New directions in restorative justice; issues, practice, evaluation.1843921324New directions in restorative justice; issues, practice, evaluation. Ed. by Elizabeth Elliott and Robert M. Gordon Robert M. Gordon (born July 3 1950) is an American Democratic Party politician. He is the 2007 Democratic nominee to succeed outgoing state Sen. Joseph Coniglio in the 38th legislative district, which Gordon has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2004. . Willan Publishing 2005 310 pages $39.95 Paperback HV8688 Based on papers from the 6th International Conference on Restorative Justice at Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University, main campus at Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; provincially supported; coeducational; chartered 1963, opened 1965. The Harbour Centre campus in downtown Vancouver opened in 1989. in Vancouver in 2003, the essays in this book discuss the relatively new topic of restorative justice, a substitute for incarceration Confinement in a jail or prison; imprisonment. Police officers and other law enforcement officers are authorized by federal, state, and local lawmakers to arrest and confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. in which situations are returned to a restored state after the crime. Elliott (criminology, Simon Fraser University, Canada) and Gordon (criminology, Simon Fraser University, Canada) look at the subject in terms of theory, practice, and research. The 15 essays by international contributors examine topics concerning restorative justice and youth, Aboriginal justice, gender, victimization victimization Social medicine The abuse of the disenfranchised–eg, those underage, elderly, ♀, mentally retarded, illegal aliens, or other, by coercing them into illegal activities–eg, drug trade, pornography, prostitution. , elder abuse, and insurance companies. The last section covers evaluating restorative justice in different cases, such as in serious crime and with juvenile offenders. Essays have individual bibliographies. Distributed in the US by ISBS ISBS International Society of Biomechanics in Sports ISBS International Society for Biophysics and Imaging of the Skin ISBS Illinois State Button Society ISBS Iowa State Button Society ISBS Idaho State Button Society . ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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