“Did you say restorative justice? “
by Zent, Rex
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Community Justice Beacon 3 (Winter): 4, 12 Zent, with a long career in correctional services, relates his introduction to restorative justice perspectives. To a large extent, this came about in relation to issues regarding the status of victims in the current justice system. He...
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“The development of diversion options for young offenders. “
by Muntingh, Lukas
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) In Policing the transformation: Further issues in South Africa’s crime debate. Monograph no. 12 (April). Pretoria, South Africa: Institute for Security Studies. In this paper Muntingh focuses on diversion as a cornerstone for a future juvenile justice system in South...
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Developing a restorative justice programme–Part one
by Peterson, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Justice as Healing 5 (Fall). Peterson claims that Euro-Canadian justice is retributive in nature and alien to Aboriginal peoples and their worldview. Restorative justice, in contrast, fits Aboriginal peoples and their worldview. In that many people have sought to define...
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A commentary on the evaluation of the Queensland community conferencing pilot
by Department of Families, Youth and Community Care
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Queensland, Australia: Department of Families, Youth and Community Care, Juvenile Justice Program This paper examines the results of an internal and external evaluation process of the Queensland community conferencing pilot programs. It specifically presents a commentary on the...
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Dealing with mass atrocities and ethnic violence: Can alternative forms of justice be effective?
by Drew, Philip J
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Alberta, Canada: Canadian Forum on Civil Justice. Drew explores the troubles in Rwanda as an example of the difficulties that confront countries as they try to move from violent conflict to democratic rule. Specifically, how can they acknowledge and deal with past wrongs,...
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Dealing with inner-church conflicts in early christianity.
by Mayordomo, Moises
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. Pointing out the paucity of biblical studies relating to conflict resolution, Mayordomo explores conflict resolution in the church...
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Crossing cultural boundaries: The experience of family group conferences.
by Maxwell, Gabrielle
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Paper presented at the United Nations Crime Congress, Ancillary Meeting on Implementing Restorative Justice in the International Context. Vienna, Austria, 10-17 April. Maxwellxe2x80x99s purpose in this paper is to examine the transferability of family group conferencing from its...
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“Customary law in the Pacific: An endangered species? “
by Brown, Kenneth
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Journal of South Pacific Law 3 (2). Vanuatu: University of the South Pacific School of Law. In the islands of the South Pacific customary (tribal) law was largely displaced and superseded by the colonial legal model. With independence from colonial powers, demand arose for...
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Curbing crime in aboriginal communities
by Dutil, Jean-L.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Paper presented at the First North American Conference on Conferencing. Minneapolis, 6-8 August 1998. Jean-L. Dutil, a judge in the Provincial Court of Quebec, looks at sentencing circles as a response to crime in aboriginal communities. He sees this as part of involving...
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Criteria for Victim-Sensitive Mediation & Dialogue with Offenders
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime. Umbreit and Greenwood summarize key criteria for mediation and dialogue that protect the victim and seek restorative outcomes – results that repair the harm caused by the victimization to the extent...
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“Crime and Punishment: Can Mediation Produce Restorative Justice for Victims and Offenders?”
by Price, Marty D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution. 1(2). In our society’s justice system, justice equals punishment. Because our society defines justice in this manner, the victims of crimes often seek the most severe possible punishment for their offenders. However,...
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Articles: Report of a Victim Offender Conference; and Restorative Justice – A Positive Response to Crime
by Department of Corrective Services, Paul
June 4, 2015
Source: New South Wales: Department of Corrective Services. The New South Wales Department of Corrective Services has established a Restorative Justice Unit to facilitate victim offender conferencing. These two brief articles cover the results of a victim offender conference and a summary of...
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“Critical issues in managing young offenders: A review of Western Australia’s recent initiatives.”
by Omaji, Paul
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. For a number of years, Western Australia has searched for new ways to respond to juvenile...
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“Creating a Restorative Justice Community: The Fort Collins-Loveland Story.â€?
by Cavanagh, Tom
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Perspectives: The Journal of the American Probation and Parole Association, 23(3), pp. 20-21. Cavanagh details the approach made by members of the Colorado Dept. of Probation Services to coordinate the restorative justice programs and activists in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO,...
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Creative marginality: Exploring the links between conflict resolution and social work.
by Rothman, Jay
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Peace and Conflict Studies 8 (May). “Creative marginalityâ€? refers to research that is done at the edge or margin of a field of research (away from the mainstream), with a view toward the margins of other research fields that may overlap and add to the...
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