scholarly journals Restorative Justice: An unwanted invitation for tea and biscuits?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Kerrin Eckersley
Keyword(s):  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
District Court ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
Identifiable Victims

<p>On 6 December 2014 legislation mandating the consideration of restorative justice prior to sentencing was brought into effect. If an offender pleads guilty in the District Court to an offence where there is one or more identifiable victims then their case must be assessed to see whether a meeting between the offender and victim should be arranged, whereby both parties can discuss the cause and impact of the offending.  Critics have been quick to comment on the “mandatory” nature of the legislation, the perception that it is “offender driven” and have highlighted the fact that participation by the offender may lead to a more lenient sentence.  This essay responds to recent media reports which criticised the new legislation for the reasons noted. A particular focus is the idea that restorative justice is offender driven and therefore contrary to the purported philosophy of placing the victim at the centre of the justice system.</p>

scholarly journals Restorative Justice: An unwanted invitation for tea and biscuits?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Kerrin Eckersley
Keyword(s):  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
District Court ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
Identifiable Victims

<p>On 6 December 2014 legislation mandating the consideration of restorative justice prior to sentencing was brought into effect. If an offender pleads guilty in the District Court to an offence where there is one or more identifiable victims then their case must be assessed to see whether a meeting between the offender and victim should be arranged, whereby both parties can discuss the cause and impact of the offending.  Critics have been quick to comment on the “mandatory” nature of the legislation, the perception that it is “offender driven” and have highlighted the fact that participation by the offender may lead to a more lenient sentence.  This essay responds to recent media reports which criticised the new legislation for the reasons noted. A particular focus is the idea that restorative justice is offender driven and therefore contrary to the purported philosophy of placing the victim at the centre of the justice system.</p>

scholarly journals Penerapan Restorative Justice Dalam Peradilan Pidana Anak di Pengadilan Negeri Watansoppeng

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
A. Sudarman Kantao ◽  
Azwad Rachmat Hambali ◽  
Muh. Rinaldy Bima
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Cultural Factor ◽  
District Court ◽  
Trial Process ◽  
The Law

Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis dan memperoleh pemahaman terhadap penerapan nilai serta hambatan dalam penerapan keadilan restoratif pada perkara peradilan pidana anak sesuai dengan Undang-undang Nomor 11 Tahun 2012 tentang Sistem Peradilan Pidana Anak dalam rangka memberikan perlindungan hukum bagi Anak yang berkonflik dengan hukum dan kendala yang dihadapi majelis hakim pengadilan Negeri watansoppeng dalam menerapkan keadilan restoratif untuk mengadili tindak pidana yang dilakukan oleh anak. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terkait proses persidangan terhadap kasus anak, hakim Pengadilan Negeri Watansoppeng senantiasa mengupayakan penerapan restoratif justice dengan memberi saran kepada korban, terdakwa dan pihak keluarga untuk mengusahakan perdamaian sebagai upaya penyelesaian kasus di luar jalur persidangan, namun upaya tersebut seringkali ditolak oleh korban dan keluarganya dan menginginkan agar pelaku dihukum seberat-beratnya. Faktor Kebudayaan dari keluarga korban inilah yang tidak mendukung penyelesaian perkara di luar peradilan atau perdamaian. This study aims to analyze and gain an understanding of the application of values ​​and obstacles in the application of restorative justice in juvenile criminal justice cases in accordance with Law Number 11 of 2012 concerning the Criminal Justice System for Children in order to provide legal protection for children who are in conflict with the law and the obstacles they face. watansoppeng District Court panel of judges in implementing restorative justice to adjudicate crimes committed by children. The results showed that in relation to the trial process for juvenile cases, the judges at the Watansoppeng District Court always tried to apply restorative justice by advising victims, defendants and their families to seek peace as an effort to resolve cases outside the court, but these efforts were often rejected by the victim and his family and wants the perpetrator to be punished as severely as possible. The cultural factor of the victim's family does not support the settlement of cases outside the court or peace.

scholarly journals Penerapan Diversi melalui Pendekatan Keadilan Restoratif (Restorative Justice) pada Anak Pelaku Penyalahgunaan Narkotika

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 202-206
Author(s):  
Putu Ayu Sarina Selsa Oktaviani ◽  
Anak Agung Sagung Laksmi Dewi ◽  
I Nyoman Gede Sugiartha
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
District Court ◽  
Judicial Process ◽  
Justice Process ◽  
Criminal Justice Process ◽  
Narcotic Drugs

This research aims to find out how implementation of the diversion of the perpetrators of the abuse of narcotic drugs by using the method of the approach of restorative justice by involving the perpetrator, the victim, the family of the offender or the victim, community counselors and professionals. The research method used is the normative legal research with approach of legislation, articles as well as the doctrine or the views from experts associated with the diversion and narcotic in children. With regard to the handling of child abuse of narcotic drugs, the problems in this thesis is the arrangement of diversion by law about the criminal justice system of the child and the application of diversion through approach restorative justice in the criminal offence of child perpetrator of abuse of narcotic. The settings regarding diversion here is actually a settling criminal acts with children outside of the criminal justice process. Where the diversion can be carried out against the perpetrator of the crime that the threat of punishment of less than 7 (seven) years and is not a repetition of the crime. Against the application of the abuse of narcotics diversion for children conducted through deliberation in accordance whit the provisions of article 8 of law about the criminal justice system so that children can make a deal with diversion consider the child’s interests, in this case intended to avoid and keep children from the judicial process. In terms of the results of the diversion agreement already agreed upon with the parties where the implementation of the outcome of the diversion agreement would of course also have to be monitored both from the elderly, the environment, and investigators also rehabilitation center to ascertain if the result of the diversion deal was already done by the child and reported to the Chairman of the District Court where the implementation of such diversion is implemented.

scholarly journals ANALISIS PENETAPAN PENGADILAN TERHADAP ANAK PELAKU TINDAK PIDANA PENYALAHGUNAAN NARKOTIKA (STUDI KASUS: PENETAPAN PENGADILAN NEGERI SURABAYA DAN 2 (DUA) PUTUSAN PENGADILAN NEGERI JAKARTA BARAT)

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 724
Author(s):  
Lie Natania ◽  
Mety Rahmawati
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
The State ◽  
District Court ◽  
Strategic Position ◽  
The Law ◽  
Special Protection

Children are the future of  mankind, our nation and country. Based on this strategic position, the state and the law must provide special protection for children. However, in finding themselves,in some occasions children can stumble and make mistakes, which unfortunately can be in the form of run-ins with the law. Act Number 11 of Year 2012 regarding the Criminal Justice System for Juvenile presented the concept of diversion, which is an approach to resolve juvenile cases in order to achieve restorative justice. Diversion is the of process diverting child cases out of the usual system of criminal justice. However, diversion cannot be used to resolve all and every child cases. In a case of drug abuse, as seen in the Verdict of Surabaya District Court Number 111/Pid.Sus-Anak/2014/PN.Sby, diversion is attempted to resolve the case. But in two similar cases, namely in the Verdict of West Jakarta District Court Number 47/Pid.Sus-Anak/2017/PN.Jkt.Brt and Number 53/Pid.Sus-Anak/2017/PN.Jkt.Brt, diversion was not attempted resolve the children in those cases and as stated on the verdict, those children were convicted. Why is there a difference in the resolution of the court against children who committed drug abuse between the Verdict of Surabaya District Court Number 111/Pid.Sus-Anak/2014/PN.Sby, the Verdict of West Jakarta District Court Number 47/Pid.Sus-Anak/2017/PN.Jkt.Brt and the Verdict of West Jakarta District Court Number 53/Pid.Sus-Anak/2017/PN.Jkt.Brt?

scholarly journals RESTORATIVE JUSTICE HAKIM TERHADAP ANAK YANG BERKONFLIK DENGAN HUKUM DI PENGADILAN NEGERI LHOKSEUMAWE

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Sumiadi Sumiadi ◽  
Laila M Rasyid ◽  
Romi Asmara
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
District Court ◽  
The Law ◽  
Younger Generation

Children are part of the younger generation as one of the human resources as potential successors inthe future. Violation of law that occurs in the community not only done by adults but also by children,the implementation of the sentence would have been very different from adults. In children should morebe rehabilitation rather than punitive. The results showed that judge who examine and rule on cases ofchildren in conflict with the law in District Court Lhokseumawe still think positivistic/legalistic wheredecisions are decided by the judges commonly used approach based on the criminal justice system.

scholarly journals EFEKTIFITAS KONSEP DIVERSI DALAM PROSES PERADILAN ANAK PELAKU TINDAK PIDANA MENURUT UU NO. 11 TAHUN 2012 TENTANG SISTEM PERADILAN PIDANA ANAK (Dalam Proses Peradilan Anak Pelaku Tindak Pidana Di Kabupaten Malang)

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 266
Author(s):  
Komariah Komariah ◽  
Tinuk Dwi Cahyani
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
The State ◽  
District Court ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
The Law

Enforcement of the Act No. 11 of 2012 on Juvenile Justice System provides protection of the rights of juvenile who commit criminal acts use the diversion approach to realize the concept of Restorative Justice. To figure out the implementation of the Act, it is necessary to study with the socio-legal research method in the Police District, the State Attorney and the District Court at Malang. The results of these studies found that the application of diversion has been effective although there are still some obstacles. One of the toughest obstacles to implementing a diversion to fit is the unavailability of places to educate, nurture and put the brat as stated in the law. The study also found that in Malang at least there are some organizations / institutions in applying the diversion of government supporters, among others: BAPAS and P2TP2A.

RESTORATIVE JUSTICE WITH YOUTH SEX OFFENDERS: ISSUES FOR PRACTICE

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-259
Author(s):  
Thulane Gxubane
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
South African ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Youth Offenders ◽  
African Child ◽  
Doctoral Study ◽  
South African Child

The South African child justice system has adopted the philosophy of restorative justice in the management of child and youth offenders in general as reflected in the preamble of the Child Justice Act 75 of 2008. Whilst restorative justice has been easily applied to less serious youth crimes generally, there seems to be some reservations regarding its appropriateness to dealing with youth sex offenders. This article looks at restorative justice approach within the context of diversion and seeks to highlight practice issues that need to be considered with regard to the application of the aforementioned approach in dealing with youth sex offenders. The article draws from the findings of a Doctoral study that the author conducted which explored this area of social work practice.

Prospects for the Implementation of Special Conciliation Procedures in the Russian Criminal Process

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 99-104
Author(s):  
E. V. Markovicheva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Process ◽  
Traditional System ◽  
Common Features ◽  
Legal Method

In the 21st century, the concept of restorative justice has become widespread in criminal proceedings. The introduction of special compromise procedures into the criminal process allows for the restoration of the rights of the victim and reduces the level of repression in the criminal justice system. The traditional system of punishment is considered ineffective, not conducive to the purpose of compensating for harm caused by the crime. Restorative justice enables the accused to compensate for the harm caused by the crime and is oriented not towards their social isolation, but towards further positive socialization. The introduction of the ideas of restorative justice into the Russian criminal process requires the introduction of special conciliation procedures. The purpose of the article is to reveal promising directions for introducing special conciliation procedures into the Russian criminal process. The use of the formal legal method provided an analysis of the norms of criminal procedure legislation and the practice of its application. Comparative legal analysis revealed common features in the development of models of restorative justice in modern states. Conclusions. The introduction of conciliation procedures into the Russian criminal process is in line with the concept of its humanization and reduction of the level of criminal repression. The consolidation of the mediator»s procedural status and the mediation procedure in the criminal procedure legislation will make it possible to put into practice the elements of restorative justice.

Criminal Justice Reform in a Transitional Context: Restorative Youth Conferencing in Northern Ireland

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 549-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
David O’Mahony
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Transitional Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Peace Building ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice Reform ◽  
Transitional Environment

This article examines the incorporation of restorative principles and practices within reforms of Northern Ireland’s youth justice system, adopted following the peace process. It considers whether restorative justice principles can be successfully incorporated into criminal justice reform as part of a process of transitional justice. The article argues that restorative justice principles, when brought within criminal justice, can contribute to the broader process of transitional justice and peace building, particularly in societies where the police and criminal justice system have been entwined in the conflict. In these contexts restorative justice within criminal justice can help civil society to take a stake in the administration and delivery of criminal justice, it can help break down hostility and animosity towards criminal justice and contribute to the development of social justice and civic agency, so enabling civil society to move forward in a transitional environment.

‘I Would Have Been Able to Hear What They Think’: Tensions in Achieving Restorative Outcomes in the English Youth Justice System

Youth Justice ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 250-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Newbury
Keyword(s):  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Young Offenders ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Present Practice ◽  
English System ◽  
Youth Offender

This article presents findings from in-depth, semi-structured interviews with young offenders and Victim Liaison Officers, and observations of youth offender panels. It focuses upon the attitudes of young offenders towards victims and their reactions to the prospect of meeting the victim of their offending face-to-face as part of their referral order. Significant tensions between the aspirations of restorative justice and the reality of present practice in the English system are examined. The article proposes change in relation to justice disposals for incipient young offenders, particularly in relation to the ubiquitous use of restorative justice approaches for this group.

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