Victim-offender mediation in cases of intimate relationship violence — ideals, attitudes, and practices in Finland.
by Uotila, Erika
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention. 11(2):189-207. This article examines the ideals, attitudes, and practices of victim-offender mediation (VOM) in relation to intimate relationship violence in Finland. In Finland the first experimental mediation...
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Promise of restorative justice: New approaches for criminal justice and beyond.
by Dussich, John P. J.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. This book provides a collection of essays on the ever increasing impact of restorative justice principles and practices within criminal justice as well as within many other social situations where conflicts occur. Having begun in the...
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Rethinking international criminal law: Restorative justice and the rights of victims in the International Criminal Court.
by Musila, Godfrey M
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Saarbrucken, Germany: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH &Co. KG. The study focuses on the right of victims to participation and to reparations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The author argues that the ICC offers an opportunity for the...
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Preliminary evaluation of behavioural outcomes in a corrections-based victim awareness program for offenders.
by Monahan, Lynn Hunt
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Victims & Offenders. 3(2):217-227. This article follows up on an earlier study that found significant improvements in three of four knowledge and sensitivity factors measured in offenders who participated in an impact of crime on victims “victim awarenessâ€...
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Effective alternatives to incarceration: Police collaborations with corrections and communities.
by Katz, JoAnne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. A diagram of the continuum of sanctions is shown in Figure 1. Moving from left to right—beginning with “Fines/Restitutionâ€â€”each new sanction provides an...
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Children and truth commissions.
by UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Florence, Italy: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. Truth commissions are temporary, non-judicial and non-punitive bodies mandated to investigate, document and report on human rights abuses. By generating public discussion on accountability and social reform, truth commissions...
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Conservative criminal justice policy and restorative justice.
by Duncan, Alan
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) prepared remarks for a speech given by Alan Duncan MP, Conservative Shadow Minister for Prisons, at “Restorative Justice and the Law” seminar in London, 4 February 2010. So the idea that on its own „prison works‟ is unsophisticated and simplistic. Which...
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Time for a new hearing: A comparative study of alternative criminal proceedings for children and young people.
by Independent Commission on Youth Crime and Antisocial Behaviour, Liam
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) London: The Police Foundation. This report, commissioned jointly by JUSTICE and The Police Foundation, is a companion document to the July 2010 report of the Independent Commission on Youth Crime and Antisocial Behaviour, Time for a fresh start.1 Based on principle and the...
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Measuring the effectiveness of restorative justice practices in the Republic of Ireland through a meta-analysis of functionalist exchange.
by Leonard, Liam
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) The Prison Journal. 91(1):57-80. This article presents an analysis of restorative justice practice in the Republic of Ireland. This is achieved through an examination of data on restorative justice conferencing events in various venues around Ireland. From these data, the...
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Law, power and justice: What legalism fails to address in the functioning of Rwanda’s Gacaca courts.
by Nagy, Rosemary
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) The International Journal of Transitional Justice. 5(1):11-30. In this article, we untangle the relationships among law, power and justice as they impact on the lives of ordinary Rwandans brought into contact with the state and local officials through the gacaca process. Drawing...
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Religion and peacemaking: A conceptualization.
by Brewer, John D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Sociology. 44(6): 1019-1037. Despite the associations with conflict, religion is also a site of reconciliation. The limited literature on this, however, is constrained by its case study approach. This article seeks to establish a conceptual framework for theorizing the...
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Restorative justice in the workplace.
by McDonald, John M
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Resolution: News from the Restorative Justice Council. Winter:15. Workplaces experience all the highs and lows of any system of relationships. When problems emerge, our first response as staff is often to lodge a grievance. As managers we feel we need to know who has done what...
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A discussion of restorative justice interventions in schools.
by Editor, Jemma
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Resolution: News from the Restorative Justice Council. Winter:13. Schools have long been identified as mediating institutions by those considering ways of reducing youth offending. There is also a growing feeling that Restorative Justice interventions might improve school...
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Restorative justice and HM Prison Gloucester — The journey so far…
by Jewkes, Jemma
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Resolution: News from the Restorative Justice Council. Winter:12. In early 2009 Mike Bolton, the Governor of HM Prison Gloucester supported Jemma Jewkes, a prison officer with experience of Restorative Justice work, to find funding for and run a RJ conferencing project within...
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Rapid Response – adapting the delivery of mediation to meet community needs
by Elsheikh, Zaza
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Resolution: News from the Restorative Justice Council. Winter:10. Bromley Community Mediation Services (BCMS) provides pro bono mediation services to the communities of the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich. The service is delivered through 30 fully trained...
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