SOC 3710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Retributive Justice, Weighing Scale, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
27 Oct 2016
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Restoratative justice: some models of youth justice. Crime control (get tough approach, severe punishment) Community change (alternatives to prison, think of it as a balance. Justice (protection of society, past and present) scale, crime and the community, it has to be in the middle: restorative justice model. Restitution (jail is the only solution for some persons) Tends to look at the impact of crime within the community itself: ties to the ycja: in principle. It allows for diversion in terms of different issues and for those that are not as serious. Conferences with a judge to determine appropriate measures. Historical bases (aboriginal communities have a long knowledge of this) Opposite of retributive justice, collective form of justice. Violations of social relationships in community disturbing the balance. Crime is a violation of the law and. Crime is a violation of people and relationships the state. Justice requires the state to determine blame guilt and impose pain punishment.
