Deck 5: Encounter

Question 1

Effective victim-offender encounters include:

A) Meeting
B) Understanding
C) Agreement.
D) All of the above.

Answer 1

All of the above.

Question 2

The primary goal of encounter programs is to:

A) Teach those who harmed others a lesson about responsibility.
B) Avoid the courtroom if at all possible.
C) Provide a process that both the person harmed and the person causing the harm perceive as fair.
D) Make those who are harmed less angry.

Answer 2

Provide a process that both the person harmed and the person causing the harm perceive as fair.

Question 3

An encounter allows the person harmed and the person harming to:

A) Clarify for the parties what actually occurred in a crime.
B) Clarify the harms that resulted from the crime.
C) Identify steps to help address the harm.
D) All of the above.

Answer 3

All of the above.

Question 4

The first use of a restorative encounter in America took place in:

A) Boston, Massachusetts.
B) Chicago, Illinois.
C) Elmira, Ontario
D) Tacoma, Washington.

Question 5

Because those who have been harmed are in a different moral position from those who have caused the harm, encounter process facilitators:

A) Favor the person harmed in the process.
B) Make sure the parties consider the injustice done and how to repair it.
C) Shame the offender to force them to accept responsibility for what they have done.
D) All of the above.

Question 6

A family group conference could have a dozen or more people in attendance, including the arresting police officer and other criminal justice representatives.

Question 7

After a circle process has produced a plan by consensus of the whole circle, follow-up circles may be organized to monitor progress.

Question 8

The advantages of circle processes over typical criminal justice proceedings include that lay participation is encouraged, the amount and quality of information is greatly increased, and creative new options for sentencing can be explored.

Question 9

Research on drunk driving panels has shown a dramatic change in the attitudes of offenders and in the likelihood of recidivism.

Question 10

According to the text, although victims should only engage in encounter programs voluntarily, it's okay to use coercive incentives to get offenders to participate.