Restorative and Community Justice

What is restorative justice? Restorative justice emphasizes the ways in which crimes hurt relationships between people who live in a community. Restorative justice is "designed to provide the context for ensuring that social rather than legal goals are met."1 Within the process of restorative justice there are three major goals: victim involvement, offender accountability, and community protection. The offender becomes accountable to those they have harmed both directly and indirectly. Restorative justice involves community agencies, …

…in the end, Atanarjuat stepped forward and said that changes need to be made to end the animosity of the two families. Unfortunately, the resolution to the problem occurred after Atanarjuat's brother, Aamarjuaq, was killed by the three men. ENDNOTES 1 Julian V. Roberts. Criminal Justice in Canada: A Reader. Harcourt Canada Ltd., Toronto, ON. 2000. p. 277. 2 Curt T. Griffiths and Alison Hatch Cunningham. Canadian Criminal Justice: A Primer. Second Edition. Thomson Canada Ltd., Scarborough, ON. 2003. p. 146.