Victim-Offender Mediation/Dialogue Programs
by American Bar Association
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) American Bar Association, House of Delegates. This consists of a resolution and report, approved by the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association, endorsing victim-offender mediation and dialogue. The ABA urges federal, state, territorial, and local governments (USA) to...
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Restorative Justice in Yukon: Community Consultation Report.
by Yukon Justice, Harmon
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Restorative Justice in Yukon. This report grew out of a series of public consultations held by the Government of Yukon (Canada) to explain and discuss restorative justice and why the Yukon government was proposing a change to a restorative justice model as a way to address the...
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Restorative or Retributive Justice? Transforming the US Criminal Justice System
by Wray, Harmon
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) New World Outlook 59 (6), Building on what he sees as Jesus’ linking of spirituality and political action, Wray presents a restorative justice critique of a retributive criminal justice system in the U.S. Wray calls for many changes, including a halt to increased...
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Restorative Justice Through Victim-Offender Mediation: A Multi-Site Assessment
by Umbreit, Mark S
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Western Criminology Review 1(1). The relatively new and emerging practice theory of restorative justice emphasizes the need to provide opportunities for those most directly affected by crime (victims, communities, and offenders) to be directly involved in responding to the...
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Balanced and Restorative Justice: Implementing the Philosophy
by Torbet, Patricia
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Pennsylvania Progress 4 (3). This article describes the progress of one state (Pennsylvania) in the U.S. in implementing the Balanced and Restorative Justice philosophy statewide and across the full spectrum of juvenile justice system interventions and the victims and...
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“Family Group Conferencing: The Myth of Indigenous Empowerment in New Zealand.”
by Tauri, Juan Marcellus
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Justice as Healing The author argues two points. Firstly, that the family group conferencing forum and its related legislation (The 1989 Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act) signifies the indigenisation of New Zealand’s criminal justice system rather than the...
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Sentencing Restorative Justice (Compensation For Victims Of Crime And Victim Empowerment)
by South African Law Commission
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Issue Paper 7. Project 82. The purpose of this issue paper is to consider the question of restorative justice which includes a consideration of the involvement of victims of crime in the criminal justice process, reparation to victims of crime and community participation in the...
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Making It Work: Planning and Evaluating Community Corrections & Healing Projects in Aboriginal Communities
by Linden, Rick
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Solicitor General, Canada Aboriginal communities have been at the forefront of the restorative justice movement for several reasons. First, there has been a serious failure of the conventional justice system in Aboriginal communities. While Aboriginal offenders are...
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“Restorative Justice Interventions for Juvenile Offenders: A Research Agenda for the Next Decade.”
by Schiff, Mara F.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Western Criminology Review 1(1). Restorative justice is about healing the harm done to victims and communities as a result of criminal acts, while holding offenders accountable for their actions (Zehr 1990; Van Ness and Strong 1997). The lack of rigorous empirical research on...
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Empathy Development in Youth through Restorative Practices.
by Pranis, Kay
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Public Service Psychology 25 (2). The author remarks that we live in fear of our children. We have not raised them with sufficient empathy, and then we are surprised and outraged when they offend and show no concern for their behavior. The author argues that restorative justice...
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Restoring Community: The Process of Circle Sentencing.
by Pranis, Kay
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Paper presented at “Justice without Violence: Views from Peacemaking, Criminology, and Restorative Justice,” June 6, 1997. This paper presents the peacemaking or sentencing circle as a community directed process, in partnership with the criminal justice system, for...
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From Stealing to Healing: A School’s Participation in a Transformative Justice Process
by Patterson, Mary
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Peacebuilder Magazine 1 (Winter). A coordinator of a school conflict resolution program, the author relates an experience using Family Group Conferencing to deal with theft by a teenager from a home where he did...
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Restorative Justice in New Zealand: Family Group Conferences as a Case Study
by Morris, Allison
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Western Criminology Review 1(1). Family group conferences were introduced in New Zealand in 1989. Despite the absence of specific reference to restorative justice in the debates introducing them, their underlying philosophy incorporates key features of restorative justice. This...
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Shame, Forgiveness, and Juvenile Justice
by Moore, David B
June 4, 2015
Source: (1993) Criminal Justice Ethics 12 (1). This essay describes a model of dealing with young offenders: the Family Group Conference (FGC): and considers its broader implications. The FGC has been operating throughout New Zealand and, in a modified form, in parts of Australia. Under the...
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Making Peace in the Indigenous Way in the Philippines
by Mennonite Central Committee
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Peace Office Newsletter 30 (1). In anecdotal fashion, highlighting the work of the Upland Development Institute in the Philippines, this article relates traditional Philippine processes for addressing conflicts and offenders in relation to a more Western legal...
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