PSYCH230 Study Guide - Final Guide: Restorative Justice, Psych, Dua

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH230
• Professor: John Rempel

Document Summary

Retribution (unofficial goal) - this is why victims aren"t part of justice system - might want revenge, hurt offender - Incapacitation: denunciation - make social statement, deterrence - more targeted towards potential offenders, not broad society. 4: reparation - not easy to achieve, rehabilitation - bring someone back to society so they can be a contributing member, promote personal responsibility - recognize accountability. Disparity in sentences people are willing to give out. Sentencing disparity can occur because so many different goals, some types of sentence cannot achieve all goals. Unable to control behaviour (psychiatric problem, depression, addiction) Taking personal responsibility - assumes person doesn"t want to continue crime. Shaping the attributional narrative - sexual harassment study: varied attractiveness of offender and victim (offender attractive/unattractive", same with victim). Lowest judgments of guilt: attractive male, unattractive female. Story: concept of restorative justice, relatively recent -