The Restorative Justice System

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I believe the restorative justice is an alternative approach in order to help improve our system. It is different approach to how our system is currently. It is a system in which everyone comes together to resolve what comes after the offense and what we are going to do about in the future instead of thinking about today. Offender should accept their actions they committed and see the wrongdoing of the crime. By making them see this and see how they have affected the community it allows the offender to reintegrate back to the

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