Pub Date : 2021-02-09DOI: 10.1080/10282580.2021.1884978
M. Riley, T. Prenzler, S. Douglas
ABSTRACT The investigation of complaints against the police is important to law, order and justice. The public expects high ethical standards from its police service and when breaches occur, complaints often follow. How the police respond to complaints can influence the trust and confidence that underpins the civilian-police relationship. This paper examines some of the key issues faced by police services in the management of complaints and reviews the effectiveness of mediation as a measure to rebuild relations. The Los Angeles and New York City Police Departments were selected for the study because there are very few civilian-police complaints mediation programs in operation and these sites had reports on the public record that indicated some success. A qualitative case study approach was used, incorporating public source material and interviews with key informants. The findings show that the inclusion of external mediation in police complaints systems offers complainants a transparent, impartial and often restorative mechanism to resolve complaints. However, any perceived conflict surrounding the independence and equity of the mediation vendor can engender police and complainant mistrust in the process. As such, ongoing public and police education on the aims, process and benefits of mediation is required to sustain its use.
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Pub Date : 2021-02-09DOI: 10.1080/10282580.2021.1881894
Matthew P. Gawley, M. Cuellar, S. Coyle
ABSTRACT Authoritarian school safety measures have become commonplace in efforts to promote safety in today’s schools. This paper attempts to examine the effects of student engagement with authoritarianism in schools using self-report survey data from students (N= 359) across eight high schools in one large, urban school district in the greater New York City area. With consideration of various frameworks for conceptualizing authority in schools, authoritarianism in schools is operationalized by student self-report of engagement between two time points in (1) random sweeps for contraband; (2) surveillance cameras; (3) metal detector searches; and (4) interaction with authority (i.e., school police). Findings suggest those who have increased engagement with authoritarianism in schools throughout the year report increased occurrence of engagement in maladaptive behavior. Concurrently, exposure to authoritarianism over the course of one school year is associated with student behavior, academic performance, and attendance in ways that vary for different racial and ethnic groups. Findings call for educators and administrators to consider and continually assess the effects of authoritarian practices on student performance when developing and implementing safety protocol in their schools.
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Pub Date : 2021-02-01DOI: 10.1080/10282580.2021.1881892
Taufik Mohammad, A. Azman
ABSTRACT The objective of this study is to understand Malaysian victims’ motivations for participating in restorative justice programmes via their views on three core elements of restorative justice: meeting and dialogue, reparation of harm and apology. In this mixed-design study, 63 Malaysian victims of crimes were interviewed. The findings suggest that, in general, there was a willingness to participate and that among the victims’ main motivations for participation were the desire to express their voice and to understand their victimisation. The findings of this study lay the groundwork for a new policy in Malaysia and contribute to understanding how restorative justice helps Malaysian victims of crime achieve well-being post-victimisation, as well how this can be achieved.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/10282580.2021.1891847
Conner Suddick
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/10282580.2020.1755846
Justin M. Smith
ABSTRACT Restorative, or strength-based, reentry has been advanced as an alternative to the far more common risk-based or needs-based approaches to assisting in the reintegration of prisoners back into society. Drawing from restorative justice principles of repair, including key stakeholders, and transformation, this perspective illustrates how formerly incarcerated people work toward destigmatization and redemption by helping others (going the ‘second mile’ in the transformation process). Further, the formerly incarcerated lead and participate in social and political activism (the ‘third mile’) which provides them space to ‘make good’ and practice sharing their narratives as public testimonials. Using in-depth interviews with nine formerly incarcerated advocates and activists in Michigan, this study describes forms of (1) helping others and (2) participation in activism among the formerly incarcerated, and (3) blends theoretical analysis about how these actions affect the formerly incarcerated themselves.
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Pub Date : 2020-11-23DOI: 10.1080/10282580.2020.1839714
T. Okosun
Despite the COVID pandemic, worsening global conditions, and populations surviving with less than a dollar a day or a couple of days due to deliberately constructed dispossessions and disadvantages...
尽管新冠疫情大流行，全球环境恶化，由于故意制造的剥夺和劣势，人们每天或几天的生活费不足一美元……
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Pub Date : 2020-10-01DOI: 10.1080/10282580.2019.1700374
Douglas B. Larkin, LaChan V. Hannon
ABSTRACTIn the United States, there is an urgent need to ensure that youth held in correctional facilities are provided with high-quality teachers while in the juvenile justice system. Drawing upon...
在美国，迫切需要确保在青少年司法系统中被关押的青少年能够获得高质量的教师。借鉴……
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Pub Date : 2020-10-01DOI: 10.1080/10282580.2019.1700365
Tsuey-Ping Lee
Justice is perceived divergently by the stakeholders of revitalization projects for the community experiencing environmental injustice. Weaving different conceptions of justice into revitalization ...
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Pub Date : 2020-10-01DOI: 10.1080/10282580.2019.1700370
A. Fallon
Over the last few decades, scholars in the conflict resolution field have begun to appreciate religion’s role in promoting the values, beliefs and practices of peace and nonviolence. Though scholar...
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