If and how restorative justice may assist in lowering hate crime in Australia Introduction: 200 words Restorative justice (RJ) is used in community settings (e

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If and how restorative justice may assist in lowering hate crime in Australia

Introduction: 200 words

Restorative justice (RJ) is used in community settings (e.g., community service, victim services, and restorative meetings) as a non-penal alternative to incarceration for crimes with victims or defendants who wish to reform. The restorative justice procedures gained popularity in the 70s (Zehr, 2002). However, it has put into practise and made legal in Australia for almost 20 years (ref). The key goal of RJ is the rethinking of how we view punishment of wrongdoing in a way to restore the damaged caused by an offence where the offender and victim are listened to in order to help them work out ways of minimizing their suffering (Marshall, 1998; Braithwaite, 2002). WHAT IS HATE CRIME? what are examples of hate crime?

This paper will explore the effectiveness of restorative justice practice such as circle sentencing, and victim-offender mediation, and conference in assisting to reduce hate crimes in Australia. According to Sherman and Strang, there is potential effectiveness of restorative justice to reduce types of crimes for particular people (2007).

Consequently, this paper will argue that RJ works based on its aim of repairing the harm done to victims and communities.

This paper will consider the contemporary empirical and theoretical research literature on RJ to firstly discuss the debates in the field over the effectiveness of RJ, and secondly critically assess the growing amount of empirical evidence on RJ processes and its impact on participants

Consequently, this paper will argue that RJ works based on its aim of repairing the harm done

to victims and communities.

This paper will consider the contemporary empirical and theoretical research literature

on RJ to firstly discuss the debates in the field over the effectiveness of RJ, and secondly

critically assess the growing amount of empirical evidence on RJ processes and its impact on part

 

Background/ literature review: 250 words

 

-              What is RJ and its practice in general

-              What is the definition of Hate crime, who are the target people /give facts

-              Are there any barriers to report which cause lack of statistical data? Any gap?

 

 

Dissuasion:  400- words

 

conclusion: 150 words

 

 

REF:

 

Braithwaite, J. (2002). Restorative justice & responsive regulation. Oxford University press on demand.

 

Braithwaite, J. (2003). Reintegrative shaming. Crime: Critical Concepts in Sociology. London: Routledge, 345-361.

 

Chakraborti, N. (2014). Introduction and overview. In N. Chakraborti & J. Garland (Eds.), Responding to hate crime: The case for connecting policy and research (1st ed., pp. 1–10). Bristol University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt16d69xh.5

 

Shaw, G. (2007). Restorative practices in Australian schools: Changing relationships, changing culture. Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 25(1), 127-135.

Smith, L. (2012). Hate Crime in Australia: An analysis of the views of police detainees. Faculty of Arts, Charles Sturt University.

Walters, M. (2014). Repairing the harms of hate crime: A restorative justice approach. In The Routledge International Handbook on Hate Crime (pp. 400-410). Routledge.