AQA GCSE Citizenship Studies · 8100
Paper 2
Revise: Punishment and SentencingRestorative justice can give victims an opportunity to explain the impact of the crime and receive an apology.
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GCSE Citizenship Studies · key term
A process that gives victims an opportunity to explain the impact of a crime to the offender and may allow the offender to apologise and make amends.
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Paper 2
Revise: Punishment and SentencingRestorative justice can give victims an opportunity to explain the impact of the crime and receive an apology.
Paper 1, Paper 2
A voluntary process in which a victim and an offender communicate about the harm caused by a crime, supported by a trained facilitator, so that the offender can take responsibility and make amends.
Community payback is compulsory unpaid work; restorative justice requires willing participation by both victim and offender.
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Restorative justice gives victims an opportunity to explain how a crime affected them, ask questions and receive an apology. It requires the offender to acknowledge the crime, listen to its impact and take responsibility. Its focus is repairing harm, rather than simply imposing a penalty.