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Author : Ruth Ann Strickland
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820457581
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Restorative Justice written by Ruth Ann Strickland and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2004 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Restorative justice, employed in both ancient and modern societies, is designed to repair the harm that a criminal offense inflicts on victims, offenders, and communities. Today, backlogged court dockets, dissatisfaction with the adversarial process, and overcrowded prisons have incited a necessary discussion of alternatives for dealing with the accused and the convicted. This book examines how restorative justice works - promoting healing by emphasizing the restoration of victims' emotional and material losses, creating forums for negotiation, problem-solving, and dialogue between affected parties, and empowering communities and victims by inviting their participation. Restorative Justice discusses the method's beneficial and detrimental effects on, and implications for, defendants, victims, the courtroom workgroup, corrections and the community.

Author : Samuel Walker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mediating Citizen Complaints Against Police Officers written by Samuel Walker and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides guidance in helping police and community leaders develop successful mediation programs for addressing citizen complaints against police officers. The first chapter defines mediation as "the informal resolution of a complaint or dispute between two parties through a face-to-face meeting in which a professional mediator serves as a neutral facilitator and where both parties ultimately agree that an acceptable resolution has been reached." The goals of mediation are to achieve understanding of the issues involved in the complaint, solve any problems associated with the complaint, and achieve reconciliation between the parties. The second chapter outlines the potential benefits of mediation for police officers, citizen complainants, police accountability, community policing, the complaint process, and the criminal justice system. The third chapter discusses the key issues in developing a mediation program for citizen complaints against police. Among the issues addressed are voluntary participation, case eligibility, the mediation of racial and ethnic-related complaints, the mediation of complaints by women, potential language and cultural barriers, case screening, police discipline and accountability, and getting both sides to the table. Other issues addressed pertain to the mediation session itself and the enforcement of agreements. Chapter four presents results from a survey of existing citizen complaint mediation programs. The concluding chapter describes a model for a successful mediation program for citizen complaints against police. 100 references.

Author : Cheryl Lee Maxson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195098536
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Responding to Troubled Youth written by Cheryl Lee Maxson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Klein consider the quality (and quantity) of response to (and for) status offenders at local community service outlets in seven different cities. By this method, the authors can determine whether such response practices conform with the ideological thrusts embedded in state legislation.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Federal Probation written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philippa Tomczak
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317279972
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Penal Voluntary Sector written by Philippa Tomczak and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2017 British Society of Criminology Book Prize The penal voluntary sector and the relationships between punishment and charity are more topical than ever before. In recent years in England and Wales, the sector has featured significantly in both policy rhetoric and academic commentary. Penal voluntary organisations are increasingly delivering prison and probation services under contract, and this role is set to expand. However, the diverse voluntary organisations which comprise the sector, their varied relationships with statutory agencies and the effects of such work remain very poorly understood. This book provides a wide-ranging and rigorous examination of this policy-relevant but complex and little studied area. It explores what voluntary organisations are doing with prisoners and probationers, how they manage to undertake their work, and the effects of charitable work with prisoners and probationers. The author uses original empirical research and an innovative application of actor-network theory to enable a step change in our understanding of this increasingly significant sector, and develops the policy-centric accounts produced in the last decade to illustrate how voluntary organisations can mediate the experiences of imprisonment and probation at the micro and macro levels. Demonstrating how the legacy of philanthropic work and neoliberal policy reforms over the past thirty years have created a complex three-tier penal voluntary sector of diverse organisations, this cutting-edge interdisciplinary text will be of interest to criminologists, sociologists of work and industry, and those engaged in the voluntary sector.

Author : Steven P. Lab
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Criminal Justice written by Steven P. Lab and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip Bean
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415252676
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crime written by Philip Bean and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eugene McLaughlin
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446271765
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The SAGE Dictionary of Criminology written by Eugene McLaughlin and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its third edition, this bestselling reference text has established itself as the authoritative source covering the key concepts, theories, and methods in criminology and criminal justice. Edited by two of the leading figures in the field, the book is: Comprehensive: with now over 300 entries, the third edition has been updated to include new entries and an expanded editorial introduction Definitive: concepts are precisely defined so students have a clear understanding of the history and development of each topic and debate Student-focused: each entry maps connections across various fields and issues and includes further reading to extend students′ knowledge throughout their studies International: contributions from internationally renowned academics and practitioners ensure that this book is global and comparative throughout This wide-ranging reference and research tool will be an essential companion for students and academics within criminology, criminal justice and legal studies and related fields including sociology, social policy, psychology and cultural studies.

Author : Marilyn D. McShane
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780815325116
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drug Use and Drug Policy written by Marilyn D. McShane and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1997 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The articles in this collection provide an overview of the research and writing on this topic between 1991 and 1995.

Author : Josine Junger-Tas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387094784
Total Pages : 557 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Handbook of Juvenile Justice written by Josine Junger-Tas and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive reference work presents inside information on the Juvenile Justice-systems in 19 different countries, both in old and new EU-member states and in the United States and Canada. The book is the result of research conducted by a group of outstanding researchers, who are concerned about trends in Juvenile Justice in the last two decades, which blur the border between criminal and juvenile justice.