JSB171 Chapter Notes -Retributive Justice, Distributive Justice, Social Inequality
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A number of concepts surround the notion of justice", for example: fairness, equality, harm, and inclusion/exclusion. These related concepts will be discussed, and will provide a broad overview of what. Justice" actually refers to, and how it relates to social institutions and the criminal justice system. Despite our efforts and commitment to equality and justice, inequality and injustice still occur, and do so in ways that are not always individual in character. Will explore how inequality arises and whether or not social inequality impacts the criminal justice system. Barcalow (2004) suggests three parameters of justice: that we treat equals equally, that we treat people the way they deserve to be treated, that we treat people as they have a right to be treated. This way of thinking involves the moral idea that humans have inherent and deserved equality an idea that has formed the basis of modern understandings about human rights.
