Restorative Justice for Juvenile Delinquency: The Case of the Interstate 205 Rock-Throwers
by Price, Marty D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program. Information and Resource Center. (Camas, Washington, USA). This is the recounting of a juvenile offense mediation case, conducted by a Juvenile Court-sponsored Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program (VORP) near Portland, Oregon. The...
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The Benefits of Victim Offender Mediation
by Price, Marty D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program. Information and Resource Center. (Camas, Washington, USA). This article summarizes benefits of mediation for victims, offenders, communities, and the justice...
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Crime and Punishment: Can Mediation Produce Restorative Justice for Victims and Offenders?
by Price, Marty D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program. Information and Resource Center. (Camas, Washington, USA). Victim-Offender Mediation Programs (VOMP), also known as Victim-Offender Reconciliation Programs (VORP), bring offenders face-to-face with the victims of their crimes, with the...
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Restorative Justice Warmly Received in Mexico
by Price, Marty D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) ADR Report. September 1999. The process of mediation is relatively new in Mexico and the term restorative justice was virtually unheard of until recently. The Mexican criminal justice system is even more punitive than the systems of the United States and Canada. But some Mexican...
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Can Mediation Produce Justice? A Restorative Justice Discussion for Mediators
by Price, Marty D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) ADR Report 13 (1). The author observes that restorative justice takes its most familiar form in victim-offender mediation and reconciliation programs, often referred to as VORPs or VOMPs. However, restorative justice is not just victim-offender mediation ; it is a paradigm for...
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Punishment – What’s in It for the Victim? A Restorative Justice Discussion for Crime Victims and Their Advocates
by Price, Marty D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Kaleidoscope of Justice 5 (1). A growing number of victims of severely violent crimes are finding that confronting their offender in a safe and controlled setting, with the assistance of a mediator, returns their stolen sense of safety and control in their lives. Victims (who...
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“Victim-Offender Mediation: The State of the Art.”
by Price, Marty D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) VOMA Quarterly 7 (3). Price sketches a history of victim-offender mediation from the 1970s (in Kitchener, Ontario) to the time of his writing. He points out that victim-offender mediation is not inherently restorative; it can be designed and practiced to be only punitive. Hence,...
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A Victim-Offender Mediation Model of Neutrality
by Price, Marty D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) VOMA Quarterly 7 (1). Neutrality, as we understand it in the vast majority of conflict resolution settings (civil settings, rather than criminal), requires that the mediator will not “agree” with either party in regard to the issues of the dispute. The role of a...
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Comparing Victim-Offender Mediation Program Models
by Price, Marty D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) VOMA Quarterly 6 (1). This article discusses the characteristics of the most commonly used program models, looking at some of their advantages and disadvantages and reaching conclusions about the best uses for each. Although this article discusses only two program models in...
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“Mediated Civil Compromise: A Tool for Restorative Justice.”
by Price, Marty D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) Oregon Defense Attorney Journal. Price posits an instance of embezzling as an example of a case of an offense in which society has little or no need to exact retribution from the offender and, likewise, little or no need to punish for the sake of deterrence. Realistically, harm...
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Diversion Programs for Adults
by Nuffield, Joan
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Solicitor General, Canada. User Report No. 1997-05. This is a review of evaluated programs to divert adult offenders from further involvement with the criminal justice system. It focuses on “programmatic” diversion efforts and is organized according to the stage in...
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A Healing Circle in the Innu Community of Sheshashit
by Newfoundland Supreme Court - Trial Division.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Justice as Healing 2 (Spring 1997). This is the report, attached to a sentencing decision, of a healing circle in a Native community in Canada in response to an assault case. The offender was non-Native, and the victim was Native (Innu). The report details the participants...
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Restored to What?
by Morris, Ruth
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Maryland Justice Policy Institute, Inc. Ruth Morris notes that restorative justice recognizes victim needs, gives the crime back to the principle parties, and focuses on healing rather than revenge. However, she argues for transformative justice, rather than restorative justice....
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Prison without Walls: Kerala’s Open Prison Draws on Strengths of Community Life
by Merkel, Jim
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) In Context. No. 38: 48ff. More than 30 years ago, Kerala’s central government set up a commission that recommended open prisons focused on reform. In August 1962, Kerala’s first open prison was inaugurated. Currently, it’s the only open prison in Kerala,...
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Resolving Community Conflict: The Dispute Settlement Center of Durham, North Carolina.
by McGillis, Daniel
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) United States Department of Justice – Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice. The author notes that every community experiences disputes among its members, often ending up in court as criminal or civil cases. As an alternative, many communities have...
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