Essays on Restorative justice

This paper investigates the ethical implications of retributive justice and restorative justice. Retributive justice supports the idea of proportional punishment for a committed crime, which is widely seen as morally acceptable. On the other hand, restorative justice seeks to address the needs of both victims and offenders. The question arises regarding which approach is ethically…

Within this essay l shall critically assess the extent to which the restorative justice programme called Circles of Support and Accountability provides a more just resolution of a dispute than that provided by traditional justice processes.The traditional UK Criminal Justice System focuses in dealing with crime in an extremely punitive manner and usually imprisonment seems…

Restorative Justice Wilkinson (1997) traces the origins of restorative justice to the earliest criminal justice systems, such as the Code of Hammurabi, wherein the victims were given duress in the implementation of punitive measures. However, the motivation for such measures was not for the process of rehabilitation but rather to prevent revenge or retaliation of…

Conference Community Sentencing for Juveniles The Conference Community sentencing for juveniles is a strategy which helps in the rehabilitation process for these criminals. This technique helps the juvenile see the other side of the picture and make amends accordingly. The problem that my intervention addresses is that whether these conference communities’ sentencing is actually working…

Often continue their criminal tendencies once released (Bloom, 1999). A more satisfying system of justice is needed, and with this in mind, reformers in the field of penology are looking at alternative forms of achieving justice. A restorative response provides one such option to the traditional retributive justice system which prevails in Canada today. The…