Restorative justice

Created by: Maya98
Created on: 03-06-17 12:14


	Restorative justice
	Advantages 85% satisfaction from victims perspective when taking part in face to face meetings 92.5% satisfaction from victims involved in violent crimes Sherman - 20 studies of face to face meetings, all showed reduced re offending. 11% re offending rates compared to control group with 37% re offending rates considers the needs of the victim and how to help them paid for by offenders - which is beneficial to community Peace circles help the wider community not only those directly involved.	Disadvantages not available to all offenders, only those who have admitted their crime but victims may reject the offer. therefore cannot be a global solution psychological harm may be brought to the victim especially if the criminal shows no empathy towards them which may result in a lowered self esteem additionally, the offender may be harmed, the victims may gang up on the offender which is especially dangerous if the offender is a child. victims may attempt to shame the offender which is not the aim of the process
	Evaluation I believe that this method is highly effective, especially as the offenders pay for the majority of the treatment not the taxpayer. However, I believe that the offender would need to attend therapy sessions, especially if the restorative justice is replacing their offending time, because it does not look to control their behaviour, only forces them to acknowledge it. Additionally, I believe this treatment would be more harmful for those involved in more serious crimes such as murder or ****. Furthermore, it would have to be means-tested on those who want to apologize and have shown feelings of guilt previously, as many criminal lack empathy and may not respond appropriately when around the victim.

Restorative justice

Advantages

85% satisfaction from victims perspective when taking part in face to face meetings
92.5% satisfaction from victims involved in violent crimes
Sherman - 20 studies of face to face meetings, all showed reduced re offending. 11% re offending rates compared to control group with 37% re offending rates
considers the needs of the victim and how to help them
paid for by offenders - which is beneficial to community
Peace circles help the wider community not only those directly involved.

Disadvantages

not available to all offenders, only those who have admitted their crime but victims may reject the offer. therefore cannot be a global solution
psychological harm may be brought to the victim especially if the criminal shows no empathy towards them which may result in a lowered self esteem
additionally, the offender may be harmed, the victims may gang up on the offender which is especially dangerous if the offender is a child.
victims may attempt to shame the offender which is not the aim of the process

Evaluation

I believe that this method is highly effective, especially as the offenders pay for the majority of the treatment not the taxpayer. However, I believe that the offender would need to attend therapy sessions, especially if the restorative justice is replacing their offending time, because it does not look to control their behaviour, only forces them to acknowledge it. Additionally, I believe this treatment would be more harmful for those involved in more serious crimes such as murder or ****. Furthermore, it would have to be means-tested on those who want to apologize and have shown feelings of guilt previously, as many criminal lack empathy and may not respond appropriately when around the victim.

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Restorative justice