Evaluate Methods of Modifying Behaviour - Restorative Justice Flashcards
Evaluate effectiveness from the victim’s perspective…
The UK Restorative Justice Council (2015) reports 85% satisfaction from victims in face-to-face meeting with their offenders
Reports covered a large range of crimes, where the police force in Avon and Somerset reported 92.8% satisfaction
Dignan (2005) stated that victims claim greater satisfaction when cases go through mainstream courts
Evaluate effectiveness in temrs of reduced offending…
Seeks to reduce offending
Lawrence Sherman and Heather Strang (2007) reviewed 20 face-to-face meetings in the US, UK and AUS, where it led to an 11% reoffending rate compared to the 37% reoffending rate in those that only went to prison
Evaluate effectiveness of selecting which offenders and victims…
Never applicable to all offenders/victims
However, Howard Zehr (2002) stated that it can take place in the absence of the offender
Not suitable for all crime and some victims may decline the offer of restorative justice, suggesting that it can’t be a global solution for offending behaviour
Evaluate ethical implications from the victim’s perspective…
Victim may feel worse afterwards as psychological harm may be caused, as the victim may feel that the criminal showed no empathy, causing a loss in self-esteem and may lead to the victim feeling taken advnatage of
Evaluate ethical implications from the offender’s perspective…
Can lead to abuses of power, where victims gang up on the offender or shame them, meaning that programmes need to be carefully balanced and ensure benefit to both victim and offender, and avoidance of harm
Evaluate social implication of financial implications…
Key aim is to reduce prison population by reducing reoffending
The UK Restorative Justice Council said that reduced reoffending means that £8 is saved fro every £1 spent on restorative justice
May have substantial finanicla benefits for the community
Evaluate social implications for a wider approach in the community…
‘Peace circles’ are a programme developed in communities where violence and crime levels are high, which fosters and environment of respect so that the community offers support to victims of crime and also welcomes the offender into the circle
