Victims' Rights and Restorative Justice

The introduction proved that it is difficult to reach agreement on the definition of restorative justice. One definition is the theory of justice, which focuses on repairing damage caused by criminal acts. Remuneration is completed through a collaborative process involving all stakeholders. Restorative justice can be interpreted as a fair way designed not only for the entire community but also for the needs of victims and criminals. However, the most widely accepted definition of restorative justice is the process of determining how all stakeholders interested in a particular crime jointly deal with the aftermath.

To start this process, when asking for "restorative justice" it is necessary to ask the students what they mean. Restoration Justice is a way to return the facility to the victim and build mutual understanding among the common communities. Restorative justice is what JCPS needs to take seriously. Restorative justice is worthy of the victim of Gerald Metz. More importantly, JCPS is responsible for ensuring restorative justice. High school students should not bear the burden of teaching administrators how to behave. Indeed, we believe that this expectation is the opposite of the very high goal of the DuPont manual.

Restorative Justice The main stakeholders are victims, criminals, and communities. The goal of restorative justice includes accountability, capacity building and community protection. The role of these stakeholders in the framework of restorative justice and the manner in which they are achieved are slightly different in each program. We emphasize that the role of victims in restorative justice is on selection. Restorative justice can not be achieved without giving the victims the opportunity to participate in the judicial process and giving every effort and participating wish to meet their needs. Their participation may be different (for example, providing written influence statements, providing oral testimony about the impact of crime, participating in mediation of criminals of victims, providing advice on judgment).

The role of 3 common players and the recovery process. Restorative justice provided a remarkable and developing role to the victim, but this concept can not be reduced to the victim rights agenda, and of course the intervention is not limited to the victim service, the impact of the victim Not only to deal with it. From the perspective of the revised judiciary, the emphasis on victims' rehabilitation and compensation itself is sometimes indirect, but it means the key to criminals and communities. If there is a theory that can be used as a basis for restorative justice, neither criminals nor the victims can serve sufficiently when the need of one or the other is ignored. Justice is best when all the needs are resolved and everyone is involved in dealing with crime (Zehr, 1990; Van Ness, 1993). Response to crime must be applied to all people injured by crime when justice is deemed to repair damage and reconstruct damaged relationship.