PACS202 Lecture Notes - Restorative Justice, Crown Attorney, Domestic Violence
16 Dec 2013
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Crown attorney look at the situation and decide whether or not it needs to go through trial. That there are a lot of potential for possibly resolution outside of court. Divert it and send it to restorative justice hey do you want to mediate. Agreement goes back to crown attorney, case never ends up going through court. Success rate tends to be greater than ones that goes through court system. Restorative justice is a vehicle that can help divert cases from going through. If does not want to, take it to plea the court. Can dealing with something before someone gets charged. An alternative approach to deal with conflict when its criminal cases. From connection to isolation, stigmatization and shame. Judge is accountable, and tend to comply less to the orders placed upon them. Damage to self (isolation, stigmatization and shame) Wrong is righted by inflicting similar harm. Least amount that will deter ( specific.
