Restorative Justice

Choose the correct word to complete this text: __________ proactively involves the victim and offender in repairing the harm done to the victim. Unlike retributive responses to crime, ___________ has the potential to repair the financial and perhaps relational harms that crime has left in its aftermath. ____________ is arguably preferable because instead of simply increasing the total amount of harm suffered by interested parties, _________ aims at repairing the victim, and making the offender a productive person. ________ provides a sanction that is more clearly related to the offence than punitive measures, and it better restores a victim to the place he/she occupied before the offence.

• Offender

• Outcome

• Restitution

• Facilitator

Who are commonly the 3 protagonist during a process of restorative justice ?

• The offender

• The judge

• The victim

• The facilitator

Choose the option that correctly matches the given definition.

The act of giving something back to the victim of a crime

• restitution

• outcome

• remorse

What is the primary focus of justice?

• Expressing rage and hatred

• Proportional punishment

• Impassioned retaliation

• Objective restoration of balance

What is restorative justice?

• a system of criminal justice where the offender makes amends to the victim and the community

• a system where offenders restore furniture

• a system where the victim gets to make an offender's life miserable

• a system to prevent overcrowded prisons

Choose the correct word to complete this sentence: Restorative justice focuses on __________ the harm caused by criminal behavior.

• repairing

• ignoring

• exacerbating

• hiding

Which of the following is a key principle of restorative justice?

• Punishment

• Revenge

• Rehabilitation

• Isolation

Restorative justice is primarily concerned with the needs of which group?

• The government

• The community

• The victim

• The offender

In restorative justice, who is encouraged to participate in the dialogue?

• Only the victim

• Only the offender

• Both the victim and the offender

• Neither the victim nor the offender

What is the main goal of restorative justice?

• To punish the offender

• To seek revenge

• To restore relationships

• To ignore the crime