Restorative Justice Flashcards
Restorative justice is:
Values, aims and processes that attempt to repair the harm = reparation
Example of restorative justice:
Victim-offender mediation
Restorative justice is synonymous with:
‘Victim-centred justice’
4 Issues of restorative justice:
- Low level/less serious offences
- How does it fit with due process, proportionality, etc.?
- Government: interests of victims or cost/reoffending reduction
- Are victims more satisfied?
4 central tenets of a restorative framework:
- rejects premise that state is primary victim in crime
- individual= primary victim, state = secondary victim
- offender held accountable/responsible to victim
- restitution and apologising more important than punishment
Restorative V Traditional Justice:
- shared focus on dealing with harms created by crime
- RJ sees crime as ‘breakdown in relationships’
- higher victim satisfaction on average (RJ)
Restorative justice used widely for what type of offending?
Youth offending
(Restorative justice for victims) opportunity to express and have validated anger and pain enabling the need for offenders to…
Understand this
(Restorative justice for victims) victims need:
vindication and reassurance
(Restorative justice for victims) have a series of ‘needs’ created by:
Crime
(Restorative justice for victims) offender accountability may…
Help victim healing process
(Restorative justice for offenders) offenders held…
Accountable for crimes
(Restorative justice for offenders) required to acknowledge responsibility for:
Harm caused
(Restorative justice for offenders) given opportunity to:
Repair damage
(Restorative justice for offenders) offered path back to meaningful role in…
Community
Isolation = more offending
