Papers by Elaine Shpungin
In the dawning of an age in which victim rights and victim-centred justice responses are gaining ... more In the dawning of an age in which victim rights and victim-centred justice responses are gaining momentum, inspiring nationwide debate, and giving birth to new legislation and action, we must, more than ever, consider taking sides. Indeed, if we are to truly improve the " justness " of our justice responses, we must seek neither neutrality nor partiality as our guiding motto, but take the side of every individual who comes within our custody, our care, our Circle, and our conflict community. This is because mounting research shows that victimization is socially constructed, imperfectly captured by our legal systems, obfuscated by contextual variables, and often shared by multiple parties in a conflict. Thus, uniting the reality of victim needs and the need for a more shared reality about victimization, this chapter calls for an increase in multi-partiality, an approach that allows us to speak up for not only " official " victims but all those who experience victimization when acts of harm occur.
PsycEXTRA Dataset, 2000
This empirical study concerns the authorship credit decision-making processes and outcomes that o... more This empirical study concerns the authorship credit decision-making processes and outcomes that occur among coauthors in cases of multiauthored publications. The 2002 American Psychological Association (APA) Ethics Code offers standards for determining authorship order; however, little is known about how these decisions are made in actual practice. Results from a survey of 109 randomly selected authors indicated that most authors were satisfied with the decision-making process and outcome with few disagreements. ...
Ethics & Behavior, 2007
This empirical study concerns the authorship credit decision-making processes and outcomes that o... more This empirical study concerns the authorship credit decision-making processes and outcomes that occur among coauthors in cases of multiauthored publications. The 2002 American Psychological Association (APA) Ethics Code offers standards for determining authorship order; however, little is known about how these decisions are made in actual practice. Results from a survey of 109 randomly selected authors indicated that most authors were satisfied with the decision-making process and outcome with few disagreements. ...
American Journal of Community Psychology, 2006
Power dynamics play an important and often unacknowledged role in restorative processes. At the s... more Power dynamics play an important and often unacknowledged role in restorative processes. At the societal level, variables such as race, gender, age, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status interact to create explicit and implicit biases towards members of some groups. At the restorative system level, unquestioned paradigms around the roles of victims, offenders, gatekeepers, and facilitators may contribute to inequitable access and procedures. Finally, at the restorative process level, facilitation and practices that limit participation and ownership may contribute to participant disempowerment. When power dynamics within these three levels interact and influence each other, they result in less restorative processes and outcomes for all. The chapter concludes with recommended strategies to counteract these power dynamics and increase the field’s alignment with its values of power-sharing, ownership, choice, and voice. These recommendations include: cultural competence education for facilitators, the standardization of the RJ process in relation to the victim-offender role, the elimination of RJ gatekeepers, the inclusion of community members and youth as facilitators and process co-creators, and attention to facilitation that maximally empowers participants to do their own restorative work.
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Papers by Elaine Shpungin