Restorative Justice

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This paper addresses the issue of restorative justice for juvenile offenders. According to this paper restorative justice emphasizes rehabilitation and stands as the long term goal of the juvenile justice system. This emphasis changed in the latter part of the twentieth century in response to an increase in violent crime by juvenile offenders. This paper argues that the restorative approach still has many benefits.

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"The high rate of juvenile crime necessitates a consideration of the different ways of coping with the issue and of dealing with young offenders. Different theories of justice prevail at different times, and two of these can be termed restorative justice and retributive justice. Stated simply, restorative justice emphasizes rehabilitation, while retributivist justice emphasizes punishment. The conflict between these two theories marks much of the history of American justice and continues to shape penal policies today. While restorative justice was long the goal of the juvenile justice system, the emphasis changed in the latter part of the twentieth century in response to an increase in violent crime by juvenile offenders."

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