Restorative justice is based on resolving conflict and making everything connected to the crime whole again, thus healing the effects, restoring back to original condition, and making amends to all affected by the crime. Diversion is a means in which appropriate measures are put in place in-order to deter young people from travelling down the long path of the juvenile justice system. In this essay the key will be to explore links between youth work practice, diversion and restorative programs. This will be done by outlining and sharing key strength areas where youth work practice comes in contact with assisting young people in relation to restorative practice and diversion. In the later part of this essay the idea will be to outline where
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Keeping that in mind the key would be to work with the young person so that they have a greater and clearer understanding of the entirety of the situation. As youth workers we are constantly encouraged to work with the young person and not for the young person, this is done so that the young person is involved in the process and not kept out of the loop. It has been stated that the use of restorative practices helps to repair relationships between the victims, offenders and the community. The benefits of this are to restore social capital and bring peace back to the community. The use of restorative practices has been known to reduce crime, violence and bullying and is also extremely helpful with improving human behaviour as a whole. The key strengths include strengthening a civil society, providing effective leadership, restoring relationships and also aims to repair any harm caused by the offender. In addition to all of this it’s also just as important to remember that restorative justice is only suitable to certain cases, this means that the offender must take full responsibility of his/her wrong doings, they must feel remorse towards the victim, the seriousness of the crime has been taken into account and the general feelings that both parties have towards each other are also taken into …show more content…
“The informal practices include affective statements that communicate people’s feelings, as well as affective questions that cause people to reflect on how their behavior affected others. As restorative practices become more formal they involve more people, more planning, more time and are structured and complete” (Ted Watchel, 2013).
The Nine Affects framework states that “it is through the mutual exchange of expressed affect that we build community, creating the emotional bonds that tie us all together” (Ted Watchel, 2013). This is best described by maximizing the positive affect and minimizing the negative affect. We function best when all affect is expressed. The Nine Affects framework encourages people to express their feelings and build better relationships.
The Compass of Shame framework is worthy of special attention, “we all react to shame in varying degrees, in ways described by the compass. Restorative practices by their very nature, provide an opportunity for us to express our shame, along with other emotions and in doing so reduce their intensity” (Ted Watchel,
Keeping that in mind the key would be to work with the young person so that they have a greater and clearer understanding of the entirety of the situation. As youth workers we are constantly encouraged to work with the young person and not for the young person, this is done so that the young person is involved in the process and not kept out of the loop. It has been stated that the use of restorative practices helps to repair relationships between the victims, offenders and the community. The benefits of this are to restore social capital and bring peace back to the community. The use of restorative practices has been known to reduce crime, violence and bullying and is also extremely helpful with improving human behaviour as a whole. The key strengths include strengthening a civil society, providing effective leadership, restoring relationships and also aims to repair any harm caused by the offender. In addition to all of this it’s also just as important to remember that restorative justice is only suitable to certain cases, this means that the offender must take full responsibility of his/her wrong doings, they must feel remorse towards the victim, the seriousness of the crime has been taken into account and the general feelings that both parties have towards each other are also taken into …show more content…
“The informal practices include affective statements that communicate people’s feelings, as well as affective questions that cause people to reflect on how their behavior affected others. As restorative practices become more formal they involve more people, more planning, more time and are structured and complete” (Ted Watchel, 2013).
The Nine Affects framework states that “it is through the mutual exchange of expressed affect that we build community, creating the emotional bonds that tie us all together” (Ted Watchel, 2013). This is best described by maximizing the positive affect and minimizing the negative affect. We function best when all affect is expressed. The Nine Affects framework encourages people to express their feelings and build better relationships.
The Compass of Shame framework is worthy of special attention, “we all react to shame in varying degrees, in ways described by the compass. Restorative practices by their very nature, provide an opportunity for us to express our shame, along with other emotions and in doing so reduce their intensity” (Ted Watchel,