Koss, M. (2014). The RESTORE program of restorative justice for sex crimes: Vision, process, and outcomes. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 29(9), 1623-1660. doi: 10.1177/0886260513511537 On the other hand, a memorial service or funeral is only the beginning of their grief for some people. It signifies the beginning of their life without their loved ones. It also represents the start of getting acquainted with their grief. 5. Try therapy We also see the way a tragedy can affect everyone involved, even those who are related to the ones who caused it. It's heartbreaking, but the quest for Closure is a bold and valiant one that Caitlin tries to share with the entire community.

Try filling your calendar with new activities or doing things that are outside of your comfort zone. Go easy on yourself and expect that your grief will ebb and flow for the next few weeks and months. 7. Find your purpose A theme of this book clearly is empathy. Not only does Caitlin have to learn how to feel empathy, but it seems as though the author’s purpose is to make the reader feel empathy for Caitlin. The first person point of view helps us feel empathy for Caitlin. This point of view helps the reader see things as Caitlin sees them. It helps us get an understanding of what someone with Asperger’s would think like. She has an emotions chart that she uses with the counselor to help her recognize people’s emotions. We can see Caitlin try to use this chart when she sees people. For example, Caitlin thought this as she saw a boy sitting alone on the playground, “I wonder why he’s sitting like that. He’s rubbing his eyes so he’s either sleepy or sad. I think those are the only two things it could be.” I know I do not have to think like this; my brain automatically can recognize other people’s emotions. It is interesting to see how Caitlin has to train her brain to do this.Restorative justice turns the traditional justifications for punishment upside down with several primary tenets that are very different from those traditional ideas. Restorative justice questions the belief that punishment of the offender is obligatory to restore justice and places a heavy emphasis on healing rather than mere punishment (Wenzel, Okimoto, Feather, & Platow, 2008). The typical retributive response to crime is often considered justified by a Kantian rationale of deontological ethics (Robinson, 2008), so restorative justice may seem unjustified by that ethical system.

When you focus on moving forward following a significant loss, it helps with the grief process when there isn’t any resolution otherwise. Take one day at a time in the initial stages and work your way up to planning a week or two at a time. Highly recommended for children, teens, and adults alike – this book is definitely deserving of the National Book Award, and will leave readers aching to understand one another despite their personal problems. Caitlin doesn't quite understand. Her older brother Devon is dead, killed tragically in a school shooting. She understands that, of course, but she doesn't like what his death has brought with it. As a kid with Asperger's, Caitlin has a difficult enough time figuring out the world around her as it is. Now she has glommed onto a word that seems to offer her a way out her current unhappiness: Closure. If she can find closure for Devon's death, maybe that will help her, help her dad, help everyone who's hurting. The only question is, what can a girl like Caitlin do to help herself and everyone else as well? The goal of RESTORE is to provide the victim with a voice in how the criminal case proceeds while making the offender accept responsibility. RESTORE is a consensual program that must be agreed upon by both the victim and the offender and was implemented for two primary reasons; first, only about 13% of reported sexual assaults in the United States result in a conviction of the offender, and second, because sexual assault victims have reported wanting a criminal justice process that recognized them as legitimate victims (Koss, 2014).Also, the ending is way too neat – not only in its representation of Asperger’s, but on a structural level, too. Caitlin suddenly Gets It (i.e. what her father needs from her emotionally). I’m not going to lie, this made me cringe a bit, because it was way too pat and the core conflict of the novel was too easily fixed. This could have been such an interesting novel if Caitlin hadn’t just Got It, but rather slowly began to display the empathy she felt for her father. I understand that the book was written for a middle-grade/young adult audience, but a key emotional subtlety was missing for all levels. This paper will explain the concepts and emotions behind restorative justice, the effectiveness of the programs, and how they are justified ethically. The specific role that different emotions play in the context of restorative justice programs will be examined and applied to various types of restorative programs such as restorative programs related to sex offenses, sex offender registries, and domestic violence. Restorative justice programs are ethical, and effective in reducing recidivism across various crime types when focusing on guilt rather than shame as the target emotions. Restorative Justice