Restorative Justice

Question 1

What are gladue factors?

Answer 1

Gladue factors were put into place to protect Indigenous peoples. They said that the background of the offender must be consider. They also must consider what colonial affect has been on the person.

Question 2

What are some Legal Indigenous Traditions?

Answer 2

Strategies through kinship networks
Sentencing circles
Retributive sanctions
Restorative justice

Question 3

What do sentencing circles do?

Answer 3

They promote reintegration by using community members

Question 4

What is restoratove justice?

Answer 4

emphasizes using collaborative processes to restore the harm caused by criminal behaviour.

Question 5

what are the key values of restorative justice?

Answer 5

Inclusion, accountability, safety, transformation, voluntary, Humanistic, interaction, holistic

Question 6

what are some challenges and limitations to Restorative Justice?

Answer 6

Easier to articulate than to practice.
works with some types of crime, but not others.
costs a lot of money.
takes a lot of time.