SOC209H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Victimology
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Chapter 13 restorative justice: an alternative approach to. Addressing harms and needs of victims, communities and offenders. Involving all those with a stake in the situation. Both the victim and the offender must be willing to participate. Alternative to incarceration for offenders who are willing to take responsibility for their behaviour and to compensate their victims. Circle sentencing collaboration and consensual decision making by community residents, the victim, the offender, and justice system personnel to resolve conflicts and sanction offenders. All the participants, including the defence lawyer, prosecutor, police officer, victim and family, offender and family, and community residents, sit facing one another in a circle. Generally only available to offenders who plead guilty. Challenges in restorative justice principles of restorative justice are unfamiliar. Conquering resistance by criminal justice and correctional personnel restorative justice initiatives there is no guarantee that residents will want. Overcoming limited community interest or capacity to participate in.
