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Restorative Justice
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Week Six and Seven Assignments
1) List two primary differences between retributive
justice and restorative justice.
- Problem definition: retributive justice
defines the problem as one between the "state" and the suspect,
while restorative justice defines the issue or problem as impacting
the victim, the community and the suspect.
- Context: the retributive justice system
defines the problems and issues very narrowly, while restorative
justice defines the issues in a much broader societal context.
- Process: the retributive justice system
defines the system as adversarial, authoritarian, technical,
and impersonal, while restorative justice defines the process
as participatory, maximizing information, dialogue and mutual
agreement.
2) What are the roles of the victim, community
and offender in restorative justice?
The parties participate in the decision as to who
committed the wrong or offense and how the offender is to be held
accountable. Each are recognized as important participants in
the process, but with different needs. The victim and the community
needs to be restored and the offender needs to be held accountable
and restored back into the community.
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