Restorative justice: A working guide for our schools.
by School Health Services Division, Aida Y.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Alameda County Health Care Services Agency Schools are communities created by staff, faculty, students, and families; these are the true experts. Because each school creates its own unique culture, the implementation and practice of Restorative Justice has to be tailored to the...
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From the inside/out: Green County Jail inmates on restorative reentry.
by Hass, Aida Y.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. Published online before print August 8, 2011, doi: 10.1177/0306624X11418914. The application of criminal justice sanctions is often misguided by a failure to recognize the need for a comprehensive approach in...
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The effectiveness of reintegrative shaming and restorative justice conferences: Focusing on juvenile offenders’ perceptions in Australian Reintegrative Shaming Experiments.
by Kim, Hee Joo
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. Published online before print August 8, 2011, doi: 10.1177/0306624X11418916 . This article examines the effectiveness of diversionary restorative justice (RJ) conferences through the eyes of juvenile...
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Finding common ground: Mediation and the restorative approach to solving conflicts.
by Dornai, Angie
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Presentation at the 14th World Conference of the International Institute of Restorative Practices. 15-17 June 2011, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. In his treatise Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle asserts that part of a good leader’s job is to create an environment in which...
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Family group conferencing and family violence: Once community’s power struggle.
by Peters, Heather
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Journal of Societal and Social Policy. 3(2):65-74. This article examines the use of one particular alternative justice model, the family group conferencing method, in cases of violence against women. The author examines the success and problems of the family group conferencing...
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The moral discourse of healing: Victims and offenders for restorative justice.
by Lawrence, Charles F
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Journal of Societal and Social Policy. 3(2):49-64. The study below deals with the experiences of healing and reconciliation of inmates, victims, and citizens based on five seminars on restorative justice at the Washington State Reformatory, a close custody facility for men in...
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Restorative justice and environmental restoration, twin pillars of a just global environmental policy: Hearing the voice of the victim.
by Besthorn, Fred H.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Journal of Societal and Social Policy. 3(2):33-48. The concept of restorative justice is carried further in this article to include its vital application in the field of environmental justice. The new method of environmental justice stands for a mixed array of ecological,...
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Afrocentric theory and the restorative justice process: A productive response to crime and delinquency in the African American community.
by Jenkins, Morris
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Journal of Societal and Social Policy. 3(2):17-32. This article offers a full-fledged overview of the meaning of the restorative justice theory for Afrocentric theory and vice versa. The author supports the positive effects of the restorative justice method, while bringing in...
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Restorative justice: An international model of empowerment.
by Van Wormer, Katherine
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Journal of Societal and Social Policy. 3(2):3-16. The study presents a full-out discussion of the current trends in applying progressive forms of restorative justice. The model of restorative justice is juxtaposed to the existing model of guilt that focuses on the offender,...
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Restoring justice: An alternative approach to fairness, equity, and equality — An introduction.
by Besthorn, Fred H.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2004) Journal of Societal and Social Policy. 3(2):1-2. The article gives an introduction to this special issue of the Journal of Societal and Social Policy, pointing out the importance of the new approach of restorative justice as a means to achieve global peace and welfare. The new...
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A national restorative justice association — Moving forward through reconnecting and restorative practice.
by Miller-Ashton, Jane
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Reflexions past, present and future. Restorative Justice Week 2010. Correctional Services of Canada. The concept of developing a Canadian RJ organization was first officially discussed at a plenary session during the National RJ Symposium in Ottawa in 2005 with input from some...
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Reflecting on the relationship of the community and restorative justice.
by Pranis, Kay
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Reflexions past, present and future. Restorative Justice Week 2010. Correctional Services of Canada. Bit by bit, over the past two decades, RJ has integrated an understanding of the multi-dimensional nature of the community relationship to crime into the theory and practice of...
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A personal awakening.
by Anonymous
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Reflexions past, present and future. Restorative Justice Week 2010. Correctional Services of Canada. In the fall of 2009, I had the opportunity to become involved in Restorative Justice workshops at the federal institution where I am currently incarcerated; and through this...
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Restorative justice in New Zealand for young people who offend.
by Maxwell, Gabrielle
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Reflexions past, present and future. Restorative Justice Week 2010. Correctional Services of Canada. New Zealand (NZ) was the first country in the world to introduce a restorative justice approach to offenders. The changes reflected Maori concerns about the numbers of their...
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Alberta’s groundbreaking justice committees.
by Cherrington, Mark
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Reflexions past, present and future. Restorative Justice Week 2010. Correctional Services of Canada. Alberta has over one hundred and twenty sanctioned justice committees; more per capita than any other province or territory in Canada. To a large extent this is due to the...
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