PSYCH230 Lecture Notes - Victimisation, Restorative Justice
Document Summary
Recent reviews with meta analyses of rj show: greater satisfaction with the process for both offenders and victims, greater offender compliance, lower rates of recidivism. Successful implementations of rj involve internal changes in the offender: feelings of acceptance and respect, more personal responsibility, fair treatment. Whole legal system is here to help us to work together cooperatively. Trust defined: the level of confidence people have that another person will be concerned for their welfare and act in ways that promote their best interests(rempel, 2003) How confident are you in something someone is going to do. May also see people differently in general losing trust in humanity: offenders will likely not trust their victims. Mutual distrust between victim and offender: rj emphasized relation person to person interaction. Offender anonymity leads to dispositional attributions: hate the offender, not just what the offender has done, offender can never be trusted. Rules of where he can go and who he can be with.
