Exam 5: Restorative Community Justice

According to Clear and Karp, "individuals need a certain amount of __________ in order to pursue their own happiness."

Government or nonprofit programs that are located in the community but do not involve community members in decision making or offender reintegration are examples of restorative community justice.

What are two states mentioned in the text that are having successes with citizen involvement?

Ethics Focus: "An Eye for an Eye?" You are in charge of the Governor's "community empowerment" task force, which has involved community representatives from each county in your state. The task force is charged with making recommendations to the Governor regarding how the state could improve the justice process within the community. The representatives seem to fall into one of two groups: those who advocate a more retributive approach and those who support a more restorative approach. The retributive group wants offenders to be punished within the community. They offered suggestions such as publishing their names in the paper, performing community service while wearing old-fashioned prison uniforms, and a one-strike program by which they would be sent to the state prison after one violation. The restorative group is more concerned with reconciling victims and offenders whenever possible, which would include financial restitution and counseling in many cases. Your role is to bring the two factions together and come up with a useful recommendation to the Governor's office. -How can you balance the concerns of the two factions?

The community justice paradigm presumes a continuum of interventions ranging from less to more _________,

In Victim-Offender Mediation, the victim is in one sense the primary __________ because the process is totally voluntary and depends on the victim's participation in order to proceed.

While the traditional model sees the crime problem as a ________, the problem-solving approach of restorative community justice relies on information, deliberation, and mutual interest to bring peace to a community.

If at any stage the offender refuses to participate or disputes ____________, they are likely referred back to the court.

Community justice also requires centralization of authority and accountability.

In the traditional model, the sanctions for criminal behavior must bring compensation or satisfaction to the victim as well as harmony and peace to the community.

The restorative community justice approach may not be appropriate for all offenders and communities. Discuss Etzioni's suggestions regarding the conditions and limitations of community justice. Do you agree or disagree with his suggestions?

In the traditional model, who is the primary decision maker who determines what is best for all parties?

___________ focuses on enhancing neighborhood stability, improving the quality and nature of community social networks, and expanding the community's capacity to manage its own problems.

Traditionally, the formal system has maintained a tight hold on justice initiatives and has labeled those outside the traditional menu of choices as _________.

When the community is "involved," the government, while valuing community input in an advisory role, still dominates and controls the process. Community engagement, on the other hand, suggests partnership between criminal justice agencies and the community.

What are the fundamental differences between the restorative community justice model and the traditional justice model? (Name at least three.)

In past decades, community members-with the encouragement and support of police, schools, churches, and other socializing institutions-often "took care of" problems that now end up in juvenile and criminal justice courts.

Describe the differences in the relationships between government and the community in the restorative community justice model as compared with the traditional justice model?

At the end of which community justice practice is there an attempt to come to a consensus about a rehabilitative plan for the offender and an approach to "healing" the victim and the community?

When communities are engaged, they are central to accomplishing the job of _____________.