恢复性司法的功效

The Effect of Restorative Justice

恢复性司法不仅成为处理犯罪问题的较好方式,还成为帮助村落社会成为更加尊重权利、学习如何成为民主社会的一种方式。恢复性司法最大的前景不在于它比法院审理或者辩诉交易更有直接效果,而在于较之传统的刑事司法,是对犯罪有效干预的承载工具。有越来越充分的证据表明,恢复性司法本身对于减少重新犯罪有直接效果。有关恢复性司法的文献越来越有力地说明,还能够通过更多的正义和当地社区更多地参与决策来减少犯罪。

Restorative justice becomes much more than a better way of managing crime; it becomes a way to help village societies become more rights-respecting and to learn to become democratic. The largest promise of restorative justice is not that it is more directly effective than alternatives such as court or plea bargains. It is that evidence-based restorative justice is a superior delivery vehicle for interventions that work than traditional criminal justice. The evidence has progressively become stronger that restorative justice in itself is directly effective in reducing reoffending. In addition, the restorative justice literature is increasingly compelling that we can get less crime through more justice and more local community participation in decision-making.