Community Mediation Programs: Developments and Challenges
by McGillis, Daniel
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) United States Department of Justice – Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice. This report reviews the evolution of the community mediation field, examines the contributions of innovative dispute settlement programs to the administration of justice, and...
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Definitions of Restorative Justice and Transformative Justice
by Maryland Justice Policy Institute, James Sa'ke'j Youngblood
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Maryland Justice Policy Institute, Inc Various authors and practitioners in the field – Helen Bowen, Judge Williamson, Dennis Cooley, John McDonald, David Moore, Jennifer Llewellyn, Robert Howse, John Wilmerding – offer definitions comparing and contrasting...
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Quest for Justice
by Maryland Justice Policy Institute, James Sa'ke'j Youngblood
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Maryland Justice Policy Institute, Inc Many people are unhappy with the judicial processes. There is extreme divergence of opinion as to what is wrong and how to fix it. Many believe the law is too easy. They have sought to enact more restrictive laws, to increase enforcement...
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Restorative Justice: An Overview
by Marshall, Tony F
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Home Office. Research Development and Statistics Directorate. London, UK. http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs/occ-resjus.pdf This substantial report from the Home Office in the United Kingdom provides a comprehensive overview of restorative justice principles and practices:...
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Restoring Victims of Crime – Building Healthy Communities
by Maine Council of Churches, James Sa'ke'j Youngblood
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Maine Council of Churches’ Restorative Justice Initiative. This material describes why and how a coalition of churches in the United States is committed to promoting restorative justice perspectives and practices in its state criminal justice system, churches, and...
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Social Conflict and Social Justice: Lessons from the Social Psychology of Justice Judgments.
by Lind, E. Allan.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Inaugural oration for the Leiden University Fund Chair in Social Conflict. Faculty of the University, Leiden, the Netherlands, June, 1995. Professor Lind explores some key psychological processes associated with social conflict. Specifically, he examines the social psychology of...
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Defining Traditional Healing
by Lee, Gloria
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Justice as Healing 1 (4). Gloria Lee discusses the philosophy behind the First Nations’ understandings of illness and the healing practices that result. She applies these perspectives and practices, rooted in First Nations’ religious beliefs and understanding of...
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Balancing Justice in New York State: Study Circles Project Final Report
by League of Women Voters of New York State, James Sa'ke'j Youngblood
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) League of Women Voters of New York State. Balancing Justice in New York State is a nonpartisan, educational project sponsored by the League of Women Voters of New York State. The project was designed with the League’s educational mission in mind of encouraging the active...
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Restorative Justice
by John Howard Society of Alberta
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Access to Justice Exchange. Publication of the John Howard Society of Alberta. Downloaded 20 January 2005. In this report, the John Howard Society of Alberta argues that restorative justice offers an alternative to Canada’s current punitive justice system, which is unable...
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Briefing Paper on Alternative Dispute Resolution
by John Howard Society of Alberta
June 4, 2015
Source: (1993) Access to Justice Exchange. Publication of the John Howard Society of Alberta – 1995. The alternative dispute resolution movement originated in response to mounting dissatisfaction with the adversarial court process and the perceived judicial mismanagement of disputes....
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From the Power to Punish to the Power to Heal
by Huculak, Bria
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Justice as Healing Winter In this discussion of sanctions, Huculak maintains that Canada uses imprisonment as a sanction second only to the United States of America in the western world. From its inception, imprisonment as a means of punishment for socially disapproved behavior...
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Victims of Crime
by Howard League for Penal Reform, James Sa'ke'j Youngblood
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) The Howard League for Penal Reform This paper by the Howard League examines the place victims of crime have in the criminal justice system. In the past two decades the amount of media and political attention given to victims has increased immeasurably, but to what extent has...
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Exploring Justice as Healing
by Henderson, James Sa'ke'j Youngblood
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Justice as Healing (Spring) Youngblood maintains that, in Eurocentric thought, there are many theories about justice and punishment. The biblical approach of equivalence (lex taltionis) and nineteenth century British theories of intolerable wrongs, deterrence and retribution...
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The Reliability of Observed Reintegrative Shaming, Shame, Defiance and Other Key Concepts in Diversionary Conferences
by Harris, Nathan
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Reintegrative Shaming Experiments (RISE), Australian National University, Canberra. RISE Working Papers: Paper No. 5. The Reintegrative Shaming Experiment, which began in the Australian Capital Territory in July 1995, is a comparison between the court system and an alternative...
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A Spiral of Success: Community Support Is Key to Restorative Justice in Japan
by Haley, John O
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) The Ecology of Justice published by Context Institute, Bainbridge Island, WA. In Context. No. 38: 32. The author states that no industrial democracy has been as successful as Japan in dealing with crime. Japanese authorities have learned from experience that offender correction...
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