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2015.
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In 2013, the Colorado legislature established four restorative justice (RJ) juvenile diversion pilot programs, in part to assess the efficacy of restorative justice to reduce cost. This is a preliminary study of operational costs saved from moving juveniles through the RJ pilots versus the pre-pilot status quo, which varied by judicial district. This report presents an analysis of the RJ pilot cost and an initial investigation into the juvenile justice...
7) Restorative justice evaluation report: an evaluation of programs receiving Colorado RJ cash funds
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Pub. Date
2017.
Description
During Fiscal Year 2016-2017, 327 youths in the funded restorative justice diversion programs began receiving services and 296 (91%) youths completed an RJ process. Further, 247 (83%) youths completed their restorative justice contract and the diversion program. Two-thirds of all youths (222) served were served by the three programs that had participated in the pilot. Fifty percent of youth served were female and 49% were male. Just under half of...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
In 2013, the Colorado legislature established four restorative justice (RJ) juvenile diversion pilot programs, in part to assess the efficacy of restorative justice to reduce cost. This is a preliminary study of operational costs saved from moving juveniles through the RJ pilots versus the pre-pilot status quo, which varied by judicial district. This report presents an analysis of the RJ pilot cost and an initial investigation into the juvenile justice...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
In 2013, the Colorado legislature established four restorative justice (RJ) juvenile diversion pilot programs, in part to assess the efficacy of restorative justice to reduce cost. This is a preliminary study of operational costs saved from moving juveniles through the RJ pilots versus the pre-pilot status quo, which varied by judicial district. This report presents an analysis of the RJ pilot cost and an initial investigation into the juvenile justice...
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1999-
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The Judicial Branch's Division of Probation Services annually prepares a report on recidivism among probationers. These reports use two definitions of recidivism: one that pertains to pre-release recidivism/failure (while still on probation supervision) and the second pertaining to recidivism post-release (after terminating from probation supervision). These are defined as follows: Pre-release recidivism/failure: An adjudication or conviction for...
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
This powerful, true story of faith and forgiveness shows that all of us are capable of experiencing the healing and renewal that comes with truly forgiving another. Change of Heart follows the transformative journey undertaken by Jeanne Bishop after the murders of her sister and brother-in-law, a journey that challenged Jeanne's belief in the message of Jesus on the cross and ...
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Pub. Date
2011
Description
After seeing an inmate interviewed on a television program Mary began writing to inmates in state prisons. A few years later in a prison visiting room she met Mark. Mark was twenty-five and serving twenty-to-life for a liquor store robbery that went bad and ended in murder. Mary, a college student, became enamored by the long and beautiful letters he wrote. She didn't know that this murder, the death of someone she never knew, would become a transforming...
15) Blue Ridge
Pub. Date
2020
Description
A murder in a sleepy town at the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains refuels a longtime feud between two of the community's most powerful families. The new sheriff, Justin Wise, finds himself in a race against time to solve the murder before 'mountain justice' takes over, and the townspeople take the law into their own hands.
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"The wrenching, and inspiring, story of a fourteen-year-old sentenced to life in prison, of the extraordinary relationship that developed between him and the woman he shot, and of his release after twenty-six years of imprisonment through the efforts of America's greatest contemporary legal activist, Bryan Stevenson. Here is the story of a poor black kid from the toughest neighborhood of Tampa, Florida, who at age eleven began "jacking" (stealing)...
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
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"What if social transformation and liberation isn't about waiting for someone else to come along and save us? What if ordinary people have the power to collectively free ourselves? In this timely collection of essays and interviews, Mariame Kaba reflects on the deep work of abolition and transformative political struggle." -- page [4] of cover.
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Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Teaching Peace introduces restorative justice with the story of how one community embraced this ancient practice and used it to transform their approach to justice - and found a framework for living rich and meaningful lives. By using restorative principles in daily life, we can learn to prevent most conflicts and resolve those that do occur in a way that honors the dignity of all parties. The 5R's are a gateway to enhance relationships with family,...