Preventing violence in low-income communities: Facilitating residents’ ability to intervene in neighborhood problems.
by Ohmer, Mary L.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare. 37(2): 161-181. The violence found in low-income communities, including areas of concentrated poverty, is often extensive and can involve illegal drugs, juvenile delinquency, and even homicide. A large body of research has emerged which...
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Student perceptions of discretion in discipline: Seeking resolution and restoration in a punitive culture.
by Webb, Owen D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Dissertation. Masters in Education. Brock University. This study examined high school students perceptions of discretion utilized by educators in high school disciplinary proceedings. Using a sample of 6 high school students who had experienced differing levels of formal...
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Understanding victims and restorative justice; Understanding homicide.
by Policek, Nicoletta
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Sociology. 41(1): 165-168. In recent years there has been a considerable broadening of the academic discourse in relation to the emergence of a victim-focused agenda within contemporary criminal justice policies. Also, the emergence of a fairly distinctive set of practices known...
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The benefits, costs, and risks of severe violence dialog: A theoretical analysis.
by McBroom, Ann Harrison
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Contemporary Justice Review. 12(2): 147-155. The potential benefits, costs, and risks of severe violence dialog (SVD) are analyzed using constructivist theories. Implications for mediating SVD, selecting and preparing participants, securing informed consent, and controlling the...
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Revitalization and indigenous resistance to globalization and neoliberalism.
by Fenelon, James V.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) American Behavioral Scientist. 51(12): 1867-1901. This article reviews discussions and case studies of indigenous peoples, especially American Indians (Lakota, Navajo, and Wampanoag), the Zapatista movement, Latin American examples (Mapuche, Guarani, and Miskito), the Adevasi in...
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Restorative justice in France: Obstacles for the application of a truly restorative appraoch to French dispute resolution.
by Carpentieri, Leonardo
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) Restorative Justice Online. Washington DC. Prison Fellowship International. Restorative Justice was (re)discovered in the United States in the late 1970s and has been implemented ever since. Founded partially on ancient conciliation proceedings, Restorative Justice today...
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Restorative justice experiences of juvenile female offenders: School, community, and home.
by Davis, Kimberly Lee
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Dissertation. Doctor of Philosophy. Drake University. Problem: The number of delinquent female youth across the country is on the rise (U.S. Department of Justice, 2007). These young women present unique challenges for their schools, communities, and homes. A Midwest suburb...
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Restorative discipline as an alternate to retributive discipline within the juvenile courts system: An analysis of the Metro County juvenile court community restorative board.
by Banjoko, Ajamu A.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Dissertation. Doctor of Philosophy. Georgia State University. Giroux (2003) indicated that the prison industry has become a major economic industry with many states spending more money on prison reforms than on educational reforms. Juvenile delinquent behavior should be punished...
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Attitudes toward prison reform, restorative justice, and offender reentry in the State of California.
by Holden, Megan R.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Dissertation. Doctor of Philosophy. Alliant International University. The state of California has been recently developing and incorporating restorative justice philosophies into programs. These programs are aimed at successful reintegration for offenders and have been developed...
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Co-produced restorative justice: The possibility of implementing restorative justice principles in south Brazil.
by Salm, Joao
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Dissertation submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Arizona State University, Restorative Justice is a set of normative principles. These principles can be practiced in a variety of ways and in a variety of settings. When these principles work, it is democracy at its...
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Pretrial diversion: The over-looked pretrial services evidence-based practice.
by Zlatic, Joseph M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Federal Probation. 74(1): pg. 28-58. Although pretrial diversion (PTD) was conceived in the late 1940s as a program for dealing with juvenile offenders, it was not implemented in the federal judiciary under its current form until the passage of the Pretrial Services Act pf 1982....
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Empowerment through voice: A case study in the leadership of restorative justice.
by Harding, Kim Dalene
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Dissertation. Missoula, MT: The University of Montana. This qualitative case study identified shared leadership as a necessary component in the sustenance of restorative justice, a reform justice model used at Ada County Juvenile Court Services located in Boise, Idaho. Within...
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The space between the steps: reckoning in an era of reconciliation.
by Stewart, Michelle
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Contemporary Justice Review. 14(1):43-63. For over 100 years the government of Canada operated residential schools for Aboriginal children that required children be taken out of their homes and educated away from their families. These schools became sites of widespread abuse,...
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Sorry justice: Apology in Australian family group conferencing.
by Blecher, Natalia Josephine
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Psychiatry, Psychology, and the Law. 18(1):95-116. Family group conferences place great emphasis on the restorative potential of the offender’s apology. Apology, conceptualized as a prelude to healing, forms a sort of unspoken touchstone of restorative justice. And yet,...
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On trial: Restorative justice in the Godwin-Wollstonecraft-Shelley family fictions.
by Fenno, Colleen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Dissertation. Marquette University. William Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Mary and Percy Shelley wrote during an era of democratic possibility and intense legal and penal reforms, when changes to criminal justice procedures were adopted that would have far reaching...
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