POLI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Restorative Justice, Margery Fry, Class Action
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Moves past the classical school to some extent: classical school believed that retribution and punishment that in itself would be a deterrent to crime. Restitution = personal compensation, state compensation or both. Restorative justice is a challenge for our own values rather than the criminal justice system. Over 4,000 years" old the notion of paying the individual back rather than society was already present. 3,700 years" old restitution in this as well not just about punishment although punishment was also present. Contemporary law crime is related to the state crime is a crime against society and a crime against the state crime against the queen. Margery fry use the victim rather than the state as the focus of crime and repayment and restitution. Mark yantzi: came up with idea that 2 drunk teenagers should meet with the people that they effected.
