Restorative Justice and its Current Trajectory

Restorative Justice
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April 6, 2022
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Karp, D. R., & Frank, O. (2016). Anxiously awaiting the future of restorative justice in the United States. Victims & Offenders, 11(1), 50-70.
Compared to punitive justice, a restorative justice system focuses on the reconciliation and restoration of the individual criminal. In this article, the authors focused on using a multi-modal approach to determine how restorative justice is used within the United States criminal justice system, particularly in terms of academic research, media, and legislation.
           Initially, the authors noted the increasing bipartisan support for the use of restorative justice among different political parties. Before, they noted that there had been differing opinions about using this kind of justice system, but this has all been overturned due to the high levels of “racial disparities, wrongful convictions, and high recidivism rates” (Karp & Frank, 2016). However, studies also show that these inclinations still have a long way to go due to the need for community-level support and a solid legislative foundation, to name a few.