CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Interpersonal Relationship
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Restorative justice is a fairly new perspective and social movement. It draws upon a wide rage of concepts and trends previously examined. It offers a holistic view of crime and society based upon: ideals of individual and community healing, restoration of peace and harmony. Many conservatives claimed treatment, rehabilitation, and preventive measures had not worked and were sometimes unjust. Instead, retributivists called for a (cid:498)just deserts(cid:499) approach. Braithwaite and pettit"s republican theory: republican theory challenges the retributivist perspective and goal-oriented approaches like utilitarianism, as theories of punishment usually fail to examine alternatives to traditional criminal justice approaches, a holistic approach is necessary. As indicators of the failure of adversarial justice, critics pointed to: high crime rates, high rates of incarceration, overrepresentation of aboriginals in prison, exclusion of victims and communities from justice decisions. Aboriginal leaders implemented restorative justice initiatives to engender emotional and spiritual healing within their communities.
