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Moving into the New Millenium: Toward a Feminist Vision of Justice:

M. Kay Harris
- 01 Oct 1987 - 
- Vol. 67, Iss: 2, pp 27-38
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In this article, the authors argue that conventional approaches to addressing such questions provide little promise for a significantly better future and offer a fundamentally different way of framing the issues, and explore what the next century might look like if a feminist orientation toward justice were embraced.
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*The author is an associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The terms of reference for this volume ask that authors address the following: &dquo;Given the political and social necessities of the criminal justice system, the probability of a continuing crime problem in the future, and the range of sanctions available, in what direction should the criminal justice system move in the next few decades? What do you think criminal justice should look like in the year 2012?&dquo; This article argues that conventional approaches to addressing such questions provide little promise for a significantly better future and offers a fundamentally different way of framing the issues. It explores what the next century might look like if a feminist orientation toward justice were embraced.

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Feminism and criminology

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Restorative Justice: Assessing Optimistic and Pessimistic Accounts

John Braithwaite
- 01 Jan 1999 - 
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TL;DR: Daly and Immarigeon as mentioned in this paper review the major streams of activism and social thought that have made restorative justice a popular idea, consider the implications of its popularity as a social movement, and identify ways to move the idea forward.
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Feminist Engagement with Restorative Justice

TL;DR: Feminist engagement with the idea of restorative justice (RJ) takes several forms, and this article maps five areas of theory, research, and politics, including theories of justice; the role of retribution in criminal justice; studies of gender in RJ processes; the appropriateness of RJ for partner, sexual, or family violence; and the politics of race and gender in making justice claims as discussed by the authors.
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Sexism and the war system

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors integrate feminist scholarship with peace research to draw attention to the fundamental relationship between sexism and militarism, and see an unhealthy imbalance of male principles in modern society, leading to war, aggression, greed, and other embodiments of masculinity.
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New maps of development: new visions of maturity

TL;DR: The representation of the contrasting images of hierarchy and web derive from childhood experiences of inequality and interdependence which give rise to the ideals of justice and of care and yields a new mapping of human growth.