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Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice
Author: Jocelyn Pollock
Edition: 8 TH
Publisher: Wadsworth Cengage Learning
ISBN-13: 978-1285062662
Prepare an essay response for the 3 questions listed. List the textbook and one other reference.

As the executive director of a progressive restorative justice program in a small rural region, you constantly struggle to convince the various local juvenile court systems to refer delinquents into your program. Despite the struggles, the idea of restorative justice is slowly being accepted by an increasing number of the local city and county court systems. You are particularly excited that you are receiving the first referral from the adjacent county court system, which has so far been reluctant to emphasize restorative justice methods.

As you open the case file, you notice that the clients are two teenage females where one was badly beaten in an unprovoked attack. This type of offense is typically handled by a victim-offender reconciliation meeting which encourages both parties to interact and resolve the issues with you acting as the mediator. From the very beginning of the meeting, however, you realize this will not be your typical case. The offender refused to show remorse to the victim, and both parents are also uncooperative. You are forced to end the reconciliation meeting early due to the lack of respect each party has to the process.

After the parties have left your office, a decision must be made on the best course of action. You write a letter to the referring judge explaining how the meeting went. This is frustrating, as this unsuccessful meeting will likely lead the judge to regret handling the case by restorative justice and less likely to refer future cases. You are also frustrated with yourself, as perhaps another restorative justice method would have worked more effectively than the reconciliation meeting.
1.What other restorative justice programs would have been available for this case?
2.Should the judge give up on restorative justice on this case?
3.Was this the proper type of case to utilize restorative justice programs.