CRIM 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Moral Panic, Class Discrimination, Transformative Justice
14 Apr 2017
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All crime rates in canada are down, including violent crime and youth crime. Moral panic still rages as the public continues to be warned about new and fritening dangers and threats. Hegemonic: refers to beeif systems about power diffeences and how they are maintained and reinforce the interests of the powerful. Healing circles work outside the formal justice system and bring people together to solve problems before criminal incidents occur: they also provide support for people already serving sentences. Community peacehmaking circle is used in cases where criminal charges have been ro mgith be laid and usually take place as a pre plea form of conferencing usch as family conferencing. Transformative justice model: entails addressing the social inequalities that existed before a crime was committed. Issues surooounding crime are nto separated from issus of distributive injustice. Transformation cannot occur until people let go of their anger, their rage, their desire for revenge. Victims needs are central to the transformative model.
