CJU 311 - Restorative Justice

Credit Hour(s): 3
A justice course that reconsiders beliefs about punishment, habilitation, and justice and introduces an alternative approach based on values and principles. Restorative Justice moves beyond the victim-offender paradigm and views crime as violation against people and relationships. The course compares the moral roots and structural elements of the Western justice system and restorative justice, and how each model seeks to achieve order and security. Students will examine some of the legal and moral dilemmas posed by punitive responses to conflict, crime and violence, and how restorative justice can avoid these dilemmas. Students learn how restorative justice can be applied in the schools, courts and community and develop skills for facilitating restorative circles to address conflict and crime. 3 Credit(s).

Prerequisite(s): CJU 201.
Course Session Cycle: SP