Restorative Justice

Paper Summary:

The paper examines whether the use of restorative justice offers useful alternatives to our traditional criminal justice system, particularly from the point of view of the victims. The paper explores the difficulties with the use of these methods, what might render these methods into workable solutions and finally, what specific changes in the present criminal justice system would be necessary. The paper concludes that restorative justice has much to offer the victim, the community and the offender.

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Objective
Introduction
Community and Restorative Justice
The Victim and Restorative Justice
Summary and Conclusion
Recommendations for Future Research

From the Paper:

"The work of Mary P. Koss entitled: "Blame, Shame, and Community: Justice Responses to Violence Against Women" states that traditional retributive justice "aims for punishment of the guilty, whereas restorative justice is a new paradigm seeking victim-oriented criminal justice. Justice is adversarial when two sides of the case square off to uncover truth and affix responsibility by examining evidence through the questioning of witnesses." (2000) This is only one example of restorative justice as this type of alternative justice program is being explored and utilized throughout the court system however, this method of punishment is still fairly new in the criminal justice system."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Holder, Robin (2001) Domestic and Family Violence: Criminal Justice Interventions. Australian Domestic & Family Violence Clearinghouse. Issue Paper 3. 2001. Online available at: http://www.austdvclearinghouse.unsw.edu.au/Word%20Files/Issues_Paper%203.doc
• Kauzlarich, David (2001) Toward a Victimology of State Crime. Journal of Critical Criminology 10: 173-194, 2001. Kluwer Law International. The Netherlands. Online available at: http://professorhaydensmith.com/crju524/week2/Kauzlarich%20et%20al%20(2002)%20Toward%20a%20Victimology%20of%20State%20Crime.pdf
• Koss, Mary P. (2000) Blame, Shame and Community: Justice Responses to Violence Against Women. Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse. 2000. Online available at: http://www.mincava.umn.edu/documents/koss/koss.html
• McCold, Paul (1995) Restorative Justice: The Role of the Community. Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Conference, Boston, March 1995. International Institute for Restorative Practices. Online available at: http://www.iirp.org/library/community3.html
• Sherman, Lawrence W. and Strang, Heather (2007) Restorative Justice: The Evidence. Jerry Lee Program of Randomized Trials in Restorative Justice. The Smith Institute 2007. Online available at: http://www.smith-institute.org.uk/pdfs/RJ_full_report.pdf

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