New Items in the RJ Online Library
October 30, 2009
Bhandari, Neena (2003). Aboriginal violence against women. Contemporary Review. (December): 353-355. Blagg, Harry (2009). Youth justice in Western Australia. Prepared for the Commissioner for Children and Young People WA. Crime and Misconduct Commission (2009). Restoring order: Crime...
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RJ Online Library
October 30, 2009
Ashley, Jessica and Burke, Kimberly (2009). Implementing Restorative Justice: A guide for schools. Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Hutchinson, Marie (2009). Restorative approaches to workplace bullying: Educating nurses towards shared responsibility. Contemporary Nurse....
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Understanding Victims of Crime and Their Need to Deal with the Victim/Offender Trauma Bond: The 15 Elements of the Crime Victim Detour
October 30, 2009
One thing became clear; for us to find our way back to health after encountering serious crime we needed to become our own experts in every field. The exploration of the Crime Victim Detour will explain why a violent crime has such catastrophic impact on victims and why restorative justice...
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Making amends: restorative youth justice in Northern Ireland
October 29, 2009
Key Facts The Youth Conference Service was introduced in Northern Ireland in 2003 – since then, more than 5,500 referrals have been made to the service. There are two types of conference – diversionary, where a young person is referred prior to conviction, and court-ordered,...
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Group-Conflict Resolution: Sources of Resistance to Reconciliation
October 27, 2009
In her introductory article, special editor Erin Ann O’Hara sums up the contributions made by the issue: “Scholars from several fields have concluded that group conflicts are in many ways similar to dyadic conflicts but that group conflicts present their own challenges for...
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Effects of crime on kids underestimated
October 26, 2009
….She said 76 percent of those who had fallen victim to crime had not been provided with support or counselling because many believed it wasn’t necessary. “There is a great deal of these crimes against the youth which are committed by their fellow young people, either at...
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Justice and the juvenile offender
October 26, 2009
The concept at the core of Restorative Justice, Packard said, is that it is a victim-centered process that seeks to rebuild relationships after a crime is committed. “The court looks at the state as the victim,†she said. “Restorative Justice looks at the victim as the...
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A new kind of justice
October 26, 2009
“People respond to crime by saying, ‘Lock ‘em up!’†says Scott Wood, director of the Center for Restorative Justice at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. But that approach can be disastrous. “ Guys go to prison and learn to do even more terrible...
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Offenders, victims resolve their own cases
October 26, 2009
But after some consideration, the Lile brothers agreed to hear what Wells had to say, and maybe save a customer. Wells hadn’t been in trouble with the law before, and he seemed truly remorseful, Chip Lile said. “I hope what we did was hold someone accountable for their actions and...
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Justice group welcome
October 26, 2009
The report was presented to Parliament and was approved, which means the scheme is now eligible for funding from the NIO and other statutory bodies. Despite the scheme being considered by some as exclusively nationalist, UUP councillor Isaac Hanna spoke in support when the group initially...
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Accreditation blueprint: Proposal to the Restorative Justice Consortium
October 26, 2009
To date, a workable means of officially recognising good quality restorative practice to suit the majority of practitioners has not been available. Practitioners have had limited opportunities to accredit their practice and thus demonstrate their professional competence. As this project has...
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The power of art
October 26, 2009
The Mural Arts Program creates over hundred community murals each year throughout Philadelphia. This simple idea of making art brings together thousands of residents within the greater Philadelphia community. It also provides free art education programs to at-risk youth. It also provides...
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Gubernatorial candidates in California talk prisons & prison reform
October 26, 2009
The Republicans except for Tom Campbell seem locked into positions more reminiscent of the ’80s or ’90s. Both Whitman and Poizner support building MORE prisons in California. All three support “outsourcing” prisoners to other states which have...
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Day 3 at the 12th World Conference of the International Institute for Restorative Practices
October 23, 2009
The second plenary presentation was delivered by Frank Früchtel, professor, Fachhochschule Potsdam (University of Applied Sciences), Potsdam, Germany, who spoke about family group conferencing (FGC), also known as family group decision making (FGDM). Früchtel worked with FGC in New...
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SFCG Morocco Celebrates New Mediation Centers
October 22, 2009
To honor the project’s achievements, SFCG Morocco along with project partners, USAID and the National Initiative for Human Development, hosted a daylong conference and concluding ceremony in late September. Project workers, participants and media all convened to celebrate. A group...
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