SOC 3710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Value Over Replacement Player, Vigilante, Social Stigma
SOC 3710
LECTURE 10
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
CONTINUED
1. Characteristics of RJ Programs
• Decrease the stigma: shame is positive; the act of crime is bad, not the
person
• When persons get accused they are left with the stigma and the label
given and have to constantly walk around barring it.
• Making sure you are not a bad person for your life.
• When you behave the way you are expected too, things start to
change.
• No favourtism is used
• Offender, victim and the community are interconnected – causing
crime within the community, disrupting the balance.
• Solve the issue by bringing everyone together in a large circle and
discussing what is possible
• Address the cause of crime
• Reintegration
2. Some examples of RJ
• Diversion -> trying to change its course and not making it be seen as
deviant, such as having a warning, letting them go with a written file,
or a bail hearing if the parents are on board as well.
• Protection of the public is a key concept here along with the method
of rehabilitation
• Anti-Bullying
• Conferences (text, such as those between families)
• Sentencing circles: developing a consensus among everyone who is a
part of the case. Being able to see one another’s face while discussing
dialogue. (Peace making circles are now established as well)
• Case of Judge Barry Stuart & R.v. Moses 1992 (Based in terms of the
rights of the Aboriginals in West of Canada) – jail time was best here
• Harold Gatsby and sweat lodges
3. Why should RJ be used?
• Various reasons
• Try to get a positive attitude towards rehabilitation (ex)
• View textbook for other reasons
4. Another Example: Kitchener, ON
• Mark Yantzi: pioneers Victim offender reconciliation programs
(VORP)
• Worked with population minorities due to his own race.
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