We present measurements of diffuse interstellar H2 absorption lines in the continuum spectra of 10 early-type stars. The data were observed with the Berkeley Extreme and Far-Ultraviolet Spectrometer (BEFS) of the ORFEUS telescope on board the ORFEUS-SPAS I and II space-shuttle missions in 1993 and 1996, respectively. The spectra extend from the interstellar cutoff at 912 Å to about 1200Åwith a resolution of ~ 3000 and statistical signal-to-noise ratios between 10 and 65. Adopting Doppler broadening velocities from high-resolution optical observations, we obtain the H2 column densities of rotational levels J00 = 0 through 5 for each line of sight. The kinetic temperatures derived from J" = 0 and 1 states show a small variation around the mean value of 80 K, except for the component toward HD 219188, which has a temperature of 211 K. Based on a synthetic interstellar cloud model described in our previous work, we derive the incident UV intensity IUV and the hydrogen density nH of the observed components to be -0.4 ≤ log IUV ≤ 2.2 and 6.3 ≤ nH ≤ 2500 cm-3, respectively.

Restorative justice has the potential to significantly influence criminal justicepolicy, but only if understood as a policy alternative and not merely as a program. This means adopting a definition that lends itself to use in guiding public policy and to measuring the relative "restorativeness" of that policy as well as of practices or program. There are compelling reasons to adopt restorative justice as criminal justice policy, and lessons can be learned from the experiences of three countries that have, to varying degrees, adopted a restorative criminal justice policy. While legislation can entrench restorative justice, there are important reasons not to begin with legislation. The paper concludes with suggestions for countries considering use of restorative justice.

We review observational evidence bearing on the formation of a prototypical large spiral galaxy, the Milky Way. New ground- and space-based studies of globular star clusters and dwarf spheroidal galaxies provide a wealth of information to constrain theories of galaxy formation. It appears likely that the Milky Way formed by an combination of rapid, dissipative collapse and mergers, but the relative contributions of these two mechanisms remain controversial. New evidence, however, indicates that initial star and star cluster formation occurred simultaneously over a volume that presently extends to twice the distance of the Magellanic Clouds.