Restorative Justice System

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Restorative justice allows the offender to gather in a circle and interact with his or her victim in order to resolve the problem that has been created between the two young offenders. The article tells us that the kids that have done Restorative justice have either done really good or fine afterward. Taking responsibility for one’s actions can help heal both the offender and the victim. Restorative Justice actually cut down the percent of students being expelled in some schools. Restorative justice helps kids resolve their problems and forgive and forget about what happened.
Others may argue that many people are not for the idea of Restorative Justice in fact the article said ”...the University of Alberta in Edmonton Canada wrote a book

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