Community prosecution strategies: Measuring Impact. A report on community justice initiatives
by Goldkamp, John S
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Philadelphia: Crime and Justice Research Institute. This lengthy research report examines the emergence of community prosecution strategies and some of their common elements in the United States, with particular emphasis on measuring the impact of such strategies. Community...
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Community, power and peace
by McIntosh, Alastair
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. McIntosh contends for community as the basis of human relationship that generates peace. Building on elements in Celtic...
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Inventory of Aboriginal Community/ Restorative Justice Programs
by Cathexis Consulting Inc, Phil
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Toronto, Ontario: Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy. Downloaded 1 March 2004. This is a revised inventory of Aboriginal community/restorative justice programs in Ontario. The information was obtained by reviewing existing sources, through a survey of Joint Management...
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Community Justice in Ohio: Department Implements Variety of Programs to ‘Restore’ the Community
by Wilkinson, Reginald A
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Corrections Today Wilkinson contends that corrections departments can and should play an active role in promoting justice in their correctional systems. He says that’s through a more balanced approach known as community justice. He then identifies important restorative...
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Community Is Not a Place: A New Look at Community Justice Initiatives
by McCold, Paul
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Paper presented to the International Conference on Justice without Violence: Views from Peacemaking Criminology and Restorative Justice, Albany, New York, 5-7 June 1997. The authors make the following arguments. Community justice initiatives, such as community policing and...
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Community Corrections Association sets the pace for community justice
by Nunes, Phil
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Community Justice Beacon 3 (Winter): 8-9. Nunes notes that community justice focuses on repairing the harm experienced by victims, communities, and society. It also seeks to raise an offender’s awareness of the harm he or she caused by offending. With this in mind, Nunes...
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Community conferencing in Queensland
by Palk, Gerard
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Juvenile Justice Program. Queensland, Australia: Department of Families, Youth and Community Care Community conferencing for juvenile offenders began in Queensland in 1997. This report covers the legislation in Queensland behind community conferencing. Three pilot projects are...
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Community Conferencing
by Fidler, Colleen
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Paper presented at the First North American Conference on Conferencing. Minneapolis, 6-8 August 1998. These members of the Community Conferencing Association in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, provide a succinct and useful summary of the nature of community conferencing, its history,...
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Restorative justice, earned redemption and a communitarian response to crime
by Bazemore, Gordon
June 4, 2015
Source: Washington, DC: The Communitarian Network. Noting the skepticism of many concerning the focus on offender punishment and treatment in most criminal justice theory and practice, Bazemore presents restorative justice as an alternative. He argues that restorative justice involves a unique...
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Community initiative and reform in the administration of justice and corrections – Reflections on current and future opportunities for remote aboriginal communities in Queensland
by Chantrill, Paul
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Paper presented at the Best Practice Interventions in Corrections for Indigenous People Conference convened by the Australian Institute of Criminology in conjunction with Department for Correctional Services SA and held in Adelaide, 13-15 October. Chantrill discusses increasing...
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Community courts: An evolving model
by Lee, Eric
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Community Justice Series #2. Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice. The author sketches the rise of community courts in solving complex neighborhood problems and building stronger communities. Examples of matters...
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Collaborative approaches to restoring victims of crime in NSW.
by Curtis, Marianne
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 Curtis and McCoy cover key aspects of victim services in New South Wales in Australia. For example, they mention the...
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The code of the peaceful warrior: A restorative justice response to recent events.
by Cuzzo, Maria Stalzer Wyant
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Superior, WI: University of Wisconsin-Superior. Following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 in the United States, some asked Maria Cuzzo (lawyer, teacher, and practitioner of mediation and conflict resolution) about the possibilities of a mediation or restorative...
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Client Evaluation of Family Group Conferencing in 12 Sites in 1st Judicial District of Minnesota
by Fercello, Claudia
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) St. Paul, Minnesota: Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking, University of Minnesota This study presents research data from a Family Group Conferencing Program begun in 12 communities in Minnesota in 1996 as a two year pilot project. Using extensive interviews with...
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Community Justice Volunteer Mobilization Project
by John Howard Society of Moncton, New Brunswick
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. This final project report (15 September 2000) details an effort to mobilize volunteers for community justice services....
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