DEALING WITH OFFENDING BEHAVIOUR : RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

Question 1

what is restorative justice

Answer 1

system

dealing with offending behaviour

focuses on rehabilitation of offenders through reconciliation with their victims

Question 2

what does restorative justice enable offender to see

and do to survivors

Answer 2

impact of their crime and serves to empower survivors by giving them a voice

Question 3

what are the 4 subheadings

Answer 3

changing the empahsies

key features of the programme

sentencing and restitution

restirative justie council

Question 4

chagning the emphasis

Question 5

historically a perosn convicted of a criminal offence would have been regarded as commiting a crime against teh

Answer 5

state

Question 6

in constrast restorative justice programmes do what

Answer 6

switch teh emphasis from needs of the state (to enforce the law and punish)

to the needs of the individual victim( to feel compensated in some way and come to terms with the crime

Question 7

restorative justice seeks to be a x process

Answer 7

healing

Question 8

restortive justice is less about x and more about x

Answer 8

retribution

reparation

Question 9

what is retribution

Answer 9

punishing the offender

Question 10

what is reparation

Answer 10

repairing the harm teh offender has caused

Question 11

due to aims et out above what doesrestorative justice seek to focus on

(2 things)

Answer 11

survivor of crime and their recovery

the offender and their rehabilitation process

Question 12

how many key features of the programme are there

Answer 12

7

Question 13

what is key feature of the programme 1(supervision)

Answer 13

trained mediator supervises the meeting

Question 14

what is key feature of the programme 2 (locaiton)

Answer 14

non courtroom setting hwere offenders voluntarily meet with survior/s

Question 15

what is key feature of the programme 3 (tech)

Answer 15

can be a face to face meeting or conducted remotley via video link

Question 16

what is key feature of the programme 4( survivor)

Answer 16

survivor is given the opportunity to confornt th eoffender and explain how the incident affected them

Question 17

key feature of the programme 4 - what does giving the survivor the opportunity to ocnfornt he offender and explain enable

Answer 17

offender to understand the consequences of their actinos

including the emotional distress it caused

Question 18

what is key feature of the programme 5 (tenses)

Answer 18

its important that their is active rather than passive involvement of all parties in process wherever possible

Question 19

what is key feature of the programme 6 - focus

Answer 19

focus is on positive outcomes for both surviviors and offenders

Question 20

what is key feature of the programme 7 - others

Answer 20

other relevant community members may have role in the process e.g family

they may al wish to explain the effects of the crime

Question 21

snetencing and restitution

Question 22

restoratie justice mmay occur

Answer 22

pre trial

Question 23

restorative jsutie can function alongside …

or as an alternative

or as an incentive

Answer 23

a prsion sentence

as an alternative to prison (Especially if young)

as an incentive to reduce the length of a sentence

Question 24

in a traditional sense how is restitution seen

Answer 24

as a monetary pament by offendr to surviror for harm resulting fromteh offence

Question 25

in trad sense restituion is seen as a monetary payment so what may an offender do

Answer 25

make some financial resittutino to the surviror which may reflect psycholgical damage caused or actual physical damage cuased in the case of a break in for instance

Question 26

what another variation of resitution inr estorative justice

Answer 26

offender repairing damaged property tehmselves

Question 27

resitution or paying back can also be seen in what type of sense

Answer 27

eotional

Question 28

how can restitution be seen in an emotional sense

Answer 28

offender can support healing process by repairing and rebuilding survivors confifednce

Question 29

restorative justice council

Question 30

what is restorative justice council

Answer 30

independent body - establish clear standards for the use of restorative justice

and support survirors in and specialist professsionals in the field

Question 31

what does the RJC advocate

Answer 31

the use of restorative practice beyond dealing with crime

Question 32

RJC advoates restoratie jsutice beyond practice of dealinf with crime how can it be used elsewhere then

Answer 32

preventing and managing conflict in many areas e.g schools and workplaces