CRMN 3040U Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Restorative Justice, Prison Abolition Movement, Transformative Justice
8 Mar 2020
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Lecture 2 history and restorative justice vs criminal justice. Eglash (1958): creative restitution was a psychologist. See the value of what they did and harm taking steps to make amends. Differences between cjs (retributive) vs restorative (repair relationships) New system that involves forgiveness, let go of residual hurt and pain. Different names and various definition resulted in patchy development, lack of consensus. Paradigm: broader perspective of reality how to handle crime and justice. Criminal justice: primary means of dealing with injustice is punishment. Consequentialist: punishment for another goal, looking at something else. Punishment is a part of restorative justice, but not central. Participants in rj practices are often more satisfied than cj. Encounter meeting the perpetrator of the crime does not happen immediately. Leave out formal authorities (most of the time) No formal safeguards meetings can happen anywhere. Liked added process control, feeling empowered, feels safer, control of dialogue. Reparation repairing the harm, specifically repairing relationships to all parties.
