PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Meta-Analysis, Restorative Justice
16 Mar 2016
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Imposition of a legal sanction on persons convicted of an offence. Restorative justice: an approach for dealing with the crime problem that emphasizes repairing the harm caused by crime. Based on philosophy that when victims, offenders, and community members meet voluntarily to decide how to achieve this, transformation can result. A sentence must be proportionate to the gravity of the offence. A sentence must be proportionate to the responsibility of the offender. A sentence should not deprive the offender of liberty if at all possible. Absolute discharge: the release of an offender into the community with no conditions out in place. Reparation: making amends for wrongfulness, and a sentence where the offender has to make monetary payment to the victim/community. Fines: sentence where offender has to make a monetary payment to court. Community service: a sentence that involves the offender performing a duty in the community, often way of paying off fine. Conditional sentences: sentence served in the community.
