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Final Report

Transforming Relationships Through Participatory Justice November 2003




Table of Contents
Letter of Transmittal

Preface

Acknowledgments

Executive Summary
    The Current Experience of Participatory Justice

    Restorative Justice and Consensus-based Justice: Common Elements, Critiques and Concerns

    The Future of Participatory Justice
Part I - Introduction and Overview
Chapter 1 Introduction
    1.1 Restorative justice, consensus-based justice and participation
    1.2 Objectives and the challenges of this Report
    1.3 Organization of the Report
Part II - The Current Experience of Participatory Justice
Chapter 2 Participatory Justice in Criminal Law: Restorative Justice
    2.1 The context
    2.2 The policy framework
    2.3 Restorative justice processes
    2.4 Objectives of Restorative justice
    2.5 Core proces values for Restorative justice
    2.6 Summary: restorative justice - a focus on process
Chapter 3 Participatory Justice in a Non-Criminal Context: Concensus-based Justice
    3.1 The context
    3.2 Policy framework
    3.3 Mediation accreditation in canada
    3.4 Consensus-based justice processes
    3.5 The ojectives of consensus-based justice
    3.6 Core process values for consensus-based justice
    3.7 Summary
Chapter 4 Restorative Justice and Concensus-based Justice: Common Elements, Critiques and Concerns
    4.1 Points of convergence between restorative justice and concensus-based justice
    4.2 Common concerns
Part III - The Future of Participatory Justice
Chapter 5 Towards Participatory Justice
    5.1 Different types of conflicts
    5.2 Participatory justice in diverse communities
    5.3 Some conclusions
Chapter 6 Designing and evaluating Models of Participatory Justice
    6.1 The hallmarks of best practice in participatory process design
    6.2 Twelve guiding principles for the design of participatory processes
    6.3 Anticipating program evaluation
Chapter 7 Balancing the Role of Government and Community Autonomy
    7.1 Building on current participatory justice processes
    7.2 A proactive government role
    7.3 Striking a balance: autonomy, oversight and support
    7.4 Roles for government in the provision of participatory justice
    7.5 A partnership between government and communities
Part IV - Recommendations: Toward a Culture of Paticipatory Justice
Chapter 8 Recommendations
    8.1 Developing fair participatory processes
    8.2 A proactive role for government
    8.3 Strengthening a participatory culture
Conclusion

Bibliography




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