Disadvantages Of Restorative Justice

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Restorative justice uses the victims of a crime to help rehabilitate the offender. For example, in the case of domestic abuse, the offender would meet with the victim and attempt to reconcile with the victim. In the case of domestic abuse, this entails the abuser be held accountable for their actions and to make reparation for wrong doings. The focus is for the abuser to apologize to their victim. One advantage of this style of reparations is it helps keep the family together. Another, advantage when an abuser cannot be removed then it works in the victims’ advantage. It allows a victim to ask offender why they were victimized. Lastly, it can be handled as a private matter. This type of program, however, has many disadvantages specifically