SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Restorative Justice, Victimology

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Ryan Broll

Document Summary

A problem-solving approach to responding to offenders. Based on the principal that criminal behaviour inures victims, communities, and offenders: all of these parties should be involved in efforts to address the causes of the behaviour and its consequences. Focuses on the needs of all of these groups. Immediate need: offender has to pay to fix window they broke. Primary objectives are to fully address the needs of the victim and to prevent reoffending though reintegration. Offenders are required to take responsibility for their behaviour: if you plead not guilty, you won"t be able to go through their justice system. Aims to create a community of support for the victim and the offender, and the long-term interests of the community. Police (pre-charge) crown (post-charge, pre-conviction) courts (post- conviction, pre-sentence) corrections (post-sentence, pre-reintegration, integration) Allow the victim and offender an opportunit to communicate with one another. Allows the offender to take responsibility for what they did and the consequence for their options.