Essay On Restorative Justice
Teresa Ison
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The process of transforming traditional justice into restorative justice is an important one, it will help our society grow from one that focus’ on punishing “bad people” to a society that realizes that the offenders who committed the crime are people that quite often need just as much help as the victims of their offenses. While punishing the offender for the crime they have committed is important in helping the victim seek justice, restorative justice helps each party recover from the offensive behavior that has been committed. In this paper the process of transforming traditional justice into restorative justice will be discussed and the pros and cons of this transformation.
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This kind of justice is the kind that you often see and hear about on the news, where a horrible thing happens and they take the believed offender to court so a judge and jury determine if he is guilty and what punishment is best suited for this particular situation. Traditional justice is very important because it helps determine whether or not a person is guilty before they are convicted for a crime and helps make sure the punishment is one that is fair. If the punishments are too severe it will just cause more civil unrest and disrespect for the society which will result in more crimes. On the other hand if the punishments are not severe enough the lack of perceived justice for crimes will result in a complete disregard for the rules of society, also resulting in more crimes. Traditional justice does have its flaws as well, because it does not involve the victim a lot in the process it is mainly about upholding the law and punishing the offender but once it is over the victim is left to deal with their emotional and material losses and it does not really give the offender a chance to talk to the victim one- on- one and express why they have done …show more content…
Because restorative justice encourages communication between the victim and the offender and offers both of them help not only does it help the victim heal and restore whatever damage they are suffering from whether it is physical, material, or emotional it can also help the offender. When a restorative approach to justice is applied it gives the offender a chance to heal as well, giving them the tools they need to prevent the offensive behavior from happening again and also give them a chance to deal with the emotions they are feeling regarding the offense they have committed and the effects it has had on the
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The process of transforming traditional justice into restorative justice is an important one, it will help our society grow from one that focus’ on punishing “bad people” to a society that realizes that the offenders who committed the crime are people that quite often need just as much help as the victims of their offenses. While punishing the offender for the crime they have committed is important in helping the victim seek justice, restorative justice helps each party recover from the offensive behavior that has been committed. In this paper the process of transforming traditional justice into restorative justice will be discussed and the pros and cons of this transformation.
To understand the importance of transforming …show more content…
This kind of justice is the kind that you often see and hear about on the news, where a horrible thing happens and they take the believed offender to court so a judge and jury determine if he is guilty and what punishment is best suited for this particular situation. Traditional justice is very important because it helps determine whether or not a person is guilty before they are convicted for a crime and helps make sure the punishment is one that is fair. If the punishments are too severe it will just cause more civil unrest and disrespect for the society which will result in more crimes. On the other hand if the punishments are not severe enough the lack of perceived justice for crimes will result in a complete disregard for the rules of society, also resulting in more crimes. Traditional justice does have its flaws as well, because it does not involve the victim a lot in the process it is mainly about upholding the law and punishing the offender but once it is over the victim is left to deal with their emotional and material losses and it does not really give the offender a chance to talk to the victim one- on- one and express why they have done …show more content…
Because restorative justice encourages communication between the victim and the offender and offers both of them help not only does it help the victim heal and restore whatever damage they are suffering from whether it is physical, material, or emotional it can also help the offender. When a restorative approach to justice is applied it gives the offender a chance to heal as well, giving them the tools they need to prevent the offensive behavior from happening again and also give them a chance to deal with the emotions they are feeling regarding the offense they have committed and the effects it has had on the