Restorative justice
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Restorative justice is an approach to justice that focuses on the needs of the victims and the offenders, as well as the involved community. This contrasts to more punitive approaches where the main aim is to punish the offender, or satisfy abstract legal principles.
Effectiveness in US schools
Research has indicated that Restorative Justice is effective at reducing violence (in various instances by 75-90% percent) and in increasing graduation rates and test scores rose. This contrasts sharply with US police expectations - they "predicted chaos".[1]
Healing society
Restorative justice is only occasionally pursued on a large scale in society. Two notable recent examples have been the Truth commissions in South Africa after apartheid and in Peru after the kleptocracy of Alberto Fujimori.
An example
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| Truth and Reconciliation Commission | A Truth Commission established in South Africa after the abolition of apartheid intended to pursue restorative justice. One thing it did not do, was to follow up on foreign operation and covert help from allied countries. |
