Because the overall objective of Restorative justice is to involve all stakeholders, it requires the assumption that crimes or violations are committed against real individuals, rather than against the state. It serves as an advocate’s restitution to the victim by the offender rather than retribution by the state against the offender. Instead of continuing and escalating the cycle of violence, it tries to restore relationships and stop the violence. Victims’ respond to this as a need because it helps them feel what they want to feel most and that’s safe. Some of the most important components a victim needs and desires are to feel safe, to have support and most importantly to have a voice.
Self-forgiveness is similar to interpersonal forgiveness, for which there is much more literature available, but self-forgiveness is classified as intrapersonal forgiveness. Interpersonal forgiveness involves forgiveness from the offender to the person offended, therefore interpersonal. On the other hand, self-forgiveness is intrapersonal because it does not involve another person but rather one-self. Hall and Finchman attempted to show the similarities and differences between these two forms of forgiveness by providing a chart, which seems to be a very informative and useful chart. The most important observation is the fact that the person must first acknowledge the wrong done and then accept responsibility before the process of self-forgiveness begins.
As stated by Hall and Fincham (2005), there exist two possible foci of self-forgiveness available to humans, the first is the forgiving of one’s “self” for a self-inflicted injury or, conversely, the forgiving of one’s self for an injury to another person. The article proceeds to contrast true self-forgiveness from pseudo-forgiveness in that true
Evaluation Plan Restorative justice programs have been effective in the use of victim offender mediation processes. But not all the victims and offenders are having their needs met. An evaluation of such programs may help us to further understand why those needs are not being met. Then, we can be able to create or suggest better ways of implementing such a program in other to meet its intended aims and goals. “According to Posavac (2011), “Program evaluation is a methodology to learn the depth and extent of need for a human service and whether the service is likely to be used, whether the service is sufficiently intensive to meet the unmet needs identified, and the degree to which the service is offered as planned and actually does help people in need at a
My decision is virtuous as the individual was creating an unsafe environment, and I was following a moral code. If I were to issue a citation for every circumstance, it would be seen as deontological ethics. Conclusion In conclusion, through the comparison and dissimilarities of the three theories one can gain further understanding of the importance that ethics and social responsibility. The similarities between the three theories represent the good in people, their strive for excellence and justification. The differences in the three theories begin with the ethics and morality.
A Comparison – “Guilt” and “This Day in History” "To have guilt you've got to earn guilt, but sometimes when you earn it, you don't feel the guilt you ought to have" (James Dickey). This quote is a perfect representation of the two poems that use guilt as their main theme, "Guilt" by Leona Gom and "This Day in History" by Bert Almon, due to its ability to explain the fact that we as humans constantly commit certain actions with a result of a different reaction then we usually expect. Although the two poems differ in their titles and the types of guilt they express, the two poems are similar in a way that they both explain the ways that we as individuals selfishly tend to view our needs, actions, and lives take more importance over those of others.
So it makes perfect sense that the guilty (the one who is morally culpable) deserves to suffer. So, it is intrinsically good when the guilty suffer. That would mean that the guilty that is accused of the crime should suffer the consequence of their actions, however big or small. So in turn, punishing the guilty and making them suffer is sometimes morally justified. Sometimes it is better that
As a result, it will be possible to sentence the offender in respect to his crime and taking into consideration his personality. In such a way, it would be possible to use sentencing more effectively since the proper use of the presentence investigation report could make it possible to find an individual approach to each offender and his/her particular case. Moreover, the knowledge of the offender’s background, inclinations, causes of crime, etc. would help judges better understand the extent to which the offender is guilty and select the punishment that could perfectly match his personality. Practically, it means that some offenders may need strict punishment while others may need les strict sentence, instead, the participation in some probation program may be even more effective to them than any term in jail, for instance.
Consequently, I decided to focus my discussion on these three communication skills; compassion, assertiveness and listening skills. When people are in distress, they usually receive pity, compassion or empathy. Compassion is very different from the rest because it has a spiritual or emotional connotation and Von Dietze and Orb ( 2000) say it should not only be a response to a crisis or suffering but a moral choice and is based on rational thought and evaluation, not on sentiment alone. It is a profound feeling that can be demonstrated by treating other in a way that one would like to be treated. The oxford dictionary defines compassion as sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others.
Essay Response: Crisis Counseling Lisa R. Jensen Liberty University With an example, consider the differences between crisis counseling strategies and psychotherapy. Crisis counseling strategies and psychotherapy share many similarities as well as distinct differences. Both are employed to aid hurting people. Both share a goal of restoring and building positive functioning. Additionally, both crisis counseling strategies and psychotherapy must be carried out in an ethical manner by individuals trained appropriately to render the aid.