Restorative Justice: What´s Circle Justice?

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People figured out that normal punishment wasn’t working for schools so they are trying something called Restorative Justice that works. Circle Justice was invented by the indians and is starting come into the schools. Circle Justice is when the teachers, community members, or other students get in a circle and talk about their feelings and why they did and how they should forget. This is what the whole paper is going to be about. How it stopped girls from fighting in one school, how it reduced suspensions, and lastly how it makes kids feel bad and sorry about what they did.

Some people may argue that Restorative Justice doesn’t bring about the healing process because they shouldn’t be face to face with their victim. But in the article it

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