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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.
Restorative practices has its roots in restorative justice, a way of looking at criminal justice that emphasizes repairing the harm done to people and relationships rather than only punishing offenders. [11] In the modern context, restorative justice originated in the 1970s as mediation or reconciliation between victims and offenders.
Notable ideas. Restorative justice [ 1 ] Howard J. Zehr (born July 2, 1944) is an American criminologist. Zehr is considered to be a pioneer of the modern concept of restorative justice. [ 2 ][ 3 ] He is Distinguished Professor of Restorative Justice at Eastern Mennonite University 's Center for Justice and Peacebuilding and Co-director ...
Restorative justice is a framework that focuses on repairing the damage from breaking a rule or committing a crime, instead of punishment.
The alternatives to imprisonment are types of punishment or treatment other than time in prison that can be given to a person who is convicted of committing a crime. Some of these are also known as alternative sanctions. Alternatives can take the form of fines, restorative justice, transformative justice or no punishment at all.
Transformative justice is a spectrum of social, economic, legal, and political practices and philosophies that aim to focus on the structures and underlying conditions that perpetuate harm and injustice. [ 1 ] Taking up and expanding on the goals of restorative justice such as individual/ community accountability, reparation, and non ...
As a criminologist, he is particularly interested in the role of restorative justice, shame management and reintegration in crime prevention.His book Crime, Shame and Reintegration (1989) [6] demonstrated that current criminal justice practice tends to stigmatize offenders, making the crime problem worse.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a court-like restorative justice [1] body assembled in South Africa in 1996 after the end of apartheid. [a] Authorised by Nelson Mandela and chaired by Desmond Tutu, the commission invited witnesses who were identified as victims of gross human rights violations to give statements about their experiences, and selected some for public hearings.