Restorative justice

This policy proposal includes a brief introduction of restorative justice particularly focuses on youth justice conferencing. This paper will explain the penoligical principles underlying in restoration, and discuss the strength and weakness of youth justice conferencing. Finally, this paper will conclude with recommendation for future practice. Restorative justice is a framework that recognises accountability and the need to repair harm caused to victims and communities impacted by crime. It…

Restorative justice is unlike the two previously mentioned theories of justice. While offenders are the priority-figures in the retributive and utilitarian theories of justice, individuals are the priority-figures under the theory of restorative justice. Therefore, a violation of the social contract is an aggression against society and individuals whom offenders aggressed against (Newmark, 2017c). Because offenders aggressed against society and individuals, offenders bear the burden of…

Myth (1) Restorative Justice is the opposite of retroactive justice, restorative justice focuses on repairing the harm caused by crime; retributive justice focuses on punishing an offence. Restorative Justice assumes the community members or organizations take a more active role, whereas retributive justice is the community which is represented by the state. Myth (2) Restorative Justice uses indigenous justice practices and was the dominant form of pre-modern justice: Restorative Justice has…

There are several constructive ways to resolve criminal violence. All of the ways are not characteristically similar. The more traditional way to solve criminal violence is punitive justice based on adversarial approach. However, another constructive system is conferencing as a form of restorative justice (RJ) where an informal dialogue is made between the participants. In this essay, the discussion will extend until the analysis of conference’s function, negative feature of prison, nature of…

people see justice in terms of punishment. A criminal can receive countless years in prison or even be assigned the death penalty. In the article, “The Restoration of faith,” Amitava Kumar shows how forgiveness and understanding can be a better solution than punishment when it comes to criminals. Kumar uses solid evidence and reasoning in his article to show the benefits of Restorative justice. Therefore, Kumar achieved his goal in writing a convincing argument for restorative justice in his…

this concept “restorative justice”. It is believed that instead of punishing these criminals, they must do, as they describe, “aims to repair the harm caused by crime”. The question is, can these methods be used anywhere else? The American correctional system should take some concepts of restorative into consideration because there is proof that restorative justice…

The Little book of Restorative Justice talks about victim’s problems and desires, and how offenders are responsible to put right those harms, and contain victims, offenders and communities in this method. Then, to make the meaning of restorative justice even more clearly, he clarifies why it is not mainly understanding, mediation, how it’s used for insignificant offenses, an additional use for the legal system, a substitute for prison, or the contradictory of retributions. Zehr also states how…

today’s justice system. Restorative justice may be one that you have not heard of before. Restorative justice is a type of rehabilitation that involves both the offender and the victim of a crime, which is beneficial to both parties. “Police have reported a 95% success rate for first-time offenders who participated in the same program” (Sault Star, 2013, para. 2). With a success rate like this, offenders and victims should take advantage of this system if opportunity arises. Restorative…

Restorative Justice and practices are being implemented around the globe and are becoming a powerful and effective alternative in responding to crime and conflict. People have been dissatisfied and are frustrated with the operation of the criminal justice system. In today’s criminal justice system, the idea of justice means imposing suffering on the offender to balance or compensate for the victim’s sufferings and losses. Although the criminal law aims to bring social order and peace, many…

One of the significant limitation in evaluating the restorative justice is the fact that there are no clear guidelines in terms of defining the “success”. For examples, does low-recidivism rates among participants of CoSA really represent the success of the program? or does positive personal report from the core…