Restorative Justice Vs Rehabilitation

Initially, once a prisoner rehabilitates, the person can re-enter society and live normally. In most prisons, there are rehabilitative programs in place to help the prisoners recover from criminal behavior. Some prisons make more of an effort to ensure prisoners rehabilitate before he or she can return to society. The more offenders get treatment for their criminal behaviors, the less likely the person will reoffend (Irwin et al.). To begin to understand restorative justice, one must understand what it means to break the law. He or she must also understand what all crime entails and how it effects everyone around the offender. Retributive justice does nothing to help the offender recover from crime, nor does it stop any criminal behavior. On the other hand, restorative justice helps the prisoner or offender recover from criminal tendencies and re-enter society as a normalized citizen. …show more content…
Prison institutions should systematize the use of restorative justice programs and increase the use of rehabilitation. Restorative justice is more effective than retributive justice because it is better to help and reinforce offenders rather than use punishment for their crimes. Prison often take the retributive justice route and ultimately pay the price when the crimes continue to be committed. Retributive justice does not reduce recidivism; this process actually raises the rate