Changes to Restorative Justice Online in the past Month    

 

Web Tour

Circles of Support and Accountability http://www.arrowwebworks.ca/circles/index.htm 

Circles of Support and Accountability across Canada aim to substantially reduce the risk of future victimization of community members by assisting, supporting and holding accountable released sex offenders in their task of integrating with the community and leading responsible and productive lives.

Leeds Youth Offending Team 

http://www.leeds-yot.org.uk/view.asp?id=27

Leeds Youth Offending Team work with children, young people and their families to prevent and to challenge offending, encourage responsibility, to develop victim empathy and reduce the fear of crime within the community (excerpt from site)

Mediation Northern Ireland

http://www.mediationnorthernireland.org

Mediation Northern Ireland provides several services in the area of conflict resolution, including training in conflict resolution.

Mennonite Central Committee, Restorative Justice

http://www.mcc.org/canada/restorativejustice/index.html

This page of the Mennonite Central Committee's website list restorative justice resources available from the MCC, links to organizations using restorative practices in Canada, and more general resources. 

Public Affairs Information Service

http://www.pais.org/hottopics/2003/July/index.stm

Public Affairs Information Service is a non-profit publisher providing reliable information on a variety of issues of public affairs. This section provides a general overview of restorative justice and provides links to bibliographic and web resources. 

Chapel 

The Ministry of Reconciliation

Judge Stan Thorburn offers this sermon on relationships and the importance of reconciliation.

 

Abstracts Added 

Aertsen, Ivo And Peters, Tony. (2003). Des politiques européennes en matière de justice restauratrice. Le Journal International De Victimologie. 2(1). Online document downloaded 11 December 2003. 

Alexander, Keith, Chris Blagbrough, and Mike O’Sullivan. 2000. Youth justice plans – pre-offending work in Staffordshire – an inter-agency development in Lichfield to reduce offending and anti-social behaviour. Paper presented at the ACPO Youth Conference, held at Five Lakes Country Club, Maldon, Essex, England, 9-10 November. 

Ashford, Bob. 2000. Referral orders. Paper presented at the ACPO Youth Conference, held at Five Lakes Country Club, Maldon, Essex, England, 9-10 November. 

Beghtol, DeEtte. 2002. Why we need the African Peacebuilding Institute. In Peace Office Newsletter 32 (January-March), The African Peacebuilding Institute: 7-8. Akron, PA: Mennonite Central Committee. 

Benedicktus, David, and Laura Wood. 2002. Local government partnerships help integrate the Victim Offender Mediation Program in Clark County, Washington. VOMA Connections no. 10 (Spring): 1, 8. 

Claassen, Ron. 2002. First Restorative Justice Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 1-2, 2002. VOMA Connections no. 11 (Summer): 5. 

Clark, Charles. 2000. Restorative justice investigated: The police perspective. Paper presented at the ACPO Youth Conference, held at Five Lakes Country Club, Maldon, Essex, England, 9-10 November. 

Coates, Robert B And Vos, Betty And Umbreit, Mark S. (2003). Restorative Justice Circles: An Exploratory Study. Contemporary Justice Review. 6(3):265-278. 

Cook, Kimberly And Powell, Chris. (2003). Unfinished Business: Aboriginal Reconciliation and Restorative Justice in Australia. Contemporary Justice Review. 6(3): 279-291. 

Crawford, Adam, and Tim Newburn. 2003. Youth offending and restorative justice: Implementing reform in youth justice. Devon, UK: Willan Publishing. 

Faundez, Julio. (2003). Non-State Justice Systems in Latin America Case Studies: Peru and Colombia. Paper delivered at workshop on "working with Non-State Justice Systems held at the Overseas Development Institute held 6-7 March. Institute of Development Studies. Downloaded 12 December 2003. 

Graveson, Chris. 2002. How the police and youth court coordinators contribute to the effectiveness of New Zealand family group conferences. VOMA Connections no. 11 (Summer): 3-4. 

Hagemann, Otmar, and Frank Robertz. 2000. Prevention of victimization by working with serious offenders. Paper presented at the Tenth International Symposium on Victimology, held in Montreal, Canada, 6-11 August. 

Herman, Susan. 1999. The search for parallel justice – separate path for offenders and victims. Community Corrections Report 7 (November/December): 7-8, 12. 

Hines, David. 2002. Shoplifting, criminal justice and community restorative approaches. Beyond Just Us (Winter): 6-7. 

Home Office. (2003). Restorative Justice: the Government's Strategy. A Consultation document on the Government's Strategy on Restorative Justice. London: Home Office. Downloaded 21 August 2003. 

Iundain, Mirta I And Tapia, Graciela. (n.d.). Mediacion y violencia familiar. La Trama: revista interdisciplinaria de mediacion y resolucion de conflictos. Downloaded 10 December 2003. 

Jose, Noe Alberto. 2002. My going to the African Peacebuilding Institute. In Peace Office Newsletter 32 (January-March), The African Peacebuilding Institute: 6-7. Akron, PA: Mennonite Central Committee. 

Klein, Lloyd And Van Ness, Shelia R. (2002). Justice for Whom? Assessing Humanist Criminology as A Catalyst for Change in the Criminal Justice Aparatus. The American Sociologist. 33(4): 98-110. 

Kut, George. 2002. In the toolkit of a peace worker: Ubuntu, simunye na umoja. In Peace Office Newsletter 32 (January-March), The African Peacebuilding Institute: 5. Akron, PA: Mennonite Central Committee. 

Lauwaert, Katrien. (2002). Le cadre légal de la médiation victime-auteur en Europe continentale. Le Journal International De Victimologie. 1(4). Online document downloaded 11 December 2003. 

Law Commission of Canada. (2003). Transforming Relationships Through Participatory Justice. Ottawa, ON: Law Commission of Canada. Downloaded 9 December 2003. 

Leonard, Lana S. 2002. Restorative justice – from the inside out. Beyond Just Us (Winter): 2-3. 

Lumeya, Fidele. 2002. The challenge of peacebuilding in Africa. In Peace Office Newsletter 32 (January-March), The African Peacebuilding Institute: 10-12. Akron, PA: Mennonite Central Committee. 

Lynch, David J. 2000. D.E.T.O.U.R. and restorative justice at the Idaho State Correctional Institution, May 26, 2000. Boise, Idaho: David J. Lynch. 

Maxwell, Gabrielle, Allison Morris, and Tracy Anderson. 1999. Community panel adult pre-trial diversion Supplementary evaluation. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University of Wellington, Institute of Criminology. 

Mennonite Central Committee. 2002. The African Peacebuilding Institute. Peace Office Newsletter 32 (January-March). Akron, PA: Mennonite Central Committee. 

Nehlin, Christina. 2000. VOM trial in Sweden provides opportunity for program support and evaluation. VOMA Connections no. 7 (Autumn): 9-10. 

Pranis, Kay. 2002. Telling our stories and changing our lives. VOMA Connections no. 10 (Spring): 5, 9. 

Prashaw, Rick. 2001. Youth justice – an end to us/them. There is only us. Keynote address delivered at the Restorative Justice 2001: Justice, Reconciliation, Forgiveness, Peace conference, held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 23-26 September. Ottawa, Canada: Church Council on Justice and Corrections. 

Roayal Canadian Mounted Police. 1999. A report on the evaluation of RCMP restorative justice initiative: Community justice forum as seen by participants. Executive summary. Ottawa: Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 

Rigalo, Krista. 2002. Learning to facilitate at the African Peacebuilding Institute. In Peace Office Newsletter 32 (January-March), The African Peacebuilding Institute: 9. Akron, PA: Mennonite Central Committee. 

Roberts, Julian V And Edgar, Allen. (2002). Victim Impact Statements at Sentencing: Perceptions of the Judiciary in Canada. Le Journal International De Victimologie. 1(4). Online document downloaded 11 December 2003. 

Ronayne, Tara, and Stephanie Saybyan. 2000. Minnesota juvenile arson conference. VOMA Connections no. 7 (Autumn): 8. 

Ruth-Heffelbower, Duane. 2002. Building the restorative faith community: Lessons from Indonesia. Paper presented at the 9^th annual Restorative Justice Conference, held in Fresno, California, 26 October. 

Schaefer, Diane. (2003). A Disembodied Community Collaborates in a Homicide: Can Empathy Transform a Failing Justice System?. Contemporary Justice Review. 6(2):133-142. 

Schiff, Mara, and Gordon Bazemore. 2002. Understanding restorative conferencing: A case study in informal decisionmaking in the response to youth crime. Fort Lauderdale, FL: Florida Atlantic University, Community Justice Institute, Balanced and Restorative Justice Project. 

Stauffer, Carl. 2002. More about the API. In Peace Office Newsletter 32 (January-March), The African Peacebuilding Institute: 10. Akron, PA: Mennonite Central Committee. 

Stauffer, Carol and Carolyn Swarr. 2002. Nurturing the tree of peace. In Peace Office Newsletter 32 (January-March), The African Peacebuilding Institute: 1-4. Akron, PA: Mennonite Central Committee. 

Turner-Lawrence, Phyllis. 2000. Dialogue with offenders produces potential value to victims. VOMA Connections no. 7 (Autumn): 1, 10-11. 

Walgrave, Lode. (2002). La justice restauratrice et les victimes. Le Journal International De Victimologie. 1(4). Online document downloaded 11 December 2003. 

 

January 2004