Restorative Justice

Restorative Justice

In the required readings for this week Siegel (2015) and Losoncz & Tyson (2007) discuss Braithwaite’s concept of reintegrative shaming. This conceptualization of shame centers on the emotions felt when standards established by familial or social institutions fail to be met. In many societies around the world shame is a powerful tool of social control, however in the United States the process of informal shaming is often absent. Due to the fact that informal methods of social control are often more effective than legal sanctions in curbing deviant behavior, discuss the concept of reintegrative shaming and how it might be used in a more formal legal system such as that found within the U.S.

Your initial post should be at least 300 words in length. Support your contentions with citations from the text and/or other scholarly sources. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses.

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Braithwaite has written several books which have played a big role in contributing to the concept of crime. In his article, Braithwaite has emphasized and stressed on the role or responsibility that shame and shaming plays in preventing illegal or criminal behavior. He, however, differentiates between good forms of shame and the bad forms of shame. This is because bad forms of shame, such as stigmatization…
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