CRIM 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Restorative Justice, Supermax Prison, Minimum Contacts
30 May 2013
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Back end: attached to an offender on parole. Allow offenders to remain employed and living at home. Fairly underused method of controlling people in canada. Keeps track of people in the community who require constant supervision or more specialized tracking. Used for offenders serving community sentences and for offenders on parole. An approach to justice based on the principle that criminal behaviour injures the victim, the offender, and the community. Although the term restorative justice encompasses a variety of programs and practices at its core is a set of principles, a philosophy, an alternative set of guiding questions. Ultimately, restorative justice provides an alternative framework for thinking. Debatable* removes the responsibility of the offence somewhere else. Is a replacement for a traditional court process. People who live in the community coming together and dealing with the issue. Grassroots- so the process can fit the situation. Lots of critiques, but decent amount of support for it.
