Circle Justice Introduction: Is there a better way to make the healing process more effective? Is there a better way to punish people for making mistakes that affect other people? They key to these questions is Circle Justice. Circle Justice is an important thing that we should use more in our communities, it could be an effective way to help the healing process. Circle Justice is a Native American form of justice that was originally used in Canada that uses the form healing instead of regular punishments such as prison, jail, etc.. To learn more about Circle Justice read on... Point 1: A great example of Circle Justice and why we should practice it is in the book Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen. In this book the main character Cole Matthews made a mistake by affecting Circle Justice has been practiced in the United States. The only US state to use circle justice and even then in very rare cases. It also gives the offender a chance to think and make changes to what they did. Therefore, in some cases Circle Justice could actually be a healing process and help heal everyone. Point 3: My last example of why we should practice Circle Justice people in the community a chance to have a voice in situations too. Circle Justice is a community directed process, along with the criminal justice system. Circle Justice can be used for both adult and juvenile offenders. One of Circle Justices main goals is to build a sense of community and to solve conflict and make sure that everyone’s voice in the community is heard. Conclusion: There is a way to make the healing process more effective with Circle Justice. Circle Justice can actually be used and provide a sense of healing for everyone. It also makes sure that the community has a say. In conclusion, I hope that I have taught you more about Circle Justice and how we can practice Circle Justice
Circle Justice is a Native American way of justice. It seeks healing in contrast to punishment. Unlike jail Circle Justice helps heal your soul and helps figure yourself out. Also it helps with your inner peace and helps you become respectful to others. Disadvantages of Circle Justice include possible breaches of confidentiality. Some people feel that criminals are not punished equally or fairly under the Circle Justice philosophy. Circle Justice requires the criminal
Restorative justice system could be in the form of circle sentencing. In this system, all of the parties involved are present which includes: a judge, prosecuting council, defense council, police officer and community resident facing each other in a circle. Though the offender will still be punished, this serve as some form of rehabilitation and reconciliation between the offender and the
The purpose of this paper is to examine why the justice system fails for First Nations persons and alternative rehabilitation methods used by Aboriginal people, comprised of Aboriginal people, for Aboriginal people, in hopes to rehabilitate offenders and prevent criminal behavior in the Aboriginal community from precontact to today. Through the attempts of Aboriginal people to take control of their own destiny’s in the ever going struggle to attain self-government I will examine the aims and structure of one of these alternative rehabilitation methods, the Sentencing Circle used today to address the need to return to community based “Restorative Justice Programs” in the Aboriginal community
Students that have been labeled “delinquent” need help in beating the odds to become successful adults. As C. Ogletree discusses article, Total Reform for a Broken System, a program needs to be created that includes family involvement and support to create concrete goals and means for students to achieve them, in the aim of becoming successful students throughout each school until graduation. It is a great goal for school institutions to strive in changing students’ behavior for the better, giving them a fair opportunity in education. Not to single out those of low-income homes, race, or learning disabilities. It should be the goal to get to the heart of misbehavior that is introducing so many students into the juvenile justice system. School institutions need to be place of supportive and structured learning from day one. Students enter school as young children, for the first time away from parents, relying on educators to guide them throughout their day. School Institutions should look for a positive approach that emphasizes on individual strengths to promote learning. The restorative circles program is having been introduced into school systems as an alternative to the zero tolerance policies. It creates an involvement of communication between all parties in any issue. Whether it be good or bad, it offers support for students to discuss issues and ideas, opening a line of communication between parents, teachers, and students, which will be key a student’s
Also Plato and Thucydides incorporate the concept that justice is helping one's friends and harming one's enemies. Polemarchus, in The Republics, states that he agrees with Simonides' maxim that it is "just to give each what is owed," (Plato, 331e). This leads to Polemarchus' assertion that that justice is doing good to friends...
A growing number of probation officers, judges, prosecutors as well as other juvenile professionals are advocating for a juvenile justice system which is greatly based on restorative justice. These groups of people have been frustrated by the policy uncertainty between retribution and treatment as well as unrealistic and unclear public expectations. As a primary mission, the balanced approach or policy allows juvenile justice systems together with its agencies to improve in their capacity of protecting the community and ensuring accountability of the system and the offenders . It enables the youths to become productive and competent citizens. This guiding philosophical framework for this policy is restorative justice as it promotes the maximum involvement of the community, victim, and the offender in the justice process. Restorative justice also presents a viable alternative to sanctions as well as interventions that are based on traditional or retributive treatment assumptions. In the policy proposal for restorative justice, the balanced approach mission assists juvenile justice system in becoming more responsive to the needs of the community, victims, and the offenders . Therefore, this paper considers how restorative justice reduces referrals of juveniles to criminal and juvenile justice systems and gives a proposal on the implementation of restorative justice in the community together with a number of recommendations. For instance, preliminary research reveals that application of restorative justice in schools significantly reduces school expulsions, suspensions, and referrals to the criminal justice systems. Restorative justice programs are an alternative for zero-tolerance policies for juveniles or youths .
A. Community Justice and Restorative Justice –Restorative justice is an alternative to traditional court processing in that it seeks to involve offenders, victims, and ...
There is some theoretical ambiguity in the meaning of Restorative Justice in spite of the many definitions and studies done on the subject. Restorative Justice has been defined as “an ethos with practical goals, among which to restore harm by including affected parties in a (direct or indirect) encounter and a process of understanding through voluntary and honest dialogue.” It is primarily concerned with the reinstatement of victims to life before the crime, restoration of the Offender to a well behaved and lawful life, restoration of the injury caused to the community and the creation of a better society in the present and the future.
The basis came from Shelden (1999) which states that “youths’ exposure to the justice system may be more harmful than beneficial”. Moreover, It was believed that children who were diverted to community based intervention are less likely involved in future delinquency (Whitehead & Lab, 2001) In the book, Juvenile Delinquency: Prevention, Assessment, and Intervention; It highlighted that diversion is beneficial to the youth, community, and society. Furthermore, It also discussed that diversion fill the gaps of the formal juvenile justice system that diversion effectively reduced the labelling and stigmatization and the rate of recidivism. It also serves a deterrence, a net widening – where youth are given vast number of services rather than the prescribed number of service, and a balanced and restorative justice – where children are made accountable to their actions, to the community and the society as whole. One of the recommendations are to further improve the programs and services given to CICLs. It would also be better if they will be engaged in a community-based intervention. (Redding, et.al,
Since the beginning there has been many crimes that have had severe consequences. These crimes are crimes such as rapes, genocide, murder, and aggravated assaults (CITE). The Restorative justice system tries to help individuals that have committed some of these crimes. Some of the Restorative justice system founders are John Braithwaite, Howard Zehr, and Mark Umbret .The Restorative justice system emerged in 1970 (CITE). The Restorative justice system is a response to crime and wrongdoing that emphasizes the repairing of the harm that was created, recognizes the importance of victim, offender, and community involvement, and promote positive future behavior (CITE). Restorative justice is a response to what was considered to be an overly harsh
In an instant a life can be turned upside down. This happened to a women name Mildred. Mildred house was broken into and police were able to catch the offenders name David and Ed. For their crimes David and Ed need to make restitution to Mildred and to Mildred’s community. There were many effects that David and Ed caused by breaking into the house, and not just on Mildred. David was quick to admit to his responsibility and he decided to participate in the restorative justice process. Ed however refused to admit guilt for his actions and entered in the criminal justice process. These two processes have many differences. Because of these differences David and Ed will have different restitution. There are a lot of benefits to the restorative justice process. Because David chose to go through the restorative justice process it had many benefits for David, Mildred, and the community.
Rehabilitation, retribution, and restoration are seen as the three tenets of justice in Canada. Rehabilitation seeks to help the offender reintegrate into society, restoration focuses on the needs of the victim, and retribution solely looks to punish the offender. Regarding the incarceration system, it is crucial to acknowledge that cruel and unusual punishments doled out through retribution only hold society back from progressing and bettering itself.
Restorative justice is an alternative community based program for juvenile offenders. Instead of sending juvenile offenders to jail or punishing them, they are taught
McAlinden , A. (2011). Transforming justice: Challenges for restorative justice in an era of punishment-based corrections. Contemporary Justice Review, 14(4), 383-406.
As the purpose of restorative justice is to mend the very relationship between the victim, offender, and society, communities that embrace restorative justice foster an awareness on how the act has harmed others. Braithwaite (1989) notes that by rejecting only the criminal act and not the offender, restorative justice allows for a closer empathetic relationship between the offender, victims, and community. By acknowledging the intrinsic worth of the offender and their ability to contribute back to the community, restorative justice shows how all individuals are capable of being useful despite criminal acts previous. This encourages offenders to safely reintegrate into society, as they are encouraged to rejoin and find rapport with the community through their emotions and