Touching Spirit Bear Connection The book “Touching Spirit Bear” by Ben Mikaelson reminds me of the real world. The part of the book i am relating to is when Cole Matthews was extremely hungry but ignored that necessity and just went to the shore to drink water as much as he would need to pee and be full but of water. Later that day, Cole went to the shore and saw seagulls, he realized that they were eating a fish, Cole was absolutely STARVED so he scared the seagulls away and ate a half seagle eaten fish. I can relate this to the real world because Cole Matthews was persevering himself, through a lot if that was anyone in this class i can guarantee they would not survive or persevere as much as Cole Matthews did.…
Cole Matthews, in Touching Spirit Bear, is a normal looking kid with a few exceptions. He wore blue jeans and a shirt. “His blue jeans, heavy wool shirt and jacket…”p.5. Cole has dirty blond hair and is a 15 and a young looking kid. ”He was an innocent-looking, baby-faced fifteen-year-old…”p.5…
Circle Justice is a Native American form of justice that seeks healing and forgiveness. Some positive things about of Circle Justice is that the criminal can change his ways, may it be forced or chosen, but the criminal can’t change unless he accepts it. Another thing is Circle Justice can help heal the rift between the bully and the victim like Cole and Peter. The criminal is also getting a second chance of fixing his mistakes instead of going to jail. (Circle Sentencing:…
Cole’s Profile In the book, “Touching Spirit Bear” by Ben Mikaelsen, Cole Matthews is a bad boy. He’s a 15 year old baby faced child who has been in trouble with the law half his life. His father whips him with a belt whenever Cole sets him off while his mother just stands there watching. Because of that, he has let his anger out on everyone and everything else.…
The theme of Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikaelsen is that everyone can change. This is because The main character, Cole, is bullying a lot of kids and is not very nice, after he touched the spirit bear he noticed how beautiful the world was. Peter was attempting to commit suicide and he also feared Cole, later they started to trust each other. “I want to help you carve the blank space on your totem that you saved for your dance of anger. ”(Mikaelsen, Touching, 239).…
What is Circle Justice,” you may ask yourself. Circle Justice is a form of Justice that is used on criminals or juvenile delinquents. Instead of sentencing the criminal or juvenile delinquent it puts them in a healing circle. Before a person can have a healing circle they form a pre-circle. At this circle a judge, policemen, and a lawyer.…
Justice should use the malefactor’s background information to give a more unique and specialized punishment that will help him/her to reform more effectively. The same type of punishment doesn’t work for everyone. The criminal can receive punishment that will allow them to take place in society again. The novel “Touching Spirit Bear” by Ben Mikaelsen provides a form of unique and specialized punishment in the form of Circle Justice. Circle Justice takes into account how Cole Matthews feels other people have lost trust and faith in him.…
The Circle Justice system helps by reducing repeat offenders this way this criminal may be able to live a good life still without going to jail and spending years on end in jail. This also gives more satisfaction to both the victim and the offender than the normal justice system. And this way some victims are afraid that the offender will go and attack them again if the offender is let go this system reduces post trauma stress of the victim.…
It is important for juveniles to know that teachers and school administration do care about bullying in their school. RJ provides an opportunity for the students to meet outside of the potentially adversarial company of their peers. The meeting may bring to the surface underlying issues that lead to the bullying in the first place. It can also help to repair the relationship between the students that has been damaged during the course of the bullying. Restorative justice helps students become more self-aware by considering their own actions and how it impacts other people.…
A brief review of the book “The Little Book of Restorative Justice,” by Howard Zehr, is based upon one idea, how should this society respond to wrong doings and what should be done with the victims and offenders? The book begins by telling us that the criminal justice system is not meeting the needs of the people with in that system, ultimately the system is failing however there still may be some good qualities. Zehr expresses that, “restorative justice is an attempt to address some of the needs and limitations,” (3) and by doing this he first tells his audience what restorative justice is not, to give us, his readers a better understanding of what it really is. Also to you could say that he does this so we can have a stronger foundation while learning what, The Little Book of Restorative Justice,” is and not being completely biased…
Restorative justice techniques have existed in indigenous communities for many years, even predating retributive justice practices. The focus on community-based justice and the process of healing was essential for the existence of smaller, cohesive societies. This practice is not limited to smaller groups of people. Restorative justice has grown in popularity within the last half of a century, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was on the forefront of the paradigm shift of the way modern civilization views and evaluates our current justice system. Retributive justice is the most common practice today.…
1. What is the mission of corrections? The mission of the corrections has traditionally been to implement court-prescribed sentences for criminal violators or to carry out the sentence of the court. 2.…
Circle Justice vs US Criminal Justice System Circle justice involves a circle with police, lawyer, judges, community members, victims, offenders to help all people involved with the crime to heal. Circle justice strengths • Promoting healing for all affected parties. • Promoting and sharing community values. • Addressing the underlying causes of criminal behavior. Circle justice weakness •…
Justice is a term that people use to describe as an act or behavior that represents the good people present to others and themselves. It serves as a moral high ground that people strive to be, although sometimes these thoughts can be twisted into its opposite and cause pain, anger, and other negative emotions and acts arise within people. This pain erupts into what is known as injustice and is the epitome of what people should not strive for due it bringing so much negativity. It is a moral choice that no one what’s to make due to the label that it puts on them making them into monsters in the eyes of others due to what they believe could have been done. Although, in some cases, injustice is sometimes the best choice in the matter if one is…
Introduction: Restorative justice is the idea that harm caused by a crime can be repaired (Wallis, 2007) and that the victim and community can be restored to how it was previously, rather than resorting to punishing the offender…