'Will the Circle be Unbroken?' : : Aboriginal Communities, Restorative Justice, and the Challenges of Conflict and Change / / Jane Dickson-Gilmore, Carol La Prairie.

Embraced with zeal by a wide array of activists and policymakers, the restorative justice movement has made promises to reduce the disproportionate rates of Aboriginal involvement in crime and the criminal justice system and to offer a healing model suitable to Aboriginal communities. Such promises...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]
©2005
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Deconstructing Community: The Theory and Reality of Communities in Aboriginal Restorative Justice
  • 2. Communities and Conflict: Offending Patterns and Over-Representation
  • 3. Severing the Gordian Knot: Efforts at Institutional Reform and the Rise of Restorative Approaches
  • Introduction
  • 4. Restorative Justice in Aboriginal Communities: Origins and Early Development
  • 5. Providing a Context for the Challenge of Community Justice: Exploring the Implications for Restorative Initiatives in Profoundly Disordered Environments
  • 6. Testing the 'Magic': Sentencing Circles in Aboriginal Community Restorative Justice
  • 7. 'Taking Responsibility': Conferencing and Forums in Canadian Aboriginal Communities
  • Introduction
  • 8. The Bottom Line: What Do We Know, and How Do We Know It?
  • 9. Forward Thinking, Looking Back: Where Do We Go from Here in Aboriginal Community Justice?
  • 10. Some Concluding Comments and Thoughts
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index