...I do believe that restorative justice techniques are practical due to the fact that everyone deserves a second chance being able to rejoin society as a rehabilitated person is what everyone wants now some of the process I do not believe work properly. For instance punishing someone for their wrong doings does not always show an effect as it does on others, but it only allows them to learn how to better themselves on how to improve on what they were convicted on and when they are locked up they hear stories of what others were locked up for and want to try to see if they can do it better. Now not in every case is this true but it is proven that 72% of offenders are willing to repeat their mistakes and 36% of that group do it before the first week they are released. Now not putting down the restorative system but I do believe it needs improvement but has a lot of potential and seems to be doing somewhat of a decent job for some people, but a person needs to want the help for rehabilitation before they go through the process. And once they accept that they want to be rehabilitated they then move on threw the 10 steps of restorative justice. For instance they actually have programs like the ARJ (Abbotsford Restorative Justice) who steps go like this: Step One After discussing the incident with both the victim and the one accused of the crime, the police officer refers the case (if appropriate) to Restorative Justice. In the case of a minor, this will also be discussed with the youth...
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...Restorative Justice May 26, 2014 CJA/224 The three components that make up the restorative process are mutual, voluntary consent to participate, meeting in a mediated setting and follow-up. First component of the restorative justice process is mutual. Both the criminal and the victim must be agreeable to meet without pressure or coercion from anybody. In fact, the simply principle for whether a felonious difficulty must be well-thought-out for restorative justice processes is whether the victim and criminal have developed to the procedure. Only if both parties decide to arbitrate will the process happen. The second component of restorative justice process is the meetings in which the facilitator will meet separately with both the victim and the criminal. During these meetings the facilitator hears from both parties what occurred and in what way the crime has affected individuals and families. The facilitator defines the procedure and the objectives of facilitation and replies to any inquiries that both parties may have. The final component is the follow-up process. Once an agreement has been prepared by the law breaker that will be overseen, they have a trend to implement the agreement. When contracts are preserved, the lawbreaker is requested to a get-together, with or without the victim at the victim’s select, to explain his or her intentions. The scenarios in the case study demonstrates how the crime had consequences to the community past mischief to the...
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...RJ City and Restorative Justice This is the story of two men who burglarized a house. This story is fictional and the sole purpose is to provide insight into restorative justice. This piece will illustrate the restorative justice process with how, it works and how this process differs from contemporary criminal justice. Housebreaking Activities On one seemingly normal afternoon two men decided to break into a house, and to establish whether or not the residents were present they knocked on doors. They knocked on one door, and as expected there was no answer resulting in the young men choosing this house to burglarize. Upon entry the two quickly searched the house for items, which are easy to carry and sell. Upon their exit they left with the loot without regard for the residents or how they felt once they returned to discover they were burglarized (Van Ness, 2009). The Resident Returns The resident, Mildred, an elderly woman was out visiting her daughter, Betty, and upon her return discovered she was a victim of housebreaking. She knew she was burglarized because she resided alone as a widow for the previous two years, and she immediately contacted the police via 911 (Van Ness, 2009). Upon arrival the investigator, Officer Randy, immediately clears the house to ensure the perpetrators were not still in the residence. John, the neighborhood victim support coordinator arrived, and provided Mildred with information on Rj City and how these crimes are handled. The information...
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...Restorative Justice Rose Stevens CJA/224 June, 16th, 2014 Restorative Justice Restoration is one of the goals of the criminal justice system. The idea of restoration is to restore the criminal and the community affected by the crime. Restorative justice stems from the idea of restoration. Restorative justice is different than retributive justice. In this essay I will discuss the restorative justice process, the difference between restorative and contemporary justice, and how restorative justice worked for the RJ city case study. Restorative Justice Process Restorative justice deals with "the need to compensate victims, the need to place appropriate responsibility on the criminal offender, and the need to attempt the reintegration of the offender with the community" (Schmalleger, Hall, & Dolatowski, 2010, Chapter 14). The way we used to view crime was like a violation against the state. We now understand that crime also violates an individual. The idea of restorative justice is to restore the victim and the criminal instead of just the criminal. There are three main processes involved in the restorative justice system. There are restorative circles, restorative conferencing, and victim-offender mediation. Restorative Circles Restorative circles are meetings that include the offenders, victims, friends and families, interested members of the community, and some representatives of the justice system. ("Restorative Justice Online", 1996-2014). There is a facilitator...
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...Restorative Justice J Al CJA/224 June 11, 2013 According to Restorative Justice Online (RJO, 2014), “ Short descriptions of the three main processes most often identified with restorative justice: restorative circles, restorative conferencing, and victim-offender mediation” (RJO, 2014, para. 1). Restorative circles are meetings held in a community facility that is attended by victims, offenders, family, friends, and even people from the community that are interested. Representatives of the justice system are usually in attendance as well. The facilitator is referred to as a “keeper.” His or her job is to keep everything in place. The participants in the meetings take turns to address their issues pertaining to the crime. The purpose of the circle is to eventually have a constructive outcome. The purpose of restorative conferencing is to have the offender and victim have a meeting together and make things right. There is also a certified facilitator that gives both the victim and offender a chance to speak. The process includes three conferences. There is the pre, actual conference and the post. The pre-conference prepares the victim and offender for the actual conference. The actual conference is there to try to have an agreement between the two. The post conference is there to assure that the agreement between the victim and offender is still in tact. The facilitator’s goal is for the victim and offender to have mutual respect. According to Restorative Justice...
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...Restorative Justice Jamie Gibson CJA/224 June 17, 2013 Don Kelly Restorative Justice The restorative justice program is a new way to deal with crime besides the conventional criminal justice process. This program is used in several countries other than the United States and even in the United States it’s only used in certain cities. The restorative justice programs involves several steps to resolve crime problems with the hopes of ending crime and making things right between the criminal and people that they harmed in the process. The restorative justice program involves several steps to help reduce crimes. Restorative justice conferences are normally led by two facilitators and attended by the people harmed the people responsible and the respective support group of each side involved. The face o face meeting can be led by either one of the two facilitators and are attended by the people harmed and the people responsible. The shuttle dialog involves a facilitator acting as a go between for the persons harmed and the persons responsible. The police restorative warnings involve the persons responsible and their support persons meeting with a trained officer for a short meeting with the support group of the person responsible. The restorative family group conferences are attended by the person responsible, members of the family, support persons, and professionals. In this conference the views of the people harmed are represented at the conference and if they wish, they...
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...“Privatizing conflicts”. Concerns with restorative justice Table of content Introduction 2 1 The appeal of restorative justice 3 2 Privatizing conflicts 5 2.1 Legal sphere concerns with privatizing conflicts 5 2.2 Feministic concerns with privatizing conflicts 8 3 Underexplored pitfalls 11 Conclusion 12 References 14 Introduction This paper is written within the framework of the master course ‘Restorative Justice’. It aims to be an academic reflection on some of the concepts educated throughout these classes.[1] The literature on restorative justice is extensive and therefore the case for it will not be made again here. Basic notions will not be repeated in this paper. The majority of criminologists already accept the letdown of the current criminal justice system on certain accounts; problems have been solidly exposed and opponents of restorative justice have been constantly defending the need for their rationale. Perceived advantages are well-known and have been documented soundly. But this work attempts to look beyond the reform minded and optimistic spirit that most of the restorative body of thought (rightfully) carries. Certain less obvious aspects of the theory might be underconceptualized, overlooked or taken for granted. Taking the concern of some more critical authors that restorative justice processes ‘privatize’ conflicts as a starting point, it will be explored whether or not this privatizing...
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...Restorative Justice as a Concept Restorative justice (RJ) attempts to bring together and bridge the gaps between the victim, the offender, and an outside representative to discuss the harm of the crime to all levels of the community. The implied goal of the practice is to reach an equitable victim and community centered agreement through deep listening and understanding. Restorative justice in practice manifests as victim-offender mediation, dispute resolution mediation, community panels, restitution, and more. Critics say that while restorative justice does not work through formal, external force it works through careful, persistent encouragement of the instalment of an inner conscience which bids the individual act in accordance with the...
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...Restorative Justice Paper Luis Sanchez Life is about making wrong and bad choices, there is not a single individual on earth that was born with the appropriated knowledge of what is right and was wrong. No individual is perfect they are all equal and all go through struggle, and by struggling choices are being made whether are choices with appropriate behavior or inappropriate behavior. Some individuals know how to control themselves before a tragedy occurs, but most fail to control their temper and they violate the law, and by violating the law consequences are implement because justice must be obtain. Once an offender commits crime then it is more likely for the case to go to trial. The criminal justice system is the practices and institutions of governments directed at upholding social control. So when crime occurs the defendant will receive either a punishment or sentence. The criminal justice system and other systems that are against crime and inappropriate behavior are always on the side of the victim, because their goal is to obtain justice. The restorative justice is an approach to justice that focus on the needs of the victims and offenders, as well as the involved community instead of satisfying abstract legal principles or punishing the offender. Restorative justices involve both victim and offender and focuses on the personal needs. It is based on a theory of justice that considers crime and wrongdoing to be an offence against an individual...
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...The Restorative Justice Model aims to repair the harm caused by the crime through cooperative practices among victims, offenders, and the community. Primarily, restorative justice well-known target is the victim(s) of a crime. Through restorative justice the victim(s) can receive restitution or some kind of meditation. Many times after a crime victims are left to deal with the aftermath of the violation that was taken against them. Restorative justice model aims to bring the victim, their offender, and the community together in order to repair the relationships that were destroyed by the criminal act. Many times crime is seen as an injury that requires healing and it is important to repair it. Arguably, restorative justice model is an effective for Criminal Justice due it concept that justice is more efficient when the offender is confronted by the community and perform a service to the community. Paying restitution is also a common part of restorative justice model. This form of justice seems to seek more of a rehabilitation aim than an incarceration aim. Further, the Restorative Justice Model allows for different opportunities in areas outside the criminal justice system. Restorative practices have been developed as a means for practitioners to use the values and practices of the restorative justice approach. Under this model there are basic...
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...Restorative Justice Empowerment* Charles Barton** *Acknowledgements Versions of this paper have previously appeared in print as detailed below. The author acknowledges and thanks the relevant Editors for their permission to re-produce the article on the VOMA Web-Page: 1. The Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics, vol. 2, no. 2, 2000. 2. Just Peace?: Peace Making and Peace Building for the New Millennium. (Proceedings of a Conference held 24 – 28 April 2000, at Massey University, Albany, Aotearoa/New Zealand) Edited by Warwick Tie. Massey University Centre for Justice and Peace Development. (pp. 50 – 62). **Biographical Note Charles Barton is a professional philosopher and conflict resolution specialist who lectures and trains in Law and Morality, Professional and Applied Ethics, and Restorative Justice. He is a Lecturer in the School of Policing Studies, and a Research Fellow in the ARC Special Research Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, at Charles Sturt University, Australia. He is also a former Research Fellow of Massey University (NZ), and a current Visiting Fellow in the Key Centre in Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. Charles Barton is the developer and author of the Empowerment Model of Restorative Justice, which is based on a unified and comprehensive philosophy and theory of conflict resolution that makes Empowerment...
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...Jennifer Adisa CJ3100 A System of Juvenile Justice Steve Hundersmarck Ph.D. Module 2 Project August 8, 2011 The Paintball Case Study : Restorative Justice In reading the paintball case history through the court proceedings, the juvenile took a plea agreement with a maximum sentence of two years probation and 45 days of jail time. The alternative had he been tried as an adult was incarceration in prison for a term of two to eight years. I honestly believe that the outcome of a case like this in my community would rely heavily on a lot of outside social factors including race and social status of the individuals involved. If the juvenile was already on probation for something such as theft as did the defendant in the case study, I believe that would weigh very heavily on his chances of a lenient sentence as well. In fact I’m almost certain more jail time would be imposed. While socioeconomic status would play a role in my community in regards to the case outcome, I think if the juvenile showed remorse as did Justin in this case, that would be a major contributing factor to determining proper consequences. The media is always looking for remorse in criminals and openly expresses disgust for the lack there of in my town. I’d foresee a public outcry if a harsh punishment was imposed on someone who was genuinely sorry for their actions, especially a minor. The core values of restorative justice according to the text are (1) promote public safety and protection of the community...
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...Evans, C. R., Smokowski, P. R., Barbee, J., Bower, M., & Barefoot, S. (2016). Restorative justice programming in teen court: A path to improved interpersonal relationships and psychological functioning for high-risk rural youth. Journal Of Rural Mental Health, 40(1), 15-30. doi:10.1037/rmh0000042 In this artcle ( Evans et al, 2016) , diccussed the role of Restorative justice programs, such as Teen Court effect juveniles. In the Teen Court program juveniles offenders are encourage to understand the harm they’ve caused to the victim and their communities. Moreover, the opportunities that are given to offenders not only to give back to the communities but to also restore their relationships. The authors went on to example the different types of restorative justice programs offer to juveniles in the Teen Court. The examples of restorative justice programs include; peacemaking circles, community/ and family group conferencing and victim/offender mediation. The specific goals of the Teen Court restorative justice programs include changing problematic behavior through positive peer pressure exerted by a peer jury, decreasing the juvenile court’s workload, decreasing the negative effects of labeling juveniles as delinquents, increasing offender community involvement through community service, obtaining closure for victims, and reducing rates of crime and recidivism...
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...1) Define "Restorative Justice". Do you feel that this concept provides realistic and effective sentencing alternatives? I feel Restorative Justice does provide realistic and effective sentencing alternatives because it is believed that not only the offender gets to be restored but the victim and the justice process as well. One of their goals is to hold the offender accountable to help them to become productive, law-abiding members of their community. The Restorative Justice has an impact in the U.S. sentencing practices, but also it became influential international wide. 2) Define "Probation"! When do you feel this sentencing option can be a viable alternative to jail or prison? Probation is a release condition for a convicted...
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...Restorative Justice [Running Head]: Restorative Justice KaylinKirksey Mr. Jones 1/18/2012 Kaplan College- Sacramento Campus Restorative Justice Restorative Justice is a theory that stresses repairing harm that is caused by criminals and their behavior. Restorative Justice is seeing crime as more than just breaking the law; it also recognizes that crime affects families along with communities and relationships. With Restorative Justice it is important to bring the victim and their offender together in order for the victim to receive closure by discussing the crime and the aftermath of what the victim went through and what they are going through now. The victims need acknowledgement, to feel safe, and to be emotionally repaired, so that they can begin their healing process. It is also important for the community to help get to the cause of the conflict and solve the problem before it becomes criminal. To insure success with restorative justice it is important to bring everyone together in order to resolve the conflict and also understand what the problem is that caused the offender to respond how they did. It is also important not to lose sight of the victim, also to not ignore how they were affected by the crime. In other words it is important for the offender to recognize how they have affected the victim. The people, who should help them, recognize what the offender caused, is the victims themselves. The community needs to be able to...
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