People involved with the Criminal Justice System

Part 2
1) Watch the Lecture Video: Week 7: People involved with the Criminal Justice System, Part 2 (30:03)

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2) Respond to the following questions about transformative justice in complete sentences:

How does Mia Mingus explain what transformative justice is?
Why does transformative justice go beyond looking at the individual who caused harm?
3) Respond to the following questions about Common Justice in complete sentences unless otherwise indicated:

What are the four guiding principles of Common Justice's work? (You can make a list).
What are the five elements of accountability? (You can make a list).

Part 3
1) The central activity of Common Justice is to bring together harmed parties (victims) and responsible parties (the person who causes harm) in order to "make things right." When it goes well, there is healing and growth. Here is how one writer explains it:

"(Danielle) Sered explains the power that the process can give to survivors who feel comfortable participating in the process. When the individual who created the harm takes responsibility for their actions and makes themselves available to honestly answer the questions of the survivor, survivors are able to piece together a real narrative of what happened and move forward from it, instead of relying on their own gaps in memory or relying on self-blame when no one is present to take real responsibility. Acknowledging one’s impact also allows the causer of harm to realize that what they did was harmful. It keeps people from falling back into a normalization of violence, which for many individuals can be a strong past coping mechanism since the vast majority of people who commit violence are themselves survivors of it." (The Novel Hand)

Here are 5 stories that describe their work starting on page 6. https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/commonjustice/pages/453/attachments/original/1615395220/Common_Justice_Case_Portraits_2016_small_file_version_%281%29_%281%29.pdf?1615395220

2) Pick one story. I particularly like “Facing the impact” (p.10) and “From “enforcer” to neighbor” (p.12). Respond to the prompts in complete sentences with specific detail from the story (about 15 words for each question, about 75 words (5 sentences) total):

Which story did you pick?
What harm was done?
What were some steps that took place before the “circle” where participants come together to make an agreement?
What did the responsible party (the one who caused harm) have to agree to? Did they fulfill their agreement?
What impact did the Common Justice process have on the responsible party (the one who caused harm)? What was the impact on the harmed party (the victim)?
What stands out to you about the process? Did anything surprise you?