Redefining justice: The framing of contemporary restorative justice in film.
by Pawlychka, Colleen L.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Thesis for Master of Arts. Department of Sociology. University of Manitoba. My thesis examines how the contemporary restorative justice movement frames itself in educational, informational and training films, in an attempt to broaden its appeal and advance its acceptance and...
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‘I was dead restorative today’: from restorative justice to restorative approaches in school.
by McCluskey, Gillean
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Cambridge Journal of Education. 38(2): 199-216. This paper explores definitions and understandings of restorative practices in education. It offers a critique of current theoretical models of restorative justice originally derived from the criminal justice system and now...
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Epistemic injustice and the mental health service user.
by Lakeman, Richard
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 19(3): 151-153. John Rawles (2004, p. 230) famously asserted that ‘Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought’. Truth and justice, he argued, are not to be compromised, and...
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Embedding diversion and limiting the use of bail in NSW: A consideration of the issues related to achieving and embedding diversion into juvenile justice practices.
by Bargen, Jenny
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Current Issues in Criminal Justice. 21(3): 467-479. Numerous studies on juvenile justice (see eg Cunneen and White, 2007) have highlighted problems in the varied responses in Australian jurisdictions to young people in trouble with the law. The most pressing problem, identified...
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Discipline gets the boot: While zero-tolerance polices come into question, urban districts are trying alternatives-and seeing considerable success.
by Schachter, Ron
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) District Administration. January 2010. For the past 15 years, zero-tolerance policies for violence in schools have been the driving force behind many–80 to 95 percent by some estimates–of school discipline policies around the country. Starting in 1994 with the...
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Concepts, practices, and development of restorative justice in Hong Kong.
by Wong, Dennis S. W.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Journal of Youth Studies. 12(1): 139-149. Restorative justice, as both a philosophy and a practical model, links knowledge and practices with justice, crime prevention, offender rehabilitation, conflict management, and community mediation. It is one of the most rapidly emerging...
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Creating schools of peace and nonviolence in a time of war and violence.
by Cavanagh, Tom
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Journal of School Violence. 8: 64-80. In this post 9/11 era Western cultures are focusing on values that support war and violence. In this article an ethnographer explores the impact of these values on schools. These values, seen through the lens of restorative justice, include:...
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Creating juvenile justice: Models for change.
by Johnson, Lawanda
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Judicature. 93(1): 22-25. The recent story of two corrupt Pennsylvania judges who admitted to receiving millions in secret payments from operators of private for profit juveniles facilities-reportedly in exchange for ordering youth to be detained in those same facilities-shocked...
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Correctional justice and the possibility of rectification.
by Lazar, Seth R. M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Ethic Theory Moral Practice. 2008(11): 355-368. In this paper, I ask how – and whether – the rectification of injury at which corrective justice aims is possible, and by whom it must be performed. I split the injury up into components of harm and wrong, and...
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East Timor’s community reconciliation process as a model for legal pluralism in criminal justice.
by McAuliffe, Padraig
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Law, Social Justice and Global Development. 2008 Issue 2. In many post-conflict and transitional states in the Developing World, judiciaries are frequently very weak as many legal actors will have fled or are compromised by association with the prior regime. In this vacuum,...
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Sentencing circles in Canada and the Gacaca in Rwanda: A comparative analysis.
by Jones, Nicholas A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) International Criminal Justice Review. 21(1):39-66. This paper provides a theoretically based comparison of sentencing circles practiced by the First Nations Peoples of Canada with the Gacaca courts in Rwanda. It presents a description of each justice-oriented model and compares...
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Review symposium: Collaborative governance and civic empowerment.
by Lenkowsky, Leslie
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Perspectives on Politics. 8(2): 598-601. In Investing in Democracy: Engaging Citizens in Collaborative Governance, Carmen Sirianni argues that policymakers should be doing more to engage citizens in “public work.†Drawing on theory and research about deliberative...
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Can restorative practices in schools make a difference?
by McCluskey, Gillean
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Educational Review. 60(4): 405-417. Schools in the UK looking for solutions to concerns about indiscipline have been enthused by the basic premise of restorative practice; the need to restore good relationships when there has been conflict or harm; and develop a school ethos,...
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Restorative justice and youth justice: Bringing theory and practice closer together in Europe.
by O'Mahony, David
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) In, J. Junger-Tas and F. Dünkel (eds.), Reforming Juvenile Justice. New York: Springer. pp. 165-182. Restorative justice can be viewed as a victim-centred approach which conceptualises criminal behaviour in a very different manner from which it has been traditionally...
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‘Beyond rehab’ – Where does the prison fit?
by Hargreaves, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Current Issues in Criminal Justice. 21(1): 148-153. When does rehabilitation and then restoration start in the process of punishment and incarceration? Could the judicial system be used as a catalyst to trigger rehabilitation? Could the correctional facility itself be used as a...
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