“Youth Justice Teams and the Family Meeting in Western Australia: A Trans-Tasman analysis.”
by Hakaiha, M
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 describes the juvenile diversion scheme known as Youth Justice Teams established as pilot...
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Rethinking the Criminal Justice System: Toward a New Paradigm
by Dilulio, John J
June 4, 2015
Source: (1992) BJS: Princeton Project. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics This essay and review addresses the need for operational goals, objectives and performance measures to replace or supplement the traditional criteria applied to controlling crime and reducing recidivism. A new...
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Maori Customary Laws and Institutions: Crimes Against the Person, Marriage, Interment, Theft
by Joseph, Robert
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Hamilton, New Zealand: University of Waikato, Te Matahauraki Research Institute. In a topical rather than a historical study (though with historical examples throughout), Joseph surveys the kinds of customary laws and institutions among the Maori in pre-colonial times, with...
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A diverse approach to juvenile offending in the Northern Territory
by Bates, Brian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Fourth National Outlook Symposium on Crime in Australia- New Crimes of New Responses. Canberra, Australia 21-22 June, Canberra Australian Institute of Criminology. . Brian Bates, Commissioner of Police in the Northern Territory, presents a Juvenile Pre-Court Diversion Scheme...
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Proposed UN basic principles on restorative justice. Draft of forthcoming chapter in a collection on restorative justice and just deserts
by Van Ness, Daniel W
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Draft of forthcoming chapter in a collection on restorative justice and just deserts. Washington, DC: Prison Fellowship International. In this essay, Van Ness provides a historical overview of a number of significant initiatives related to restorative justice generated by the...
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Victim-Offender Mediation- An Alternative, An Addition or Nothing but a Rubbish Bin in Relation to Legal Proceedings?
by Iivari, Juhani
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Restorative Justice Online April 2002 Edition. This paper is a result of the research Iivari did for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. He discusses the need for regulation and institutionalization in the mediation system. He compares the arguments for and against...
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Challenges of Organizing Victim-Offender Mediation in Finland
by Iivari, Juhani
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Newsletter of the European Forum for Victim Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice volume2, number2. This short article reports on a study commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. The project focused on the present situation surrounding mediation and...
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Victim Offender Reconciliation Schemes in the Greek Justice System
by S. Alexiadis
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) Restorative Justice on Trial: Pitfalls and Potentials of Victim-Offender Mediation–International Research Perspectives. Dordrecht, NETH: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 309-316. Victim-offender reconciliation schemes in the Greek justice system are institutions that...
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New Directions in Juvenile Justice Reform in Australia
by Alder, Christine
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. Reviews the adaptations of the New Zealand juvenile justice reforms to Australia, especially the use of...
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Family Conferencing and Juvenile Justice: The Way Forward or Misplaced Optimism?
by Alder, Christine
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. An anthology of 11 papers assesses the use and dimensions of family group conferencing (FGC) in...
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Resolving Disputes Locally: Alternatives for Rural Alaska
by Alaska Judicial Council
June 4, 2015
Source: (1992) Alaska Judicial Council This report describes and evaluates the alternative dispute resolution programs used in three rural communities in Alaska: the Minto Tribal Court; the Sitka Tribal Court; and PACT, the Barrow conciliation organization. The organizations used conciliation,...
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Enhancing communication, collaboration and the sharing of knowledge between volunteer restorative practitioners in the UK: An array of possibilities
April 23, 2015
They gave a number of reasons why they wanted to open communication with equivalent groups elsewhere, namely to learn from the experiences of others, to coordinate national and regional events, to share delivery capacity and to socialise, among other objectives. This is what led me to think...
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Restorative justice in cases of domestic violence
March 8, 2015
In spite of the scepticism mentioned above, for about ten, fifteen years, forms of restorative justice have been used in each of the six partner countries – Austria, Denmark, Finland, Greece, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom – in cases of IPV. Nevertheless, this instrument...
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Does restorative justice work? An evaluation of the restorative justice programmes of Phoenix Zululand
March 4, 2015
…Reading the words of the ex-prisoners in the interview transcripts, however, does not support a limited view of the impact of PZ programmes. They are very clear in suggesting a strong link between the principles espoused in Starting With Us (e.g., taking responsibility for your actions,...
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TEA grant to School of Social Work Will take innovative discipline program statewide
February 13, 2015
In 2012, Armour and her team inaugurated implementation of Restorative Discipline in Texas through partnering with Edward H. White Middle School, a San Antonio school with some of the highest disciplinary sanction rates in its district. After the first year of Restorative Discipline, there was...
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