Evaluating Restorative Justice and Procedural Justice in Reducing Recidivism and Enhancing Social Order
A comparative analysis of restorative and procedural justice in reducing crime rates.
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Running Head: SOCIETY RESPONSE TO CRIME 1
Society Response to Crime:
Name:
Institution:
Is restorative justice useful in lowering the rate of recidivism?
Punishment of offenders is the traditional way of administering justice in the society.
This method was seen to serve the purpose of bringing justice to the offenders through
deterrence and denunciation of the suspects and criminals. However, the process of punishing the
offenders has been criticized for the manner in which it administers justice to the society. The
process is seen as having a way with the suspects, but the victims and the community do not
benefit from the service. This is because the process is suspect centered. This was where the
Society Response to Crime:
Name:
Institution:
Is restorative justice useful in lowering the rate of recidivism?
Punishment of offenders is the traditional way of administering justice in the society.
This method was seen to serve the purpose of bringing justice to the offenders through
deterrence and denunciation of the suspects and criminals. However, the process of punishing the
offenders has been criticized for the manner in which it administers justice to the society. The
process is seen as having a way with the suspects, but the victims and the community do not
benefit from the service. This is because the process is suspect centered. This was where the
SOCIETY RESPONSE TO CRIME 2
process of restorative was invented to help all the stakeholders in the justice system. This meant
that the process would be very helpful to the victims, society and the suspects themselves (Van
& Strong, 2013).
Restorative justice, therefore, is a step that seeks to include the corporation and the
victims in a procedure that pronounces and holds the offender responsible for the harms that
were caused by their actions or words. In most of the circumstances, the offenders are addressed
with the community and the victims to know what the story behind what took place. The purpose
of the meetings is to establish the conditions that made the offender carry out the crime. The next
step in laying down the causes of the offense is to look for possible solutions where the offender
can be assisted incorrect their faults and live peacefully with the members of the society. The
outcome of the meetings is the offender offering to make right their actions by participating in
the form of community service. The method of restorative justice has been used, and the actions
of the suspects and offenders are looked into by the law enforcement agencies to ensure that the
community service schedule is properly adhered to (Johnstone, 2013).
Restorative justice has a minimal percentage of influencing the character of the offender;
therefore it has a small capability of reducing the offender recidivism. According to research the
process had an impact on only three percent of the population of offenders who underwent the
program. The program was however very efficient for the adult suspects and criminals. The
provision of a form of community service to the suspects played an integral part in defining their
change in character (Johnstone, 2013).
A study done in the city of Winnipeg revealed the effectiveness of the people who
underwent the process of restorative justice. The suspects who underwent the process were
process of restorative was invented to help all the stakeholders in the justice system. This meant
that the process would be very helpful to the victims, society and the suspects themselves (Van
& Strong, 2013).
Restorative justice, therefore, is a step that seeks to include the corporation and the
victims in a procedure that pronounces and holds the offender responsible for the harms that
were caused by their actions or words. In most of the circumstances, the offenders are addressed
with the community and the victims to know what the story behind what took place. The purpose
of the meetings is to establish the conditions that made the offender carry out the crime. The next
step in laying down the causes of the offense is to look for possible solutions where the offender
can be assisted incorrect their faults and live peacefully with the members of the society. The
outcome of the meetings is the offender offering to make right their actions by participating in
the form of community service. The method of restorative justice has been used, and the actions
of the suspects and offenders are looked into by the law enforcement agencies to ensure that the
community service schedule is properly adhered to (Johnstone, 2013).
Restorative justice has a minimal percentage of influencing the character of the offender;
therefore it has a small capability of reducing the offender recidivism. According to research the
process had an impact on only three percent of the population of offenders who underwent the
program. The program was however very efficient for the adult suspects and criminals. The
provision of a form of community service to the suspects played an integral part in defining their
change in character (Johnstone, 2013).
A study done in the city of Winnipeg revealed the effectiveness of the people who
underwent the process of restorative justice. The suspects who underwent the process were
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