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Restorative Justice:
With the research conducted between the years 1997 and 1998 in the United States and Europe shows that the rate of crime was high and the culprits were never given any chance to defend themselves whenever they appeared before the court of law. This made the courts to be full and the prisons to be overcrowded as criminals saw that there was no justice in their rulings. It is through this that the judges, probation officers, prosecutors, lawyers, advocates and the police sat down and came up with a program that would enable the culprits to defend themselves and to feel that justice has been practiced.
The adopted measures have been considered under the restorative justice dialogue, which has become a common practice. While there are four forms of restorative justice, the emphasis of these programs has been to always involve victims and offenders in dialogue. Most of these forms of restorative justice incorporate direct dialogues that are sometimes carried out face-to-face. These conversations are conducted in the presence of at least one third...
This process also enables the two parties to be able to reconcile and to enable the culprit to change his/her behavior. This implementation only took place in the courts in which the law breakers and the victims were given an opportunity to have a dialogue only if the two parties come to an agreement. From this dialogue the agreement was put down in a written form and signed by both parties, which showed what conclusion they have made.
The attractiveness of the victim-offender dialogue as a form of restorative justice is evident from the fact that since it was started, the rate of crimes has reduced drastically in the United States and in Europe. In the victim offender mediation process,…
References:
Umbreit, M.S., Vos, B. & Coates, R.B. (2006, January 1). Restorative Justice Dialogue:
Evidence-Based Practice. Retrieved from Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking -- University of Minnesota website: http://www.cehd.umn.edu/ssw/rjp/PDFs/RJ_Dialogue_Evidence-based_Practice_1-06.pdf
"Victim-Offender Mediation." (2007, December 5). National Institute of Justice. Retrieved from Office of Justice Programs website: http://www.nij.gov/topics/courts/restorative-justice/promising-practices/victim-offender-mediation.htm
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