Primary Principles of Restorative Justice

1st Reply: 2 professor
S - During the resource video TedX (2017) Judge Shelia Calloway stated ".criminal justice does not allow for the harms to be discussed..." Using scholarly support, please align this statement with the role of victim impact statements in court proceedings. Is there a correlation? Please provide scholarly support for your response.
Respond to at least two colleagues:
Choose a response that is different from your own.
Explain how your colleague’s position has changed your perception or understanding.
Colleages post:
The underlying principles of restorative justice are relationships, responsibility, transformation, and repair. These principles differ from the traditional approach by adjusting the focus of the offense. Instead of the traditional, adversarial focus of law-breaking and offender punishment, the focus is now on the harm caused by the offense for everyone involved (Armour, M. 2012). Restorative justice aims to bring together everyone affected by the criminal act. The criminal acts affect the victim, perpetrator, and community (Centre for Justice and Reconciliation. 2019b).
The cons of the traditional, adversarial approach are:
It harms the community.
Has adverse effects on recidivism.
Focuses on law-breaking.
Offender and punishment centered.
Costly
The pros of the traditional, adversarial approach are:
Enforces punishment.
The cons of restorative justice are:
Not suitable for all crimes/offenses.
It must be voluntary.
The pros of restorative justice include but are not limited to:
Reduced recidivism rate
Less trauma for victims
Reduced expenses for the government
Relationships are mended.
Community relationships are restored.
Eliminates or reduces the likelihood of felony records for some offenders.
Armour, M. (2012). Restorative justice: Some facts and historyLinks to an external site. Tikkun, 27(1), 25–65. 
Centre for Justice and Reconciliation. (2019b). Lesson 4: Conceptual issuesLinks to an external site.. In Tutorial: Introduction to restorative justice. 
2nd peer Post
B:
The main overall objective of restorative justice is to repair all damage to all parties involved that is caused after said crime has been committed. Its main principles focus directly on the ideologies of the following'
The affect of the crime to the victim's, community, and even the offender
The safety and proception of all victims
The obligation to heal, repair, and find solutions to the crime and future crimes
Restore faith and trust into the criminal justice process
Provide restorative and restoration opportunities for all involved (including offender)
Prevent and avoid future possible crimes
There is many more main principles that restorative justice follows and values that all base around the objective of healing and righting the wrongs.
There is a main difference between these principles from additional adversarial approach. This main difference is how the new principles now focus more on the individuals and how they are personally affected. No longer is a crime seen as a impersonal state, but as an injury. The health, safety, and needs of all parties are now seen as a obligation to be taken into consideration to help repair the wrongs of the crime. The adversarial approach focuses more on the law that was broke, whom broke said law, and how they should face judgement and punishment for breaking the law. The new principles of restorative justice contradict this very approach.
There are pros and cons of the adversarial approach. It is understandable and even reasonable to acknowledge that anyone whom breaks a law, commits a crime, and is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, should face legal punishment. Under our laws of this country and The Bill of Rights, anyone who commits a crime that is deemed unlawful is susceptible to punishments deemed necessary by the province in which you reside. The pro of this approach is that one who commits a crime can be accepted to be held accountable. However, where the cons come in is when you realize how the adversarial approach restricts and almost forbids any restitution for the offenders. That and the fact, how it nearly neglects the needs, wants, and feelings of the victims of said crime.