APA Newsletters
Fall 1999
Volume 99, Number 1

Calls for Papers

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Contemporary Justice Review

Guest editors of a special issue of the Contemporary Justice Review, Gale Burford and Joe Hudson, are pleased to announce a call for papers on "The Restorative Justice Program as a Demonstration Project."

The editors are looking for papers that describe the operations of restorative justice programs (e.g., peacemaking circles, victim-offender mediation, family group conferencing, and victim-offender reconciliation programs), that illustrate how such projects embody restorative justice principles, and that show how such programs have implications for adoption elsewhere.

Papers accepted for publication will be expected to address the following:

(1) the restorative nature of the program and how it differs from a punitive or treatment response to harm;

(2) the eligible population of persons accepted for the program and the basis on which eligibility decisions are made;

(3) a description of the way the needs of all persons associated with the program are served, those responsible for the harm done, those who have been harmed, and the significant others of each;

(4) the key staff involved in the process, their roles, responsibilities and the nature of their participation in the restorative process from admission to discharge;

(5) the key implementation problems experienced by the program; and

(6) how the program demonstrates a potential for implementation elsewhere.

Those interested in contributing to the issue should send an abstract (fewer than 150 words) before March 1, 2000 to:

Gale Burford
Department of Social Work
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05405
Phone: 802-656-9661/8800
FAX: 802-656-8565

Those whose papers have been accepted will be notified by April 1, 2000. Final papers are due to the editors by September 1, 2000.