PACS202 Lecture Notes - Behavioural Sciences, Victims Family, Blood Atonement
4 Sep 2013
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From crime to punishment: crime, charge, plea, trial, conviction, sentencing. Restorative justice can happen at any stage. Sentencing circles take place after sentencing has occurred (aboriginal community) What is crime: things that harm others, breaking the law, what you don"t want people to do to you. As people experience the court system, movement comes up for modification to create a secondary impact of sentencing. It"s important that the offender recognizes what he did: power from saying it to start the healing process. Wrong is righted by inflicting similar harm. Punishment must maximize social good least amount that will deter (specific and general) Mid to late 20th century crime is an illness that needs to be treated therefore, offenders need to be reformed some shift towards victims (mostly towards $ cost of crime) offender should pay debt to society and victim. A re-orientation of justice : reaction to cjs.
