Restorative and
Retributive Justice
By Christoffer-Kyle Bautista
Definition in my own words
Restorative:
Retributive:
The type of justice where we
try to repair the damage
caused by those accountable
for causing the damage
The type of justice where we
find those accountable for a
crime and punish them
Examples of Justice
Restorative example for Bosco: Punishing
students who don’t throw their trash away
by making them pick up trash after school
Restorative example in the world: Punishing
people who are caught littering by making
them clean up and pick up trash at a public
space such as a park
Retributive example for Bosco: Punishing
students for not following school rules such
as not wearing the correct uniform by
sending them to after-school detention
Retributive example in the world: Punishing
criminals for breaking the law by putting
them and jail and making them serve a prison
sentence
Pros and Cons
Restorative:
Retributive:
Pros:
Pros:
-People who are punished because of restorative
justice have a feeling of being able to become a
better person
-If the person who committed the crime did
not enjoy serving a sentence, they might not
ever commit a crime again
Cons:
Cons:
-If a person who committed the crime doesn’t
want to improve themselves as a person after
experiencing restorative justice, they might
continue doing bad things because they feel like
they won’t be punished as harshly
-It can be hard to figure out how much time a
person should serve in prison and it can
possibly lead to the person being punished to
do even worse things when they are out in
the world again
Sources
https://www.reference.com/world-view/pros-cons-restorative-justice-a722d
3404aa5cb87
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/justice-retributive/
https://law.wisc.edu/fjr/rjp/justice.html