Retributive Justice Flashcards
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Retributive Justice
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a system or approach that focuses on the proportionate punishment/suffering of an offender who committed a crime; associated with Zehr and Gohar
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Zehr and Gohar: Retributive Justice
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crime is a violation of the law and state, violations create guilt, justice requires the state to determine blame and punishment, focus is offenders receiving what they deserve, ignores the victim, problems: lack of rehabilitation and reintegration, harsh sentences and records, underfunded programs, inadequate training, profiling, policing on reserves
