Conferences

The Politics of Restorative Justice in South Africa and Beyond.
Monkey Valley Resort in Noordhoek, Cape Town., 21 Sep 2006 - 22 Sep 2006
This two-day conference will be organised by the Institute for Criminology at the University of Cape Town (UCT), the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR), and the Law and Society Institute at the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL).

“Restorative Justice: Reconnecting Communities through Accountability"
Williamsburg, Virginia, 17 Oct 2006
One-day conference sponsored by the Restorative Justice Association of Virginia.

Restorative Justice: Focus on the Victim
Fresno Pacific University, 20 Oct 2006 - 21 Oct 2006
12th Restorative Justice Conference at Fresno Pacific University.

Websites Added

Boulder County Restorative Justice Resource
This site provides a gateway to organizations working with restorative practices in Bounlder County, Colorado.

National Institute for Advanced Conflict Resolution
The National Institute for Advanced Conflict Resolution (NIACR) was founded for the purpose of advancing the field of conflict resolution in the United States, and promoting a greater understanding of the role of mediation in resolving disputes. This website was created not only to provide an online resource for practicing mediators, but also to make available to the general public information about issues pertaining to mediation and conflict resolution. (description from website)


Full-text Documents Added

King, Sue. 2004. Social Work and Restorative Justice. Paper Presented at the Global Social Work Conference. October 2004. 

Zemlyanska, Vira (2005). Justice and Sentencing Traditions in Central and Eastern Europe Newsletter of the European Forum for Restorative Justice. 6(2-3):6-8


Added Abstracts

Aertsen, Ivo and Beyens, Kristel (2005). Restorative Justice and the Morality of Law: A Reply to Brochu. In Erik Claes, René Foqué, and Tony Peters, eds., Punishment, Restorative Justice and the Morality of Law. Antwerp; Oxford: Intersentia. Pp. 101-118.

Amstutz, Lorraine Stutzman and Mullet, Judy H. (2005). The little book of restorative discipline for schools: teaching responsibility; creating caring climates. Intercourse, PA: Good Books.

Ashley, Jessica and Stevenson, Phillip (2006). Implementing Balanced and Restorative Justice: A Guide for Law Enforcement Officers. Chicago, IL: Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.

Beristain, Carlos M. (2005). Reconciliación luego de conflictos violentos: un marco teórico Gilda Pacheco Oreamuno, Lorena Acevedo Narea y Guido Galli, Verdad, justicia y reparacion - Desaffios para la democracia y la convivencia social. International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.

Brochu, Serge (2005). Restorative Justice and the Morality of Law. In Erik Claes, René Foqué, and Tony Peters, eds., Punishment, Restorative Justice and the Morality of Law. Antwerp; Oxford: Intersentia. Pp. 79-88.

Burms, Arnold (2005). Retributive Punishment and Symbolic Restoration: A Reply to Duff. In Erik Claes, René Foqué, and Tony Peters, eds., Punishment, Restorative Justice and the Morality of Law. Antwerp; Oxford: Intersentia. Pp. 157-164.

Burnside, Jonathan and Adler, Joanna and Rose, Gerry and Loucks, Nancy (2005). My Brother's Keeper: faith-based units in prisons. Devon, UK, and Portland, Oregon: Willan Publishing.

Cavanagh, Tom (2003). Creating a Culture of Care in an Elementary School: Lessons Learned from the Children. Paper presented at the NNER Annual Conference, October 9-11, Salt Lake City, Utah. Downloaded 1 November 2005.

Chandler, David (2003). Coming to Terms with the Terror and History of Pol Pot's Cambodia (1975-79). In Carol A.L. Prager and Trudy Govier, Dilemmas of Reconciliation: Cases and Concepts. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Pp. 307-326.

Claes, Erik (2005). Criminal Justice, Legality and Human Dignity. In Erik Claes, René Foqué, and Tony Peters, eds., Punishment, Restorative Justice and the Morality of Law. Antwerp; Oxford: Intersentia. Pp. 15-56.

Claes, Erik and Peters, Tony (2005). Introduction. In Erik Claes, René Foqué, and Tony Peters, eds., Punishment, Restorative Justice and the Morality of Law. Antwerp; Oxford: Intersentia. Pp. 1-14.

Claes, Erik and Peters, Tony and Foqué, René (2005). Punishment, Restorative Justice and the Morality of Law. Antwerp; Oxford: Intersentia.

Cose, Ellis (2004). Bone To Pick: Of Forgiveness, Reconciliation, Reparation, and Revenge New York: Atria Books.

Crocker, David A (2003). Reckoning with Past Wrongs: A Normative Framework. In Carol A.L. Prager and Trudy Govier, Dilemmas of Reconciliation: Cases and Concepts. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Pp. 39-63.

Daems, Tom (2005). Punishment, Human Dignity, and the Sociological Imagination: A Reply to Claes. In Erik Claes, René Foqué, and Tony Peters, eds., Punishment, Restorative Justice and the Morality of Law. Antwerp; Oxford: Intersentia. Pp. 57-68.

Duff, Antony (2005). A Response to Walgrave, Van Stokkom, and Burms. In Erik Claes, René Foqué, and Tony Peters, eds., Punishment, Restorative Justice and the Morality of Law. Antwerp; Oxford: Intersentia. Pp. 179-182.

Duff, Antony (2005). Punishment and the Morality of Law. In Erik Claes, René Foqué, and Tony Peters, eds., Punishment, Restorative Justice and the Morality of Law. Antwerp; Oxford: Intersentia. Pp. 121-144.

Dwyer, Peggy (2005). Sentencing Aboriginal Offenders: The Future of Indigenous Justice Models. Paper presented at the 19th International Conference of the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 26-30. Downloaded 14 November 2005.

Dwyer, Susan (2003). Reconciliation for Realists. In Carol A.L. Prager and Trudy Govier, Dilemmas of Reconciliation: Cases and Concepts. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Pp. 91-110.

Elliott, Elizabeth and Gordon, Robert M. (2005). Introduction. In Elizabeth Elliott and Robert M. Gordon, eds., New Directions in Restorative Justice: Issues, Practice, Evaluation. Cullompton, UK: Willan Publishing. Pp. xiii-xxiv.

Epp, Roger (2003). We Are All Treaty People: History, Reconciliation, and the "Settler Problem". In Carol A.L. Prager and Trudy Govier, Dilemmas of Reconciliation: Cases and Concepts. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Pp. 223-244.

Escobar Yáñez, Alicia E. (2001). La Mediación: Una Alternativa a Incluir en los “Acuerdos Reparatorios” de la Reforma Procesal Penal. Revista de Estudios Criminológicos y Penitenciarios. N° 3 - Noviembre 2001. 57-67.

Foqué, René (2005). Punishment, Restorative Justice, and Morality of Law: Concluding Observations. In Erik Claes, René Foqué, and Tony Peters, eds., Punishment, Restorative Justice and the Morality of Law. Antwerp; Oxford: Intersentia. Pp. 183-198.

Forget, Marc (2003). Crime as Interpersonal Conflict: Reconciliation Between Victim and Offender. In Carol Prager and Trudy Govier, eds., Dilemmas of Reconciliation. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Pp. 111-135.

Forget, Marc (2005). Restorative justice in prisons: An evolution from Victim Offender Mediation in 1998, to a restorative prison wing in 2001, to a holistic, multi-sector project in 2004. Presentation at Ancillary Meeting #40, Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, April 24, Bangkok, Thailand. Downloaded 14 October 2005.

Fox, Darrell and Dhami, Mandeep K and Mantle, Greg (2006). Restorative Final Warnings: Poly and Practice The Howard Journal. 45(2): 129-140.

Gadd, Breidge. Making Peace in Northern Ireland. CRJ Paper Series. Boston: Center for Restorative Justice, Suffolk University. Downloaded 1 December 2005.

Gavrielides, Theo (2005). Some Meta-theoretical Questions for Restorative Justice. Ratio Juris. 18(1): 84-106.

Govier, Trudy (2003). What Is Acknowledgement and Why Is It Important? In Carol A.L. Prager and Trudy Govier, Dilemmas of Reconciliation: Cases and Concepts. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Pp. 65-89.

Guiboche, Sonya (2000). Contemplating Aboriginal Reality in the Current Justice System: An Introduction. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: University of Alberta, Canadian Forum on Civil Justice. Downloaded 31 October 2005.

Handy, Jim (2003). Reimagining Guatemala: Reconciliation and the Indigenous Accords. In Carol A.L. Prager and Trudy Govier, Dilemmas of Reconciliation: Cases and Concepts. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Pp. 279-306.

Hayes, Hennessey (2006). Apologies and Accounts in Youth Justice Conferencing: Reinterpreting Research Outcomes. Forthcoming in Contemporary Justice Review, 9 (4) December 2006.

Hildebrandt, Mireille (2005). Restorative Justice and the Morality of the Fair Trial: A Reply to Brochu. In Erik Claes, René Foqué, and Tony Peters, eds., Punishment, Restorative Justice and the Morality of Law. Antwerp; Oxford: Intersentia. Pp. 89-100.

Houses of the Oireachta (2001). Children Act, 2001. Houses of the Oireachta, Ireland.

Hughes, Patricia and Mossman, Mary Jane (2002). Re-Thinking Access to Criminal Justice in Canada: A Critical Review of Needs and Responses. Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues. 13(1).

Jackson, Margaret A. and Henderson, Angela D. Restorative Justice or Restorative Health: Which Model Best Fits the Needs of Marginalized Girls in Canadian Society? Criminal Justice Policy Review. 17(2):234-251.

Jegen, Mary Evelyn (2006). Just Peacemakers: An Introduction to Peace and Justice New York/Mahwah, N.J., Paulist Press.

Justice Wilson (1999). Police v Tiapu'u. WSSC 6 (24th June). Supreme Court of Samoa. Downloaded 15 November 2005.

Keating, Tom (2003). What Can Others Do? Foreign Governments and the Politics of Peacebuilding. In Carol A.L. Prager and Trudy Govier, Dilemmas of Reconciliation: Cases and Concepts. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Pp. 169-195.

Keeping, Janet (2003). National Reconciliation in Russia? In Carol A.L. Prager and Trudy Govier, Dilemmas of Reconciliation: Cases and Concepts. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Pp. 327-340.

Kottukapally, John Thomas (2005). Reformative Programmes: Restorative Justice. Reformative Explorations: A Psycho-spiritual and Crimino-social Quarterly on Correction and Reformation. 3(2): 158-188.

Lederach, John Paul (2003). The little book of conflict transformation. Intercourse, PA: Good Books.

MacRae, Allan and Zehr, Howard (2004). The little book of family group conferences: New Zealand style. Intercourse, PA: Good Books.

Marrus, Michael R. (2003). Overview. In Carol A.L. Prager and Trudy Govier, Dilemmas of Reconciliation: Cases and Concepts. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Pp. 27-36.

Marshall, Sandra (2005). Back to Basics: A Reply to Claes. In Erik Claes, René Foqué, and Tony Peters, eds., Punishment, Restorative Justice and the Morality of Law. Antwerp; Oxford: Intersentia. Pp. 69-76.

Maxwell, Gabrielle and Hayes, Hennessey (2006). Restorative Justice Developments in the Pacific Region. Contemporary Justice Review. 9(2).

May, Larry (2003). Mass Rape and the Concept of International Crime. In Carol A.L. Prager and Trudy Govier, Dilemmas of Reconciliation: Cases and Concepts. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Pp. 137-168.

McElrea, F W M (2006). Auckland City Council v B&C Shaw Ltd. And George Bernard Shaw. Notes of Judge FWM McElrea on Sentencing. District Court at Auckland. CRN: 2004502435, 5003402436. Reprinted on Restorative Justice Online.

Mirsky, Laura (2006). The Sefton Centre for Restorative Practice: A Restorative Community in the Making Restorative Practices E-Forum. March 22.

New Zealand Ministry of Justice (2002). Youth Offending Strategy Preventing and reducing offending and re-offending by children and young people. Wellington, NZ: Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Social Development.

O'Brien, Sandra and Bazemore, Gordon (2006). Introduction to the Symposium: Communities, Organizations, and Restorative Justice Reform. Public Organization Review: A Global Journal. 5(1).

Prager, Carol A.L. (2003). Aspects of Understanding and Judging Mass Human Rights Abuses. In Carol A.L. Prager and Trudy Govier, Dilemmas of Reconciliation: Cases and Concepts. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Pp. 197-219.

Prager, Carol A.L. (2003). Introduction. In Carol A.L. Prager and Trudy Govier, Dilemmas of Reconciliation: Cases and Concepts. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Pp. 1-26.

Pranis, Kay (2005). The little book of circle processes. Intercourse, PA: Good Books.

Prior, David and Paris, Alison (2005). Preventing Children’s Involvement in Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour: A literature Review. A paper produced for the National Evaluation of the Children’s Fund, Research Report 623. Nottingham, England: Department for Education and Skills. Downloaded 31 October 2005.

Roper, Margaret (2005). A review of the Integrated Youth Offender Programme piloted in Boksburg Juvenile Correctional Centre with the "Inkanyezi yentathakusa". Johannesburg: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. Downloaded 22 August 2005.

Roujanavong, Wanchai (2005). Restorative Justice: Family and Community Group Conferencing (FCGC) in Thailand. Paper presented at "The Next Step: Building Restorative Communities", IIRP 7th International Conference on Conferencing, Circles and other Restorative Practices, 9-11 November, Manchester, England, UK. Downloaded 9 December 2005.

Shriver, Donald W., Jr. (2005). Honest Patriots: Loving a Country Enough to Remember Its Misdeeds. New York: Oxford University Press.

Simpson,Graeme (2004). A Snake Gives Birth to a Snake: Politics and crime in the transition to democracy in South Africa. In Dixon, B. & van der Spuy, E. (eds.), Justice Gained? Crime and Crime Control in South Africa's Transition, Cape Town: Juta Academic Publishers. Downloaded 22 August 2005.

Smith, Leanne and Robinson, Bonnie (2006). Beyond the Holding Tank: Pathways to Rehabilitative and Restorative Prison Policy. Auckland, NZ: Salvation Army Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit.

Southern African Reconciliation Project (2005). Memorialisation and Reconciliation in Transitional Southern African Societies. Johannesburg: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. Downloaded 22 August 2005.

Sriram, Chandra Lekha (2004). Confronting past human rights violations: justice vs. peace in times of transition. London and New York: Frank Cass.

Stewart, Trish (1999). Tapping the Growth Potential in Youth Justice Family Group Conferences. Social Work now. December 1999: 46-50.

Thames Valley Circles of Support and Accountability (2005). Circles of Support and Accountability in the Thames Valley The First Three Years April 2002 to March 2005. London: Quaker Communications.

Totten, Mark and Caputo, Tullio and Kelly, Katharine (2003). Community Toolkit for a Youth Restorative Justice Project. Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa, Canada.

Umbreit, Mark S and Coates, Robert B and Peterson, Michael and Bradshaw, William (2001). Family survivors of homicide meet the offenders: A case study of the experience, key issues and intervention process Homicide Studies.

Van Ness, Daniel W (2005). Restorative Justice in Prisons: Two Examples. Presentation at Ancillary Meeting #40, Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, April 24, Bangkok, Thailand. Downloaded 14 October 2005.

Van Stokkom, Bas (2005). Does Punishment Need Hard Treatment? A Reply to Duff. In Erik Claes, René Foqué, and Tony Peters, eds., Punishment, Restorative Justice and the Morality of Law. Antwerp; Oxford: Intersentia. Pp. 165-178.

Verwoerd, Wilhelm (2003). Toward a Response to Criticisms of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In Carol A.L. Prager and Trudy Govier, Dilemmas of Reconciliation: Cases and Concepts. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Pp. 245-278.

Walgrave, Lode (2005). Retributivism and the Quality of Social Life: A Reply to Duff. In Erik Claes, René Foqué, and Tony Peters, eds., Punishment, Restorative Justice and the Morality of Law. Antwerp; Oxford: Intersentia. Pp. 145-156.

Weisbach, Jessica (2004). Could a Paradigmatic Shift from a Criminal Justice System to a Restorative Justice System Lead to Fundamental Changes within the Peacemaking/Peace Building Process? Peace, War, & Human Nature. Spring. Downloaded 1 November 2005.

Whitehead, John T. & Lab, Steven P. (2006). Juvenile Justice: An Introduction, Fifth Edition. Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing.

Wilkinson, Reginald A and Bucholtz, Gregory A. and Siegfried, Gregory M. (2004). Prison Reform Through Offender Reentry: A Partnership Between Courts and Corrections. PACE Law Review. 24: 609-629. Downloaded 14 November 2005.

Williamson, David (2002). The Jack Manning Trilogy: Face to Face; A Conversation; Charitable Intent Sydney, Australia: Currency Press.


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