Category: Justice

I Introduction Over the past several decades in countries like Australia, the response to crime is moving in two directions. One track is innovative. It promises a change in established forms of criminal justice, to do justice differently. The other track is repetitive. It promises to intensify the established forms of criminal justice, to do…

Social Justice Social justice is a complex and contested term (Morgaine, 2014). Although it is universally accepted and adopted in community work it holds different meanings and interpretations (Watts & Hodgson, 2019). According to Morgaine (2014), social justice refers to the view that every individual deserves the same economic, social, and political rights and opportunities.…

To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960 at the height of the Civil Rights movement in the US. Set in the depression, circa 1930, it was an instant success and focussed on common humanity through the eyes of an innocent, uncorrupted girl, Scout Finch. Set in the South, Scout’s young female voice navigates the…

“To what extent did the Salem witch trials affect the American legal system?” Between the time of 1692-1693 in the American colony of Massachusetts, there were a series of prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft. This mainly occured in the city of Salem and it resulted in the accusation of two hundred people and the…

Introduction to Restorative Justice This essay will focus on the various advantages and disadvantages of using restorative justice principles to handle cases of low-level offenses. The principles, processes, methods, and challenges of restorative justice will be discussed and evaluated as well. Historical Context and Definitions In the 1970s, restorative justice was first practiced as a…

INTRODUCTION Post-conflict transitional societies are often faced with the difficult task of transitional justice. This issue is a result of the need to balance the demands for justice and social cohesion. This delicate balance is situated within two notions of justice, retributive and restorative justice. Retributive justice refers ‘to the repair of justice through the…

Restorative justice, just the name of this approach to conflict resolution brings notes of spring summer and healing in the mind. We often don’t feel satisfied or like the justice that has been served in the dealings of the court, police and legal system at large. Like there is missing variables, a disconnect. We have…

There are many reasons and answers on the punishment for crime as it have changed over the past 20 years more than restorative. The attitudes to crime and deviance have influenced this change. The easiest way to explain this is that back it was common in the ancient times up to until a couple decades…

Are we often the first ones to apologize to the person who was hurt? “Forgiveness means letting go of anger and the desire for revenge and moving toward an increasingly positive view of and acceptance of the party that harmed oneself or the people one cares about” (Coleman) When the offender directly addresses the victim,…

If mercy requires a departure from strict justice, it is calling for injustice, a vice; if mercy never requires a departure from strict justice, it is then merely a part of justice , The purpose of this paper is to analyse charges on mercy. Murphy describes mercy as “As a moral virtue, mercy derives its…