scholarly journals Toward a Culturally Competent Restorative Justice Practice Framework: A Focus on Asian Americans

2009 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung Jin Choi ◽  
Margaret Severson
Keyword(s):  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
Practice Framework ◽  
Justice Practice

Aligning Policy to the Mental Health Needs of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marguerite Ro ◽  
Wendy Ho
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Mental Health Policy ◽  
State Mental Health ◽  
Pacific Islanders ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Mental Health Workforce ◽  
State Mental

This paper examines federal and California state mental health policy as related to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. A brief review of several pertinent issues is presented: the mental health status of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, culture and stigma, insurance coverage and utilization, and the mental health workforce. Recommendations are suggested to address issues of data and research, culturally competent services, and accountability of existing policies.

Practical Wisdom and the Ethic of Care in Probation Practice

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 60-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn J Gregory
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Ethic Of Care ◽  
Practical Wisdom ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
Client Relationship ◽  
Reflective Practitioners ◽  
Justice Practice ◽  
Justice And Care

In 2003 the author interviewed 15 experience probation officers from one probation area about the nature of their work as probation officers. These participants had trained in an earlier ‘clinical mode’ of practice, when rehabilitation was to the fore and casework methods were still enshrined in practice. Now they found themselves in a ‘punitive managerialist’ mode of practice. The study found that the participants, through the use of their skills as reflective practitioners, resisted the worst excesses of punitive managerialism and continued to practice in a way that balanced the demands of justice and care. This article looks at their commitment to the worker-client relationship and suggests that it is consonant with an approach to probation practice based upon the desistance paradigm, which in turn fits within a restorative justice framework for criminal justice practice.

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