Restorative Justice: Why Do We Need it? • BRAVE NEW FILMS
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More than half of victims of violent crime don't even call the police in the first place.They prefer nothing to everything we have to offer.The vast majority of crime survivors' pain goes unhealed.What the existence of restorative justice means is that we can no longer pretend we don't know what else to do.As a country we are really good at punishment. It's passive,it doesn't require people to act or think. It certainly doesn't require them to change.When we lock people up we excuse them from their responsibility to answer forwhat they've done.Restorative justice is a process to hold them accountable.It's a tool. People take turns answering questions like what happened? What needs arise?Whose responsibil...
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More than half of victims of violent crime don't even call the police in the first place.They prefer nothing to everything we have to offer.The vast majority of crime survivors' pain goes unhealed.What the existence of restorative justice means is that we can no longer pretend we don't know what else to do.As a country we are really good at punishment. It's passive,it doesn't require people to act or think. It certainly doesn't require them to change.When we lock people up we excuse them from their responsibility to answer forwhat they've done.Restorative justice is a process to hold them accountable.It's a tool. People take turns answering questions like what happened? What needs arise?Whose responsibil...
