Introduction
Criminal justice is an important aspect in our society, which it functions to organize the public and enforce justice. Many criminal professionals have studied to identify the best possible criminal justice approach to handle criminal problems we face. As a result, professionals have developed the restorative justice as a new alternative for the retributive justice where it primary focuses on executing the punishments. Restorative justice has gained popularity over the past decades in our society that many criminal related institutions have developed programs that are based on the restorative justice framework. CoSA, or also known as Circles of Support and Accountability is an good example of the community program that is based on the concept of the restorative justice to resolve the problem arises by the crime committed and promote the peaceful criminal justice. Despite the rising popularity of adaptation of restorative justice, it is critical to question whether it is a really successful criminal approach, or is it really a suitable for our society. There has been many social debates and research …show more content…
Restorative justice is a simple but complicated term that possesses the powerful meaning. It encompasses a peaceful approaches to harm, conflict resolution, and violations of criminal justice and human rights( ). Rather than heavily relying on the law, restorative justice allows people, including victim, offender, affected members of community to engage in search of possible solutions that promote reconciliation, rebuilding, and repair of relationships(Gibert et al, 2013). Thus, general goal of the restorative justice is to repair, restore, rebuild the relationship between not only the victim and offender but including every individual in our
Criminal justice is an important aspect in our society, which it functions to organize the public and enforce justice. Many criminal professionals have studied to identify the best possible criminal justice approach to handle criminal problems we face. As a result, professionals have developed the restorative justice as a new alternative for the retributive justice where it primary focuses on executing the punishments. Restorative justice has gained popularity over the past decades in our society that many criminal related institutions have developed programs that are based on the restorative justice framework. CoSA, or also known as Circles of Support and Accountability is an good example of the community program that is based on the concept of the restorative justice to resolve the problem arises by the crime committed and promote the peaceful criminal justice. Despite the rising popularity of adaptation of restorative justice, it is critical to question whether it is a really successful criminal approach, or is it really a suitable for our society. There has been many social debates and research …show more content…
Restorative justice is a simple but complicated term that possesses the powerful meaning. It encompasses a peaceful approaches to harm, conflict resolution, and violations of criminal justice and human rights( ). Rather than heavily relying on the law, restorative justice allows people, including victim, offender, affected members of community to engage in search of possible solutions that promote reconciliation, rebuilding, and repair of relationships(Gibert et al, 2013). Thus, general goal of the restorative justice is to repair, restore, rebuild the relationship between not only the victim and offender but including every individual in our