An abundance of non-traditional justice programs have been implemented throughout the United States‚ Canada‚ Europe‚ New Zealand‚ Africa and Australia. Many are considered restorative in nature; however‚ these programs may not fully conform to restorative principles. The scope of this paper will be on those programs that have adopted the aforementioned principles. That is to say‚ the empirical results that are discussed in this section are from programs that attempt to restore the relationship between
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Restorative justice is a framework for juvenile justice reform that seeks to engage victims‚ offenders and their families‚ other citizens‚ and community groups both as clients of juvenile justice services and as resources in an effective response to youth crime. It focuses on the needs of the victims and the offenders‚ as well as the involved community‚ instead of satisfying abstract legal principles or punishing the offender. Victims take an active role in the process‚ while offenders are encouraged
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Restorative justice is an approach to justice that focuses on the needs of the victims and the offenders‚ as well as the involved community‚ instead of satisfying abstract legal principles or punishing the offender. Restorative Justice approaches to crime date back thousands of years. The word restorative justice has appeared in written sources since the first half of the nineteenth century. In Restoring Justice –An Introduction to Restorative Justice‚ Daniel W. Van Ness and Karen Heetderks Strong
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After working as a judge in New Zealand and seeing the disconnect between the youth and adult justice system‚ Fred McElrea (2007) put forth a proposal which takes on many ideas the CYPF Act succeeded in and extends many practices already used. At the heart of the proposal is the idea of restorative justice. Restorative justice is referred to as the process of acknowledging the harm that has been done and how to best rectify the harm and prevent future wrongdoings (McElrea‚ 2011). It brings together
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victims do seem to agree on is the benefit of the restorative drive of the process. Restorative justice can guide responses to a wider range of conflicts‚ including conflicts that do not involve an actual violation of law. The restorative justice philosophy as applied to schools views misconduct as a violation against people and damaging to relationships in the school and throughout the community. Whilst participation in a Restorative Justice process or program may be taken into consideration
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Restorative justice can only be effective if those who participate feel comfortable with the process. Often‚ crime related trauma requires a grace period before victims feel “comfortable” with opening lines of communication. Furthermore‚ it appears as though victims respond more positively to the process when information is presented to them rather than having to see it out themselves. In regard to protective and proactive approaches to restorative justices‚ researchers found that victims of serious
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Restorative Justice Robert Ledferd CJA/244 May 5‚ 2014 Eric Burke Restorative Justice Introduction: The two thing that most victims of a crime have in common is that they want to know who committed the crime and why. In addition many victims may desire to meet and confront the offender to get some closure or justice. In some cases this is made possible via restorative justice process. This process is all about bringing the victim and the offender together
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Restorative Justice Nathan Garrigan CRJ340/Restorative and Community Based Justice January 25‚ 2013 Patricia Goforth Restorative Justice Restorative justice has been gaining ground since 197 when it was used in a case in Canada. This practice allows the victim to meet face to face with the offender and possibly release some anger and move on from the incident. After gaining more ground‚ today we see Victim Offender Reconciliation Programs across the country trying to help victims after a crime has
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Brianna Register June 8‚ 2014 Restorative Justice What is Restorative Justice? Restorative Justice is a theory of justice that emphasizes repairing the harm caused or revealed by criminal behavior. Restorative Justice is used to bring people together to agree on how to respond to crime‚ this action is called encounter conception of restorative justice. Restorative Justice focuses on many of things these are just a couple of things: Harm Individuals most affected by the crime Responsibility
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rehabilitation‚ and restorative justice. Sometimes punishment advances more than these goals. At other times‚ a punishment may promote one goal and conflict with another. Justice means attaining a position in which the conduct or actions of individuals is considered to be fair‚ right and appropriate for a given circumstance. Restorative justice is a theory within the criminal justice system that focuses on crimes against an individual or community and not the state. Restorative justice recognizes the
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