CRS 2221 –Restorative Justice Case Study 2022

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Running Head: Restorative Justice
CRS 2221 –Restorative Justice

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Table of ContentsA. Introduction............................................................................2
B. Analysis of case study - (Conflict Diagram).................................3
C. Description of approaches used in case study.............................5
Approach used –Transformative restorative approach.....................8
D. Analysis of Justice Processes used...........................................8
Restorative justice evaluation matrix.............................................9
E. Recommendations...................................................................10
Restorative Paradigm........................................................................10
Action plan for Restorative justice......................................................11References.................................................................................13
A. Introduction
Restorative Justice is a process in which crime is seen in more depth than only considering
where the law has been breaking down. It finds out how this crime has affected the society,
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people and relationship. The observation tries to address the harms as well wrong activities
toward the public. The main aim of restorative justice is to repair the causes of crime and
develop an effective example for the society. Here this paper presents the case study of Joseph
under the juvenile crime case examples; Joseph is a 15-year-old male and had committed several
fraud and property offences. He was charged with the offences under the Drug misuse and
weapons act. These offences were conducted with most of the offenders older than him in all
those crimes. He was asked to appear in the court twice in three-month period. At the time of the
offences conducted he was living rough on the streets of Melbourne Australia mostly with older
peers than him. He was not attending any school and had also started to consume the marijuana
(drug) too. He claimed that he was doing these offences to feed himself and to purchase the
marijuana for himself. As he was minor so his legal proceedings were conducted in the children
court. His proceedings were conducted on various offences that he had conducted. One month
later he was sent under the court diversion referral. After counseling the change in behavior was
observed and he was able to lead a reformed life later on.
Picture 1: Joseph in Referral center source-
https://www.youthjustice.qld.gov.au/resources/youthjustice/program-eval/
restorative-justice-case-studies.pdf
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B. Analysis of case study - (Conflict Diagram)
Offender –
In this case study the offender is Joseph a fifteen-year-old teenager. He had committed several
offences related to fraud and property destruction. He was charged with the offences under the
Drug misuse and weapons act. These offences were conducted with most of the offenders older
than him in all those crimes. He was asked to appear in the court twice in three-month period. He
was convicted under the case of Criminal code as well under the Drug misuse act and also in the
Weapons act too (Abraham, 2013).
Victim-
The victims are those personals to whom Joseph had done fraud with and also those peoples
whose property was destructed by Joseph and his peers. Along with above discussed his family
including his siblings who are getting influenced by him. His family has also required facing
many problems due to his behavior as he brings his friends at his home for night stay that creates
many problems for family including theft of materials from home too. Along with this general
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