Reparation

• Reparation often involves compensating the victim of the crime, usually by ordering the offender to pay a sum of money to the victim. This concept also includes making reparation to society as a whole, for example doing unpaid work in the community through a community order.
• There is also an increasing number of schemes that bring offenders and victims together, so offenders can make direct reparation. It can include writing a letter of apology, repairing any damage caused or meeting face to face to discuss the issues. This is known as restorative justice.
• Think Theory


  The left realist approach may see such punishments as a way of providing practical measures to reduce crime and produce a long term change to a more equal, caring society.