Crime Victims and Restorative Justice in Juvenile Courts: Judges as Obstacle or Leader?
by Bazemore, Gordon
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Western Criminology Review 1(1). The central role of crime victims in restorative justice creates a number of dilemmas for offender-driven justice agencies. Neither the traditional juvenile justice response to youth crime focused on the “best interests” of the child...
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Speak Out! – Community Justice: Bad Ways of Promoting a Good Idea
by Barajas Jr, Eduardo
June 4, 2015
Source: Deschutes County, Oregon. “Community justice” is a philosophy encompassing different emerging concepts of criminal justice that share common ideals and principles. These include restorative justice, victim services and community policing principles. Community justice is not...
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Moving Toward Community Justice
by Barajas Jr, Eduardo
June 4, 2015
Source: Deschutes County, Oregon. A revolution is occurring in criminal justice. Many theories regarding crime and criminal behavior have been advanced throughout the history of criminal justice. The criminal justice system has in turn developed and implemented changes based on some of those...
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Life Comes from It: Navajo Justice Concepts
by Yazzie, Robert
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) New Mexico Law Review 24:175-190 Reports on the Navajo Nation’s Peacemaker Courts which focuses on healing and nourishing long term relationships, rather than establishing...
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“Family Conferencing in South Australia and Juvenile Justice Reform.”
by Wundersitz, J
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) In C. Alder and J. Wundersitz (eds.), Family Conferencing and Juvenile Justice: The Way Forward or Misplaced Optimism? Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. Pp 15-44. The author describes the legislative changes occurring in South Australia leading to the Young...
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“Shaming and Reintegrative Strategies: Individuals, State Power and Social Interests.”
by White, R
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) In C. Alder and J. Wundersitz (eds.), Family Conferencing and Juvenile Justice: The Way Forward or Misplaced Optimism? Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. Pp 15-44. This paper discusses the police “shame and reintegration” model of Wagga Wagga family group...
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The Rights of the Offender in Family Conferences
by Warner, K
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) In C. Alder and J. Wundersitz (eds.), Family Conferencing and Juvenile Justice: The Way Forward or Misplaced Optimism? Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. Pp 15-44. Family group conferences have a number of advantages, including empowerment of offenders, strengthening...
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Restorative Justice and a Better Future
by Braithwaite, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Dorothy J. Killam Memorial Lecture. Dalhousie University, October 17. This essay discusses the principles of restorative justice from the perspective of a case involving a robbery. Through a restorative justice conference, Sam and his victim find the social support they need to...
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The Ecology of Justice: Making Connections to Stop Crime
by van Gelder, S
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) Context. No. 38: 11-14 Discusses the relationships between healthy communities and their healing approaches to justice. This article calls for providing those who make mistakes to have an opportunity and an incentive to make amends and to be reaccepted. Also included in this...
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Genesee Peacemakers
by van Gelder, S
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) In Context. No. 38: 35-38 Reviews the Genesee county justice system in upstate New York which supports victims, gets accountability from offenders, and empowers the community. Reports the costs savings and space savings to the county jail of the program of offender diversion and...
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The Thickening Blue Wedge in Juvenile Justice
by Sandor, D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) In C. Alder and J. Wundersitz (eds.), Family Conferencing and Juvenile Justice: The Way Forward or Misplaced Optimism? Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. Pp 15-44. This paper considers some aspects of a victim focused preoccupation with the rights and interests of...
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Family Conferencing: Theoretical and Evaluative Questions
by Polk, Kenneth
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) In C. Alder and J. Wundersitz (eds.), Family Conferencing and Juvenile Justice: The Way Forward or Misplaced Optimism? Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. Pp 15-44. This paper discusses the recent juvenile justice diversion schemes involving family group conferences...
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Family Conferencing in Wagga Wagga: A Communitarian Model of Justice
by Moore, David B
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) In C. Alder and J. Wundersitz (eds.), Family Conferencing and Juvenile Justice: The Way Forward or Misplaced Optimism? Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. Pp 15-44. Originally part of a contribution to a debate at Melbourne University, this paper describes the Wagga...
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The New Zealand Model of Family Group Conferences.
by Maxwell, Gabrielle
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) In C. Alder and J. Wundersitz (eds.), Family Conferencing and Juvenile Justice: The Way Forward or Misplaced Optimism? Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. Pp 15-44. The authors describe the New Zealand model of family group conferences and how this model includes both...
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“The 1999 Bureau of Justice Assistance National Partnership Meeting: Working together for peace and justice in the 21st century.
by Bureau of Justice Assistance
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice. The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is a part of the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. In 1999 the Bureau hosted a...
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