
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Washington, DC: The Sentencing Project. Is there a correlation between the following two trends in the United States? Since the 1970s prison construction and rates of incarceration have increased dramatically. In the 1990s crime rates declined significantly. Some observers...
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