CC211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Restorative Justice, Domestic Violence, Victim Blaming
Document Summary
Solution to crime lies in the community: notion of community, helping the victims. Social costs to family violence: how the community is responsible, healing the victim, helping the victim move on and reintegrate back into the community. Trauma, economic lost, divorce, loss time at work. Community role in enacting change: by not putting the person in jail. Family problems reflect the larger community problems: hallow water- 65% are abuser not talking about sexual abuse, generational issue. Root causes of why there is violence in the community. Legal authority (courts) is another method: formal by imposing a sentence. Problems with rehabilitation: programs are a forced nature, state of denial, accepting what they have done. Domestic issue: why is the law involved. More powerful- accepting their label and what they have done: destruction of relationships. Community is the source of moral authority: instead of the state coming in. Rj and solving root causes of family violence.
