In “A Prosecutor's Vision for a Better Justice System” by Adam Foss, there are many important points that comprised of his talk. The main point that Foss talks about is prosecutors having life altering changes on others in the criminal justice system yet not understanding the consequences that being in the system creates and not understanding the people there in the first place. Foss believes that prosecutors need to do a better job when it comes to pinpointing the problems that people in the criminal justice system and creating solutions to these problems other than deterrence. More often than not, people are commiting crimes that Foss believes is predictable behavior that could be prevented by adequate help. Instead of prepping for trials …show more content…
According to Graef, people talk to others with the assumption of how we interpret communication and that they understand what we are trying to say. However, this is wildly not the case as many things can cause people to misunderstand our communications. There can be misunderstandings, not only with language but also with body language. Caribbean boy are taught to avert their eyes when an elder is talking to you to be respectable, but elsewhere that would be considered rude and cause Carribean boys to have a much higher expellusion rate than white boys. Another example that Graef brings up is the obvious language barrier. Graef works with the Metropolitan Police in London and there are an estimated 320 language groups but only about 140 of those groups are able to be translated from inside the department. This leaves about 180 groups without any form of proper communication and this is especially troubling if they enter criminal justice system. One important point Graef makes is the idea of people assuming that others understand what they mean. Graef argues that our criminal justice system is based on the assumption that hard punishment will deter others, and will “send a message”. The criminal justice system is hard on punishment to communicate to the offenders what they did was bad, but this assumption is not conveyed to the offender. Instead the offender will believe they are being treated unfairly, go into denial, and shut out communication from the system. Therefore the system is not working to deter crime, and the poor communication does not allow for rehabilitation. Instead of a courtroom and those proceedings, Graef believes that restorative justice, a rehabilitation program to reconcile with the victims of their crimes, allows for people to find a common ground. Courtroom proceedings are just opposing