Restorative justice is an informal alternative; where the victim and offender talk about the offense together‚ addressing the problem and deciding what steps are next‚ with the intent of healing both parties in the process. Unlike criminal trials‚ the restorative justice model does not have established procedures or outcomes. Restorative justice offers a less-formal “solution” between the two parties and includes proponents that aren’t practiced in criminal trial. Questions can be asked and answered
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Criminal Justice Prospective Employers Jose Paez Valencia College The list of criminal justice career options is an exhaustive one where criminal justice careers‚ jobs‚ and law enforcement training‚ are continually growing. These positions in the criminal justice fields have different educational requirements. In the following I will research information on the hiring requirements of an entry level position of one Local‚ State and Federal Criminal Justice field. The first
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with no protection of their own. This is why criminal justice is so important‚ it is their for the people. It is their to protect and get justice. It is there for knowledge and for people who dont necessarily feel the need to know about the law and how important it is to understand its meaning. In the first few chapters‚ I learned that there are various types of crimes. Such as felonies and how serious the punishments are‚ Misdemenours and how the time is less severe. There is also occupational
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for criminal insanity). The defense team is responsible for proving that. The state of Arizona also uses the "Guilty but insane" verdict as well. I believe the reason the insanity defense is in place is to protect those that are mentally ill and commit crimes. I do think that the insanity defense should exist- even though only 1/8th of them are successful according to our readings. What I dont like about the insanity defense is declaring someone temporarily insane. I guess I dont see how someone
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TO PENOLOGY TERM PAPER CAN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE REPLACE THE EXISTING SYSTEMS OF JUSTICE? What is Restorative Justice ? Restorative justice is a way of thinking about crime and conflict. It is not a particular practice or type of program‚ but rather a philosophy‚ or a set of principles. The United Nations Working Group on Restorative Justice defines it in the following way: a process whereby parties with a stake in a particular offence resolve collectively how to deal with the aftermath of the
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victim is “a person who suffers direct or threatened physical‚ emotional or financial harm as a result of an act by someone else‚ which is a crime (University of the Pacific).” A victim may also be someone whose personal rights have been desecrated by criminal‚ violent or aggressive acts. Family and close friends of a person who has been incapacitated or killed as a result of a severe accident. Family and close friends of a person who has been injured or killed as a result of crime. Someone who has viewed
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After working as a judge in New Zealand and seeing the disconnect between the youth and adult justice system‚ Fred McElrea (2007) put forth a proposal which takes on many ideas the CYPF Act succeeded in and extends many practices already used. At the heart of the proposal is the idea of restorative justice. Restorative justice is referred to as the process of acknowledging the harm that has been done and how to best rectify the harm and prevent future wrongdoings (McElrea‚ 2011). It brings together
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I have aspired to be a police officer my whole life and found it only fitting to interview a Police Officer from the Northern Virginia area. The officer told me of his own aspirations to become a cop and it only furthered my motivation. He said his goal as a police officer was/is to make positive influential changes for his peers by protecting and serving his community to his fullest potential. Before returning back to patrol the streets‚ the officer was a Student Resource Officer (SRO) at Herndon
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Learning Objectives The concept of restorative justice has many different branches that one must understand in order to fully grasp the reasoning and objectives of restorative justice. There are many different theories that helped mold the structure and belief in the theory of restorative justice. In this paper we will discuss: - The differences between the structural theory of restorative justice and the instrumental theory of restorative justice. - The concept‚ as well as‚ the
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Draft The trouble with the laws these days is that criminals know their rights better than their wrongs. ~Author Unknown. I truly believe in this quote. Criminals know when they do something wrong they will get out of it with a plea bargain or they might not even step foot in the court room because someone else is already getting prosecuted for it. Courts and plea bargains go hand in hand these days. To me‚ I think plea bargains are not true justice‚ its laziness. According to BGA‚ there were 85
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