Restorative justice

• alternative to prison - reduces prison population
• Communication with victim through letters, payment, face to face sessions
• offender to understand the effect of their offence. understand an take responsibility
• Watchel and McCold- justice need victim reparation, offender responsibility and community reconciliation . at least 2!
• Victim to have a voice and express effect of the crime
• Compensation from offender
• victim feel taken advantage of since offender don't get time in jail
• prison doesn't address needs of victim
• Reduce prison population
• Offender show no remorse
• Shame or embarrassment for offender
• Not always wanted/ suitable
• financially- payed for by offender
• beneficial UK - 85% satisfaction rate form victim for range of different crimes
• Avon + Somerset- 92.5% satisfaction on violent crimes
• Better than court
• Reduce reoffending
• Sherman + Strang- reviewed 20 face to face meetings. UK/US/AU 142 males- violent property offences lower reoffending 11% vs 34% if had short sentence
• Peace circles in community (respectful) support victim and offender