Restorative practices

and Evaluation. The role of the program manager is to develop, facilitate, and aid in the evaluation of mini workshops at Rikers Island Jail’s facilities for men aged 16-17 and 18-21. The workshops utilize a social justice framework and restorative justice practices. Two workshops occur each week, one on Wednesday evening…

For adult populations, art can help individuals visualize the patterns within their relationships and their life that has contributed to their life of offending. To end the pattern of offending, individuals must first recognize the patterns that encouraged offending. Whether it was a relationship with their mother and father that has continued in their adult life or the interactions they have with friend’s art can provide a visual that they have otherwise been unable to see. For most…

Restorative justice focuses on rehabilitation of offenders through community involvement. Victims and offenders sit in front of each other and discuss the situation that occurred. While evidence suggests that “restorative justice is far more effective in rehabilitating offenders than incarceration”, it is still a controversial issue, especially in respect to domestic violence cases (Sottile 2015). This is mostly because women are seen as not “safe” when they are in a room with former abusers,…

through a victim 's perspective (Choi, Green, and Gilbert 337). Policies and practices for youth should fulfill more than entrapment and punishment, providing a firm rationale for restorative justice (337). Crimes committed by young individuals are often minor, first-time acts which can be mediated and addressed through the proactive administration of restorative rehabilitation, which often prevents recidivism. Restorative justice is a process where all parties involved in a particular offense…

Some systems use what is called a restorative justice program. In this type of treatment program, the main idea is using the community to help the teen see the problem with his behavior and then working together in the teens rehabilitation. There are several main ideas to the restorative justice programs. First is the idea that the crime that the teen committed is against someone (Restorative Justice, 2007). If the teen can see that he hurt someone, maybe putting…

Each of the stakeholders have a role to play within the restorative process in order for the healing to begin. For the victim, being victimized takes away a sense of control. In order to recover, the victim must regain that sense of social control, often through the emotional power given through a facilitated discussion with the offender (Morrison, 2016). Offenders on the other hand, must repair the lost trust with both the community, and the victim. In order to do so, they must take…

Stigmatizing an offender instead of the offender’s bad behavior or actions will only make the individual commit more crimes in society. Stigmatizing an offender for bad behavior, illustrates one form of shaming in reintegrative theory. If communities would practice reintegrative shaming, then offenders would not feel the urge to re-offend. They would not offend because they feel accepted by those in society. The reason’s offenders repeatedly commit similar offenses is because of the location of…

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affect sentencing at least not in the context of New Zealand, offenders will still face state punishment and as such RJ is just a waste of time. Though RJ and its processes are not free for limitations, RJ can act as a good alternative to other practices within the traditional justice system. Leverton (2008) suggests 4 principles which help strengthen RJ processes; 1. facilitator competence and impartiality 2. voluntary participation 3. physical , psychological and legal safety and 4.…

It can be used both proactively in strengthening the community by improving empathy and communication, and re-actively in responding to the crime and/or conflict (Restorative Justice Initiative, 2016). It is important to note that crime not only involves breaking the law but also damaging the relations among the community members. As such, Jones has not only breached the law by possessing and distributing methamphetamines…