Restorative Justice: A New Process of Eliminating Crime

Running Head : RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

Restorative Justice and its Importance

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Introduction

Restorative justice is a model of criminal justice system whereby justice pursued is based on the victims as well as the offenders ' needs rather than the need to fulfill the abstract tenets of the law or those of the community . This form of criminal justice system focuses on the victim as an active participant towards healing and reintegration as well as on the offender who is required to own up to his

/her mistakes by admitting and being responsible for the harm caused . The model is based on the principle that crime must be viewed as a conflict between two individuals and not between the offenders and the state . It further premises that the enforcement of law and should be a responsibility of all members of a community (Daly Immarigeon , 1998 It is mainly based on the realization of forgiveness , reparation healing and reintegration in the search for justice . This model of criminal justice has its origin in many ancient and indigenous cultures most notable being the Australian aborigines and has borrowed a lot from the Judaism beliefs that advocate for healing and forgiveness . More recently it has been widely practiced by the Canadian authorities since mid-1970s . The United States started embracing the ideas of restorative justice in the 1990s at the time when the ineffectiveness of retribution was being voiced from all quarters of the society (Graef , 2000

Restorative justice has received much...