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Restorative justice is an approach to justice that aims to repair the harm done to victims. [1] [2] In doing so, practitioners work to ensure that offenders take responsibility for their actions, to understand the harm they have caused, to give them an opportunity to redeem themselves, and to discourage them from causing further harm.
Rehabilitation is the process of re-educating those who have committed a crime and preparing them to re-enter society. The goal is to address all of the underlying root causes of crime in order to decrease the rate of recidivism once inmates are released from prison. [1]
The RESTORATIVE JUSTICE (RJ) is a philosophy and a process whereby stakeholders in a specific offense resolve collectively how to deal with the aftermath of the offense and its implications for the future. It is a victim-centered response to crime that provides opportunity for those directly affected by the crime - the victim, the offender ...
Use of restorative practices is now spreading worldwide, in education, [46] criminal justice, [47] social work, [48] counseling, [49] youth services, [50] workplace, [51] college residence hall [52] and faith community [53] applications. Notably, restorative practices can and do serve as reactionary tools in these settings but have also been ...
Among other reasons, this is because the sentencing process is solely the domain of the judge who considers many more factors than harm to victims. Allowing suggestions on punishment or sentence can create a false hope of the eventual sentence and undermine the notion of restorative justice .
For example, Volunteers of America is leading a restorative justice process that, rather than putting kids in jail, puts them on the right track through some “tough-minded” homework.
The Justice Department (DOJ) alleges that since at least 2012, more than a quarter of the people due to be released from Louisiana prisons have instead been held past their release dates.
Therapeutic Jurisprudence also has been applied in an effort to reframe the role of the lawyer.It envisions lawyers practicing with an ethic of care and heightened interpersonal skills, who value the psychological well being of their clients as well as their legal rights and interests, and to actively seek to prevent legal problems through creative drafting and problem-solving approaches.