“Balancing Zambian and Traditional Legal Systems.”
by Mennonite Central Committee
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Peace Office Newsletter 30 (1). In anecdotal fashion, highlighting the work of the Mindola Ecumenical Foundation in Zambia, this article relates traditional Zambian processes for addressing conflicts and offenders in relation to a more Western legal...
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Justice in Crisis: A Report on Canada’s Criminal Justice System
by Mennonite Central Committee Canada, Jennifer J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Mennonite Central Committee Canada. In this report, the Mennonite Central Committee in Canada argues that the criminal justice system in Canada does not work well for crime control, offenders, victims, or taxpayers. They contend a faulty notion of criminal justice has dominated...
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Restorative Justice – A conceptual framework
by Llewellyn, Jennifer J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Paper for the Law Commission of Canada. A conceptual framework for restorative justice is required in order to understand what practices meet the demands of a restorative model. This paper is intended to develop just such a conceptual framework for restorative justice. The...
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Restorative Justice in Custodial Settings: Report for the Restorative Justice Working Group in Northern Ireland.
by Braithwaite, Stephanie
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Restorative Justice Ireland Network The authors remark that although there is as yet no comprehensive literature on Restorative Justice in custodial settings, this report demonstrates the range of activities already being practised. Of all the countries covered in this report,...
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“The Newest Old Gem: Family Group Conferencing”
by Lee, Gloria
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Justice as Healing 2 (2). Urging caution, the author states that Family Group Conferencing is the newest trend in justice development and hopes for renewal of the Canadian justice system. Federal and provincial departments of justice are prospecting for communities who are...
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From Restorative Justice to Transformative Justice.
by Law Commission of Canada
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Paper for the Law Commission of Canada. This Discussion Paper is the first stage of the Law Commission of Canada’s work under its Social Relationships theme. We believe there is much to be learned about how to handle complex relationships involving several competing...
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What Is Restorative Justice?
by Hutchison, Peggy
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) New World Outlook 59 (6), A wide-ranging movement called restorative justice is seeking to transform the systems that are in place to deal with interpersonal and intergroup conflict. Restorative justice is rooted in older traditions of community justice, in Christian ideals...
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A Road Map to Restorative Justice in Corrections
by Gregorie, Trudy
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Networks 13 (3). The concept of restorative justice has emerged as an approach that incorporates offender accountability, victim assistance, public safety and crime prevention. In the restorative model, crime victims, the community and offenders are all considered clients of...
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A Primer for Developing a Community-Based Restorative Justice Model.
by Gerard, Gena
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Stevens Square Community Organization (Minneapolis, Minnesota). This brief outline is intended to cover the basic steps involved in building a community-based model of restorative justice. Neighborhood organizations or similar groups who are interested in the concept of...
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Community-Based Restorative Justice: A Capacity-Building Tool for Confronting Crime
by Gerard, Gena
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Stevens Square Community Organization (Minneapolis, Minnesota). Gerard argues that the restorative justice philosophy can be applied to a community model of justice that would have the potential to reform the criminal justice system in radical ways, while building community...
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Victim-Offender Mediation Programs: An Exploration of Practice and Theoretical Frameworks
by Gehm, John R
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Western Criminology Review 1(1). Victim-offender mediation programs–structured encounters centered around a face-to-face meeting between crime victim and offender–have been the subject of modest but increasing attention. Although considerable variation exists across...
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“Vermont Reparative Probation.”
by Dooley, Michael
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Friends Committee against the Death Penalty (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). This report summarizes Vermont’s (as state in the U.S.) restructuring of its corrections philosophy and practices. This includes a “Reparative Programs” service track designed for...
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Does Punishment Have a Place in Restorative Justice?
by Daly, Kathleen
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Paper presented to the Australia and New Zealand Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Perth, 28-30 September 1999. This paper presents preliminary findings from the South Australia Juvenile Justice Research on Conferencing Project. The author urges colleagues to rethink the...
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“Taking Down the Walls: Measures to Integrate the Objectives of the Justice System with the Community’s.”
by Carey, Mark
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Community Corrections Report. The criminal and juvenile justice system has been closely scrutinized in recent times by academic pundits, elected officials, and the public. Generally, the evaluation has not been favorable, whether based on factual data or perception. The justice...
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“Perspectives on Achieving Satisfying Justice: The Challenge before Us.
by Berzins, Lorraine
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Interaction Online 9 (3). Within a Canadian context, the author argues for a new approach to criminal justice that seeks an overall positive, healing purpose, for victims and communities as well as for offenders and their families, instead of the punitive, adversarial philosophy...
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