There are nearly two million inmates in America today. Are there
better alternatives to incarceration? Criminal Justice: Retribution
vs. Restoration presents new answers and unconventional suggestions
addressing America's overcrowded prisons and jails, high recidivism
rates, and weakened family and community relationships with
ex-prisoners. Experts in the field discuss the benefits and
failures of America's criminal justice system at various times in
history and today, then explore possibilities to improve on that
system. This groundbreaking book introduces encouraging,
therapeutic approaches to criminal justice that include treatment,
rehabilitation, and the direct involvement the victims, the
families, and the communities. Criminal Justice looks at America's
over-reliance on punishment and retribution as the means of
responding to prevalent social problems and examines the justice
system's tendency to incarceraterather than treatminority, mentally
ill, poor, and drug-dependent offenders. The authorswho are all
active in some field of criminal justiceargue for a restorative
model of correction that is more humane to both offenders and
victims. This model opens up dialogue between offenders and their
victims, families, and communities by promoting hallmark programs,
including victim offender mediation, conferencing, peacemaking
circles, restitution, and community projects and services. Criminal
Justice includes such intriguing topics as: the social costs and
moral economy of incarceration drug policyshould drug users be
incarcerated or rehabilitated? the potential of restorative
justicea first-hand account from a prison inmate restorative
justice and faith communities the practice and efficacy of
restorative justice the path from fury to forgivenessthe emotions
of the mother of a murdered child strategies for creating safe and
just communities women in prisontheir special needs both during
incarceration and after re-entry social work and criminal
justicehow they work together grassroots advocacy for criminal
justice reforma look back over the last 30 years by the founders of
CURE (Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants) This book's
foundation rests on the Biblical concepts of restoration, healing,
forgiveness, reconciliation, and responsibility. Criminal Justice:
Retribution vs Restoration is an eye-opening look at the negative
effects of our current system of blame and punishment and offers
hope for better, more humane methods in the future. This holistic,
empowering, and strengths-based perspective offers insight and
suggestions that are valuable for students, social workers,
policymakers, and criminal justice professionals.
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