SOC201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Restorative Justice, Retributive Justice, Transformative Justice
9 Dec 2013
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Common-law system: creates law through court decisions rather than legislative or executive action: precedent: legal decision which establishes legal principles or rules, adversarial justice system: puts the victim and victimizer against one another. Retributive justice system: systematically punishing citizens who have been found to violate the law and created an imbalance in social order; an eye for an eye against the criminal. Restorative justice system: response to the wrongdoing that promotes mediation and healing the wounds of those affected by the conflict and crime; victims, offenders, communities: typically an alternative in non-violent crimes/crimes involving juvenile offenders. Largest challenge: how will offenders and victims be integrated into the existing system. Sentencing principles that provide reparations for harm done to victims and promoting sense of responsibility in offender. Recognizing special circumstances where opportunities can be given to better benefit in the victimizer"s rehabilitation. Time served in the community was both rehabilitative and restorative for reintegration into the community.
