Conceptual Analysis

1. Analyze the nature of restorative justice today and compare it with the traditional objective of
dispute resolution. Why does traditional dispute resolution appear to deviate from the ideas of
restorative justice? (Answer the question in 100 words. Essay format. 15 points?)

Restorative justice is to repair the relationship between the offenders and victims also the community
while the dispute resolution is to gives parties in dispute the opportunity to work through disputed
issues with the help of a neutral third party.
Dispute resolution deviate the idea of restorative justice because it preserves relationship by helping
people co-operate instead of creating one winner and one loser it focuses on the issues that are
important to the people in dispute instead of just their legal rights and obligations.
Dispute resolution is giving them an opportunity to tell their side and to remove conflict.
2. Does conflict management promote the modern idea of restorative justice? Why …? Discuss
your answer in 50 words ... essay format... 15 points)

Conflict management promote the idea of restorative justice by compromising or avoiding.

Idea is that there is a settlement or punishment to repair the damage or to compensate the loss
of victim.
Also, to remove the conflict between the parties so that it will avoid the harm of each other’s.

A. Critical thinking
3. Why is conflict transformation aligned with the goal of restorative justice? (Answer the
question in 100 words – essay format. 15 points)

Conflict transformation is aligned to the goal of restorative justice. The conflict should not be
regarded as an isolated event that can be resolved or managed, but as an integral part of
society’s on-going evolution and development.
For conflict transformation to occur, tensions between parties to the conflict must be
overcome first, by ensuring all actors recognize that their respective interests are not served
by resorting to violence and second, by seeking consensus on what should be transformed.
Conflict transformation is characterized by problem-solving to change or transform it into a
peace so that It will be settled between parties.

4. Identify 3 specific processes or approaches that demonstrates the application of restorative

justice in criminal matter. (Explain in 2 sentences each process and name one government or
non-government program /project that used it. Use the format below)

APPLICATION OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS

PROCESS/APPROACH SUMMARY EXAMPLE

(name of a specific (explain the process (provide a specific name of a
restorative process) in 2 sentences) program or project-no need to
explain)
1. Amends repair crime causes Community Service
 harm and justice
requires repairing that
harm.
Offender seeks
forgiveness and issues
apologies, agrees to
pay for damages or
works to restore with
the community.
2. Encounter Restorative justice Victim/Offender Mediation or
places a high value on Dialogue.
having the victim and
offender encounter
one another. 
It might be done
directly in a meeting
between the two (and
perhaps others as
well) with a facilitator
assisting them. 
3. Inclusion They actively invite Peace making circles.
all affected parties--
victims, offenders,
and community
members--to
participate in
resolving the crime.
Participants begin to
develop the physical,
mental, emotional and
spiritual habits of
peacemaking

5. Find application of restorative justice principles in dispute resolution. Provide a good

presentation that would explain the adaption of the main/key principles of restorative justice
in resolving crime related disputes. (Free format. Tips will be provided in the FB page and/or
GC)