Restoritive Justice
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?- Created by: Ciaran
- Created on: 19-04-15 18:17
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- Restorative Justice
- What is it?
- It involves the Offender, the Victim and the communiity
- Tries to resolve conflict, and repair harm
- Offender sees the damage they have done, tries to make it right
- Victim has the chance to tell offender face to face how they have been harmed
- Pro's and Con's
- Pros
- The victim needs to go back to normal life
- The offender needs to go back to the law-abiding life
- The community needs the damged caused to be restored
- Cons
- It relies on people engaging Voluntarily
- It relies on having a community in the first place
- Puts pressure on victim and takes a long time
- Pros
- How does it work?
- A trained, skilled mediator chairs the meeting
- Offenders apologizes to victim an d listens to victims story
- Offender agrees to some practical payment
- A line is drawn under the experience and both agree to move on
- Offenders can recieve
- Counsiling
- Help to find a job
- Addiction counsilling
- Anger Management
- Does it work?
- 75% of victims are satisfied by the end
- Many felt less angered, less afraid and emotionally healed
- Mediation has helped offenders as well as putting them off offending again
- What is it?
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