This Essay argues that all actors – prosecutors, judges, and defense counsel – should care about what happens to foreign offenders following a judgment of conviction or entrance of a guilty plea, and that transnational correctional processes should be constructed and used to facilitate restoration of the victim and victimized community, and rehabilitation and reintegration of the offender. This...

In this paper, the author describes philosophical concepts of adult learning and their application as integrated with creative problem solving within the context of social justice and human rights. The context is framed by the work of the United Nations (1992) which emphasizes importance of women’s roles and creativity in the process of forming a global community. Foundational theories (Gardner...

Restorative Policing can be seen as a set of principles or a philosophy rooted within the ideals and practices of Restorative Justice. It is not based on one particular practice or method but rather builds on the concept that by looking at crime through a different lens as articulated by Howard Zehr, criminal justice should seek to place the greater emphasis on those involved in an offence vict...

Historically, the church has affirmed the right of the civil magistrate in matters of capital justice. Contemporary culture, in contrast, is permeated with arguments against capital punishment. Even among those professing Christian faith, there is widespread opposition to the death penalty. As a trend, the ever-increasing role of the media in manipulating public sentiment in the face of pressin...

This paper presents a critique of rural education in South Africa. It starts by introducing the reader to the understanding of rurality. It then gives an expos of rural education in relation to sustainability, social justice, development and the need for creation of sustainable rural learning ecologies. It concedes that difference is an inherent, inevitable and indispensable feature of social e...

Abstract Emerging as it does from Europe’s age of total war, the European Union (EU) has a long-standing interest in promoting transitional justice. However, since this desire to become community justice remained implicit, been overlooked by much existing literature. Despite internal tensions between East and West, over last 20 years EU sought actively promote both ‘down’ onto its member states...

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 R I. The Importance of Public Truth-Telling and Acceptance of Responsibility to Victim Healing and Community Norm Change: Social and Psychological Perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 R A. Benefits to Individual Victims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32...

Background: Most women involved in the criminal justice system are not incarcerated, but rather on probation or parole. We examined the receipt of health services and social vulnerability among women on parole or probation in the past year. Methods: In a community-based sample of 776 women who use crack cocaine or injection drugs, we compared those who had been on probation or parole in the pas...