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This 10 page paper examines the criminal justice system. Restorative and retributive justice are concepts compared and contrasted. How restorative justice helps both victims and perpetrators is explored. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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prisoners are spectacles. They are separate and apart from society and generally, they serve their time, are released, and then have a hard time assimilating back into society. Some stay
in halfway houses. Many are on probation where their activities are monitored and are told not to associate with people from their past. Some are on house arrest, like Martha
Stewart, while others have a bit more freedom. In any case, ex-cons are stigmatized and few have job opportunities like Martha Stewart, so it is hard to make a
living after incarceration. They have paid their debt to society but are separate and apart from society in many ways. Many of the reasons that explain the rationale for this
type of justice are aligned with the idea of retribution. In general, criminal theory has long enveloped something called retributive justice. That is, an individual commits a crime and is
sentenced to some sort of punishment. There is retribution by society. The individual is paying his dues, so to speak. There has been much criticism waged against retributive justice. Why?
It seems that for this type of justice to be viewed as good and rational, one would have to see it as something aligned with a degree of sensibility. There
must be a notion that not only is retributive justice something that makes the society feel good, but that it actually helps in the long term. Of course, that might
suggest other elements of theories such as deterrence because retribution is not rational. It is sort of like getting even and provides no positive contribution to society. Litton (2005) explains
that retributive judgments are probably not spawned by vicious emotions. In other words, it is not aligned with "getting even" and the satisfaction that brings. Instead, the author believes that
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