Traditional vs. Restorative Apporach

Question 1

Focuses on establishing blame and guilt

Answer 1

Traditional Approach

Question 2

Stigma of crime is removable

Answer 2

Restorative Approach

Question 3

Focuses on problem solving, liabilities and obligations, focus on the future

Answer 3

Restorative Approach

Question 4

Stigma of crime is permanent

Answer 4

Traditional Approach

Question 5

Dependence upon proxy professionals

Answer 5

Traditional Approach

Question 6

No encouragement for repentance and forgiveness

Answer 6

Traditional Approach

Question 7

Possibilities for repentance and forgiveness

Answer 7

Restorative Approach

Question 8

Direct involvement by participant

Answer 8

Restorative Approach

Question 9

Action directed from state to offender: Victim is ignored- Offender is passive

Answer 9

Traditional Approach

Question 10

Victim and offender’s roles recognized in both problem and solution: Victim rights/needs recognized; Offender encouraged to take responsibility

Answer 10

Restorative Approach

Question 11

Offender accountability defined as taking punishment

Answer 11

Traditional Approach

Question 12

Offender accountability defined as understanding impact of action and helping decide how to make things right

Answer 12

Restorative Approach

Question 13

Offence defined in purely legal terms- devoid of moral, social, economic, political dimensions

Answer 13

Traditional Approach

Question 14

Offence understood in whole context- moral, social, economic, political

Answer 14

Restorative Approach

Question 15

“Debt” owed to state and society

Answer 15

Traditional Approach

Question 16

Debts/liability to victim recognized

Answer 16

Restorative Approach

Question 17

Response focused on offender’s past behaviour

Answer 17

Traditional Approach

Question 18

Response focused on harmful consequences of offender’s behaviour

Answer 18

Restorative Approach

Question 19

Imposition of pain to punish and deter/prevent

Answer 19

Traditional Approach

Question 20

Restitution as a means of restoring both parties; reconciliation/restoration as a goal

Answer 20

Restorative Approach

Question 21

Conflict seen as individual vs. state- interpersonal, conflictual nature of crime obscured, repressed

Answer 21

Traditional Approach

Question 22

Crime recognized as interpersonal conflict

Answer 22

Restorative Approach

Question 23

Community represented abstractly by the state

Answer 23

Traditional Approach

Question 24

Community as facilitator

Answer 24

Restorative Approach