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Lecture notes:
Latent Trait Theory: with crime and nature. personal traits outweighs tyhe imprtantce of social varaibles
Example: robbery and how it benifits them from a finacal level.
Isolation causes you to be withdrawn from society.
Enviromentent and impulsivity : enviroments can change your mood or how you act around others.

Video:
There was a study being done to see if murders killed cause they wanted to or is there were other factors in the crime. John seemed very mellow and almost unsure of what is going on. He had a lack of fear because of a part of the brain being smaller. He had put a gun to someone chest and that explains his lack of fear.  John had broke out of jail a couple times ones to see his mom who had a tumor. Prior to the murder he would rob banks and described himslef as in a zone and purposeful. These factors can be supressed and triggered later on such as, stress in someones life. This can be due to the enviroment and his formative years. When he was 3 yrs old his mom had left him at a childrens home Which is the adandenment theory. Parent abandonment can turn on and off genes. His violence was a trigger is a certain type of impulsivity. They didnt calculate any of the robberys that they did and they just waited for an opening (20's). He had aged out of crime by the time of this documentary.

Trait theory: certain people have a specific characteristics  that makes them want to do something but its that trait that makes them do it.

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Here is my PowerPoint presentation. Every time I went to make a loom video it told me that loom was down for maintenance so I was unable to do that.

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The video was assembled by a group called Motus that raises awareness about contemporary social issues through theatrical performance. It offers a glimpse into a program that allows former prisoners to write a dialogue that is then read by a criminal justice authority figure. This collaborative experience is aimed at giving a voice to the marginalized groups that are cast out of society after incarceration, and it calls for a reformation of the current criminal justice system in hopes of a better future not only for offenders but also for society as a whole.
Benefits of the program are the awareness that is spread about restorative justice options, the expanding of available resources for policing agencies, and the restoration of human dignity to formerly incarcerated individuals. The biggest downfall of the program is that it relies heavily upon the willingness of justice institutions to cooperate and also the openness of the public to listen to the stories and act to prompt a change in the system.
All of the participants in the collaboration displayed a lot of courage by taking a stand to support the reform of the justice system. The formerly incarcerated individuals were brave enough to be vulnerable and share their stories and the true impact of crime and the justice system in their lives. The officers and DA involved were courageous in standing up for marginalized individuals that the police have generally been conditioned to label as nothing more than criminals. Overall, this program is effective in raising awareness for the need for a reform in the justice system and also in helping to heal and strengthen the relationship between offenders, law enforcement, and the community.

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Part 1: Restorative Justice Collaboration Video Reflection

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Positives and Negatives: Some positives of this method was that they are able to understand better how those who were incarcerated are feeling by seeing their perspective. It helps to show compassion and respect on both ends and allow them to share their sides. They are able to understand the struggles these people have to face in their lives. Some negatives were that these types of people are not given the resources needed to succeed. Society tends to label them which just further pushes them from having hope and growing. Some of these systems can promote and incite violence which just continues to fuel the problem.

Participants: The participants are those who were formally incarcerated or currently are. There are also different law enforcement agencies and those who are supportive of restorative justice techniques.

Process: The process of this was people who were imprisoned wrote a letter from their point of view based off of their experiences. Then law enforcement read these monologues that were written by people who were incarcerated. Afterwards, a discussion was held about what could be improved in the system and how the stories made them feel.

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Part 1 Restorative Justice Collaboration Video Reflection

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Positives:
This video gives an inside look and a chance from law enforcement of how things work. There is empathy without judgement, along with sharing challenges.
Negatives:
Based on Derek's story, it is said that it's addicted to sell drugs with the excitement and for the thrill.
Reflection:
For the process and participants, we got to see different stories from individual backgrounds. The audience was able to see comparisons of these participants and giving us their point of view on their experiences with addictions.

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Topic 4 Participation Social Conflict Theories and Restorative Justice (1)

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Every adult while growing they will recognize how things get every time more and more expensive and this happens because the economy grows but with this growth simple and basic stuff that we may declare as necessary gets also expensive. The changes in the economy are one of the reasons why some people may keep a lifestyle and why other may lose all that they have as a job, cars, house; and in extreme situations like this where people may lose control or get desperate because they are losing money and/or because they have a family to sustain they may opt for no legal option to make that money.

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the segregation in Chicago set African Americans to failure by lacking the chances of growing by putting them in small areas so they would not be close to white people. Also, that they would not help them if the father of the family was present leading kids to grow with a single mother, which still was not enough because these families have more than one kid and the resource they have to survive was not enough. kids growing in poor conditions with a lack of parents' attention and lack of education living in an area where gangs grow and kids see and copy what adults do would lead to kids to involve in delinquent activities.

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Karl Marx proposess the idea that social economics may have an influence in people that makes them commit crimes. in other words, while most people work in places where they earn the minimmum wage might push people to commit crimes for the lack of money.

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Topic 4 Participation Social Conflict Theories and Restorative Justice

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Positives: The video gave a great perspective form the shoes of the incarcerated. It gives us a good understanding of the struggles they face while outside of prison, a view of the racial injustices that people face within the system, and it advocates for recognizing and trying to fix the idea of incarceration.

Negatives: The system seems to be set up to cause failure against criminals. It doesn't always provide them with adequate resources to readapt to life. Even though these criminals are serving time for the crime they committed, their mental state is forever affected

Participants:
Law enforcement, Formally incarcerated, prison reform advocates

Process: Law enforcement officials read monologues from individuals who were formally incarcerated. The monologues were based off of their experiences before, during, and after being a part of the system.

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Topic 4 Participation Social Conflict Theories and Restorative Justice

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LECTURE 1
1. Restorative justice advocates for things such as conflict resolution rather than prison
2. Many view the state as punishers, rather than helpers
3. Because of astigmatisms offenders are often branded as evil and viewed as outcasts
4. Justice should be healing while crime is the wound

LECTURE 2:
1. The government is in charge of preserving a just order and keeping the peace within communities
2. Victims, communities, and offenders should be more involved in the justice process
3. To help those injured by crime, healing is necessary

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LECTURE:
1. Even in areas that are the most wealthy, wealth is not distributed equally. The system strongly encourages business to make products in a cheap manner to maximize profit
2. People who live outside the economic mainstream and affordable housing are made to live in different neighborhoods where there are higher rates of crime
3. Globalization has had many effects. two are the making of transitional markets and a global economy
4. people become greedy because the wealth an area creates is not shared by them
5. Work is known for creating goods, owners profits, and capitalists keep their own share of the profit

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LECTURE:
1. Both power and death have a significant impact on crime itself
2. In certain areas, crime is heavily related to economic strength and production
3. Crime usually happens as a result of social conflict

VIDEO:
1. In Chicago African Americans were placed into specific housing so they didn't live with white people
2. Many city economic policies were made that resulted in fathers not being able to live with rest of the family. Welfare and other benefits were the cause for these policies
3. Many of them were setup for failure. They had bad schooling, low paying jobs, and poor housing
4. Over the years crime and murder rates have done nothing but increased in Chicago

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Topic 4 Participation Restoritive Justices

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Social Conflict Theories and Restorative Justice - 4 March 2023

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Positives: People are open to the idea of understanding those who go to prison and seeing the struggle they face trying to get back on their feet. Those who are treated differently and unfairly change their life and help others. Tragedy becomes a miracle.
Negatives: Although people know this sometimes it is a struggle to be able to fix the injustice because of the way the system is set up.
-monologue is being read and discussed the struggles Derek faced, showing the importance of improving the justice system

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JUS-212 Topic 4 Participation - Aaron Nitz

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Part 2 - Out of Class Experience 3/3/2023

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Loom was giving me a hard time sharing my screen as seen above. The next attachment contains my PP.

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1) Positives:
Understanding different POVS such as incarcerated people.
Wanting there to be change within the correctional system.
2 )Negatives: Lack of resources, labeling issues
3) Participants: past prisoners, correctional employees, and advocates
4)Process: Reading to understand POV, writing to be understood from people who have been in jail, story telling

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There are many pro and cons to hearing these stories. The pros are that hearing the stories can bring the problems that are very big they can bring them to the eyes of people who can change them. When these problems are brought to peoples eyes we can try our best to fix the problem. The cons are we now know the problems that people face in prison. We now know that people are put through the worst times and prison. They don’t get fixed in prison they just get beat down and hurt more. They come out worse then they went in.

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- The main purpose of criminology is to eventually promote a peaceful society
- Re-integrative shaming is a tool of informal social control in which is a process of degradation in which the criminal is branded as an evil person and cast out of society
- The process to restoration includes resolution, restoration, and reconciliation and redefines crime in a way that includes everyone including victim and others affected

Video 1:
- There are stereotypes between officers and criminals which are not true in the general sense
- restorative justice dives deeper into personal reasoning and talk about the crime and who are affected
- when law enforcement doesn't shame offenders and instead offer help, this gives the chance for the offender to reconcile and reintegrate into society

Video 2:
- offenders should have a voice when it comes to justice and justice should involve healing for their crimes
- the repair phase is important since it allows the victim and offender to come together and come to an conclusion
- this leads for the offender to repair the wrongs they have done and the victim gets to state their feelings and impact it made on them, this allows a repair to be made between both people but isn't guaranteed
- makes the victim feels as if the offender is willing to take step in changing their ways and they feel regret for the crimes they have committed.

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-When the economy grows the cost of living increases and slowly more people end up struggling due to not being able to catch up
-Companies make there products in other countries because they don't have to pay as much due to no existing job regulations in other countries
-People in lower income areas end up putting them in areas filled with crime

Video Points:
-1/5 of people convited of drug crimes are white while the other are minorities
-one man got a more harsh sentence while the other man got a lighter sentence for the same crime just because one is a black man and the other is white
-it is believed that people of color generally come from poverty and no structure in the family while white people mostly have money and come from a supportive family
-there are more minorities in prison than white people due to multiple reasons (culture, way of living, assumptions)

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Reflection:
A positive for the video was that you get every perspective and point of view not just from law enforcement and get into their shoes. And how Derek shared the challenged and obstacles going through that hardship and transformed him. One of the posotives as well as during the video the officers were showing respect to the victims, letting them speak and reading off their monologues. The negatives were the video was really slow and the monolouges got really long and the music was painful to listen to. It was really interesting listening to these people coming from all sorts of background and their hardships.

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Positive
The positive sides are that they give  the chance to people who used to be in prison to share their story so that people who feel lost when they get out can be inspirated and maybe they won't start to make crimes again. Another positive thing is that they help those people to put their skills in a legal job .

Negatives
Some negative aspect are that the crminal justice system is not fear a lot of the times since black people get treated in a different away from white ones, once poeople are out of jail they don't have nothing and the prisons don't help the meltal health of prisoners.

Praticipants
The participant are law enforcement employees, prison reform advocates, restorative justice and people who used to be in prison.

Process
Employees from law enforcement share monologues that people who used to be in prison and strugled to have a normal life again.

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Positives

Viewing the world through someone else's eyes

No judgement

Showing Empathy

Music is made from the experiences that have been shared

Sharing challenges

Nurturing an individual is better than cussing out or insulting an individual

Criminal Justice leaders share their opinion and their reflection of the stories

Negatives

Sad stories

Joaquin was denied after his internship at home depot

It's addicting to sell drugs (from Derek's story)

Getting money from selling drugs is also exciting

Derek got hurt in the process of getting arrested that had him in the ER

Reflection on process and participants

Get to share stories from different backgrounds

The Spirit of Grace singing group makes songs that helps heal the individuals who shared their story through monologue

These stories inspire others and change people's perspectives

It's very difficult for the writers, Derek, Joaquin and David, to share their experiences, they had courage and strength.

Each of the stories had their own struggles, they had to overcome things, and their challenges

The readers and the audience learns something and feel inspired through the stories that have been shared

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https://www.loom.com/share/406b2431ccaf42b8b14c38f0083f2cce

Here is the link, it was not letting me show my face and the presentation without upgrading. I am not going to be in class on Wednesday but had this approved with Keila.

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Positives and negatives-
Some of the positives in the video were putting themselves in the shoes of the incarcerated, allowing members of law enforcement to see stories through the point of view of the incarcerated, and understanding some of the racial injustices within the system. Some of the negatives are that the system is set up for people to fail, people struggle to be accepted into society, and the system promotes violence in the prison.

Participants-
Formally incarcerated, law enforcement, restorative justice and prison reform advocates.

Process-
Law enforcement employees reading monologues from formally incarcerated individuals. Formally incarcerated write monologues based off of their individuals and discuss the implications of the stories.

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Video Reflection:
Positives-
-Helping others that are just getting out of prison
-Helping reform the criminal justice system
-Help give a voice to inmates all around the world

Negatives -
-A lot of racial biases
-Getting sources to help people that get out of prison right away
-Society does not accept them

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Restorative Justice Collaboration Video Reflection 03/03

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The Motus Theater is a restorative program where they produce original theater to promote discussion on important current problems. They forge ties between various aspects of our society by utilizing the influence of art and music. Motus asks people who are frequently in positions of public leadership in our communities and country to take on the role of an undocumented person or a formerly incarcerated motus monologist and read their story aloud in performances that Motus presents as one of their strategies for strengthening our community and nation. The only requirement for readers is that they be willing to put aside their own opinions, exhibit courageous empathy, and briefly put themselves in the shoes of the characters in the narrative. To comprehend and discuss the issues that people in black communities and those who are in poverty face, the process includes using theater and monologue. Additionally, they use it to help victims heal and offenders gain insight.

One positive of this program is that it enables law enforcement to place themselves in the position of victims and comprehend their perspective. It allows them to develop sensitivity and see things from a different angle. Understanding and empathizing with victims is one aspect of restorative justice, and in this instance, law enforcement is given the opportunity to do so. Law officials should also express regret and take the time to recognize the suffering and harm they have inflicted on the black community. The only negative I can personally identify with this program is that the speeches might be perceived as performances rather than representations of the offenders' and law enforcement personnel's real, unfiltered, and authentic emotions.

One story that really stuck out of me was Juaquin Mobley’s story read by David Self, a patrol commander for a police department in Boulder County, Colorado. Juaquin’s story is very challenging and filled with lots of frustration and pain, but his story is also one of courage, hope, and determination. Juaquin was at 18-year-old boy when he finally saw hope and opportunity in his future. He finally saw a chance for him to be able to get his life on track and like the “American dream”. However, Juaquin had faced a hard life battling drug gang and felonies. In 2006, Juaquin went to prison and was given twice the time as the two white men who went up in front of the judge before him. Juaquin brought up the fact that a black man without a criminal record is less likely to get called back for a job than a white man who checked the felony box. This struck a nerve in me and shows the serious issue of racism and discrimination in our country.

Before Juaquin’s job interview at Home Depot where he had finally thought he found hope for a better future, Juaquin found out that he wouldn’t be able to receive his social security for another year, and because he was on probation for a felony drug conviction, he had to leave his home otherwise his entire family would have been evicted. Despite this, Juaquin still walked into his job interview with hope and confidence, which was reassured to him during his interview. This all took a turn, however, once the employer at Home Depot typed in Juaquin’s social security number. Seeing Juaquin’s past, the Home Depot employee told Juaquin that he was unable to give him the job. Juaquin states, “I was now dead to him. Or at least untouchable. He wouldn’t even look at me. I was officially not hirable.” With Juaquin’s life on the line, he continued to plead for just one chance, one opportunity, one shot. Juaquin shared with him what he was up against economically and how badly he needed the job just to get by and pay for his family, but the employee was unmoved and just said “sorry”.

Throughout Juaquin’s time in prison, he gathered a vision for himself of what his life would look like once he got out. Despite all of the obstacles of getting an education in prison, Juaquin did it all by himself. He would get a job, make it to college, and finally be out of the drug gang once and for all. But with the employer’s response, Juaquin now had to consider going back to a life filled with felonies, risking his whole freedom and life. Juaquin makes a powerful statement, “I may have to fight to survive but I will not be your entertainment. I am not your victim. And I will not let you make me your victim.”

After being released from prison, Juaquin almost didn’t make it. But he did and now Juaquin works to support other people coming out of our prison system, guiding them as they take the skills they learn, and transforming them into entrepreneurs with legal opportunities. After sharing his story, Motus Theater made a song for his story. The theater continues to do this as more stories are shared and read.
This video was very powerful and showed the true, raw, and genuine stories of victims of racism and discrimination. It shows the importance of restorative justice programs and how the most important thing when we look at another person is viewing them as a human being who makes mistakes and may commit crime solely because they are trying to survive.

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Positives were:
* A lot of support from the program
* It is a program to help people go back into society when they get out of prison
* They are interested in improving the criminal justice system
* This program cares for inmates and wants to help them have a voice in this world as well as other prisoners that are around the world.

Negatives were:
*Even though they want to support the prisoners, there are not enough resources to help these prisoners get back into society.
*Even though they are serving time for their crime, the prison overall affects the mental state of the prisoners
*Since there is a lack of resources, prisoners find it difficult to be accepted by society because they only see them for their crime.
*There is a lot of racism in the justice system

*The process that was in this video was that the police would read the stories of the prisoners before and after they were in prison but also during their time in prison.
*The participants were police and also prisoners who have a criminal record and continue to get arrested constantly

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Positives:
They facilitate dialogue on critical issues, they use the power of art to build alliances across diverse segments of the community, they present performances where they ask people that are often in positions of public leadership to stand in the shoes of an undocumented person or formerly incarcerated modus monologist and read their stories aloud, they do not ask for agreement but they suspend judgment, they ask for empathy and to see the world for a moment through someone else's eyes. Not just that but they also focus on the impact of the criminal justice system so it can be reflected, and action is taken.
Negatives:
Formerly incarcerated people or undocumented people are put into a shoe box for the rest of their lives, they carry stigma which is affecting them in their personal lives, and work environment, they do not provide resources for them to succeed with help.
Participants:
Participants are leaders in law enforcement and prosecution whose actions and policies impact how the criminal justice system works, along with formerly incarcerated participants whose stories are read.
Process:
The process of this movement is to have law enforcement leaders read the stories of formerly incarcerated participants, or undocumented people, and reflect on how they have been affected by the maltreatment that criminal justice gives them just because they are from a certain ethnicity, they have a different background, or they once were criminals but now they are changing or willing to change and doors are closed for them. By doing this they are promoting peace, and restorative justice, and to show people or the community that people deserve second chances.

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Positives and negatives

Allows authority to feel empathy for offenders

Highlights error in incarceration system

Police learn and begin to understand ways to reform the justice system

Offenders take responsibility for crime

Offenders share their story for others in same situations

Allows for vulnerability within past inmates

This process involves an authority figure within the community and a past inmate, undocumented person, minority, to gain a new perspective on their daily struggles. Law enforcement take the time to read, process, and understand the needs these individuals faced which lead to criminal activity and how they changed their lifestyle to better the community. These individuals went through public speaking, seeking help, and learning to overcome negative ideas of vulnerability.  All three individual state the only people who are not eligible for restorative justice are those who fail to take responsibility for crime and damage.

Juaquin Mobley
Juaquin Mobley is a former inmate who's story was read by David who is a patrol commander in Colorado. Juaquin needed money to support his grandparents rent, babies diapers, and wife's needs, leading to selling narcotics. Juaquin's criminal record made it difficult to find a job, despite having a great interview and moved to Colorado with the intent of avoiding selling drugs for money. After facing injustice in the legal system, he overcame obstacles by getting higher education, learning new languages, and now works to support people exiting  the justice system and wanting to reintegrate to society.

Derek Bell

Michael Doughtery reads the story of Derek Bell, a past gang member who became addicted to the power and financial stability that selling drugs provides. He was shot and run over by police after taking the blame for a variety of charges and cases for his "friends".  He took responsibility for hurting his community by selling drugs.

Daniel Guillory

Daniel was arrested for drug related charges and he was brought to the idea of getting clean through the love and support of his mother. This made him realize the justice system takes the worst part of people and uses them as their entire personality. Instead, the justice system should give people room to grow, resources for treatment, and the ability to learn instead of being punished. The department of corrections should focus on rehabilitation and wants to hear its own criminal responsibility in damaging and hurting these individuals

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POSTIVES:

Wants to work to help people who have just gotten out of prison

They are very supportive

They have a lot of compassion for these past inmates

They want to continue to do as much as they can to help reform the current criminal justice system

They want to be able to provide a voice for inmates all around the world.

NEGATIVES:

There are a lot of racial injustices and racial bias

They have provided no resources to help them get accustomed to Everyday Life from out of prison

They're not accepted by Society

A white man with a felony record is more likely to be hired over a black man with no record

The prison systems Rob them of their personality and kill them mentally

PARTICIPANTS:

Have past criminal record and history of being incarcerated

Law enforcement

PROCESS:

Law enforcement was reading the formerly incarcerated people's monologues from before during and after they were locked up

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The process is to be able to know the different ways people deal with these crimes, what was the harm and what needs to be done to help the people affected by this. I believe the intake meeting is the most important one because everyone talks about the problem and they talk about how they can address it to make a difference. In the intake the victims states what they felt and what they want the other person to do and that is when everything is set on the table and clear for everyone.

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Positives:
Gives law enforcement the opportunity to see the other side of things and go inside the shoes of those that are convicts or break the law. They are able to experience some of the things that they don't see whether it be inside or outside of prison.

Negatives:
In a lot of places, the system doesn't help but rather restricts the person. Not enough prisons have systems that help the incarcerated deal/take accountability for what they did and help them work to be a more productive member of society and often set them on a path to be a repeat offender and end up back where they once were.

Participants:
Current/previously incarcerated people and individuals from all different types of law enforcement agencies

Process:
People write about their current/past experiences and stories about jail so that law enforcement personnel and other can really begin to just barely experience what it is like for those inside prison, talking about the good and the bad

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The Estes Park Restorative Justice Program runs 2 programs: one helps identify harm and create a repair system and the other supports reentry into the community. The group conferences give offender and victim a chance to come together and connect in a way that lets the offender be held accountable for their actions and for the victim to understand why the crime happened to them. Some benefits include empowerment of the victim and the offender hearing the effect of their actions. The community circle is helping a victim reenter society with a group of people there to support them. The benefit of this is that they are able to set goals for themselves and are less likely to reconnect with negative influences. The negative to all of this is that the treatment is in a limited amount of time. If someone decides not to buy into it, they can easily go back into a world of crime knowing more about victim behavior than before.

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Positives and Negatives:
One of the positives of this method of collaborative restorative justice is that it allowed members of law enforcement to see stories through the eyes of other people. This video came about during COVID-19 and the protests for George Floyd, and the law enforcement officer's willingness to participate can lead to them having more respect from communities that feel betrayed by law enforcement. On a personal note, I did not really enjoy the musical breaks after each monologue and found it not to be interesting. Another negative is that these monologues could be performative and not make meaningful impacts on the community. Some more positives are that the officers thanked the people involved for their courage in sharing their stories, and one of the steps of restorative justice is to acknowledge how one's actions may have hurt others, regardless of intent. The monologuists said that it felt amazing being heard and connecting with the officers. The word "compassion" was often stated by the monologuists and many people said it was refreshing to see them care.
Participants and Process:
Use theater and arts to discuss issues and facilitate healing. Wants people to see issues through the eyes of another person, and understand the impact of the criminal justice system in order to cause reflection. One of the participants was Lafayette Police Operations Commander, David Self; and Captain Corey Pass of Estes Park Police Department, who read the stories of Motus Theater’s JustUs Monologists.

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Topic 4 Participation Social Conflict Theories and Restorative Justice

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Topic 4 Participation Social Conflict Theories and Restorative Justice

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Topic 4 Participation Social Conflict Theories and Restorative Justice

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the video explains drugs. drugs are harmful to ones well being. it affects how one proceeds life and how these drugs alter their view point on life. Tyler was depressed and not doing well. Getting off drugs changed his life giving him a home and a healthy life

key points
the peacemaking theory, Advocates of this theory argue that criminal justice policies constitute state-sanctioned violence that generates rather than suppresses criminal violence

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Topic 4 Participation Social Conflict Theories and Restorative Justice 3-5

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Part 1 - Restorative Justice Collaboration Video Reflection

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Part 1 - Restorative Justice Collaboration Video Reflection

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Positives: putting themselves in the shoes of the incarcerated, understanding the struggles they face outside of prison, understand the racial injustices within the system, advocates for recognizing and fixing over incarceration, advocates for prison reform and restorative justice, compassion can go both ways

Negatives: system sets people up for failure, doesn't provide them with resources to regain a normal life, puts them in a box/labels them forever, they struggle to be accepted by society, people get addicted to their criminal life style, system promotes violence in prison

Participants: formally incarcerated, law enforcement employees, restorative justice and prison reform advocates,

Process: law enforcement employees reading monologues from formally incarcerated individuals, formally incarcerated individuals write monologues based off of experience before, during, and after being in the system, discussion of the implications of the stories and how they could change the system

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Topic 4 Participation Social Conflict Theories and Restorative Justice

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Takeaways
- the purpose of the peacemaking theory is to promote a peaceful, just society
- it draws inspiration from religious and philosophical teachings
- advocate for policies that include conflict resolution
- the concept of restorative justice is to is to address victims' harm and needs, to hold offenders accountable, and involve, offenders, and communities; at the core of the process is respect
- restoration programs must be embraced by the community, schools, police, and courts

Video notes
- both cops and criminals face struggles unique to themselves
- law enforcement supports those affected by addition
- both lives were affected by stigmatization
- tyler was reintegrated into society and lost his negative reputation

Takeaways
- if crime is more then lawbreaking, then justice requires that we work to heal victims
- offenders and communities should have opportunities for active involvement in the justice process

Video notes
- I believe that the agreement/repair phase is the most important because it is where progress can be seen and reparations can be made.

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I think the most important part of the restorative justice process might be the closing circle. During this time, the victim and the offender are able to get closure which is important in order for both parties to heal and move on.

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Lecture Notes
Peacemaking theory suggests that if criminal offenders and offenses are talked to or talked about, find the reason, and solution, this decreases crime rates. The theory suggests that crime control is counterintuitive as it increases crime rather than decreasing crime. Instead, it encourages mediation and conflict resolution instead of prison time.

Restorative justice programs take part in the offender's ability to adapt and be reaccepted into society. By establishing the victims needs and repairing them, the concept of process of restoration comes into play as reconciliation occurs if programs are accepted by all members of society.

Restorative justice sees crime as a wound and justice involves healing that wound through the shared interests and participation of the victims, offenders, and community.

Video Notes
The stereotypes between police and addicts are damaging as he was shamed for using drugs and having multiple police involved incidentes. The support between recovering addicts and law enforcement creates empathy and allows for better communication among both groups as well as the wellbeing of the community. Restorative justice can improve the relationships between police and offenders but also changes the beliefs that society have on ex-offenders and addicts. Thus, allowing them to reintegrate into society.

Restorative Circle Process
I think the most important part of the process is going to be the Agreement and repair step as it will indicate if both parties agree on an appropriate action, leading to the healing processes. Failure to come to a balanced agreement will lead to conflict and the process will not be effective for the victim, offender, or the community.

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Notes:
Peacemaking Theory: The main purpose of criminology is to promote a peaceful, just society.
Restorative Justice:
Address victims' harm and needs, holds the offenders accountable. Also involves victims, offenders, and communities; at the core of the process is respect.
Stigmatization:
A process of degradation in which the offender is stamped as a bad and evil person and casted out of society.

Video:
Tyler had drug and alcohol problems and was chased down by police because of his problems with drug and alcohol and Tyler having to do things in order to feed his addiction.

He got reaccepted into society because he faced death itself because of his addiction, and he turned his life around because of that and he got sober, and also became a licensed addiction counselor.

Van Ness Principles:
If crime is more than lawbreaking, then:

Justice requires that we work to heal victims, communities, and offender who have been injured by crime.

Victims, communities and offenders should have opportunities for active involvement in the justice process.

Restorative Justice is not a program, it is a mission.

Howard Zehr's Questions

What is the harm?
What needs to be done to repair the harm?
Who is responsible for this repair?

Video:
I think that the Opening Circle is the most important because they can discuss what the offender did wrong and the victims can make agreements for the offenders to do in order to feel a bit more satisfied.

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The individual seen had a drug problem, and the cop formed his opinion on him based on the fact he was an addict rather than for who he was as a person. Eventually we realize that there is much more to his story than just being an addict. Luckily restorative justice was able to rehabilitate him and allow him to get back into society.

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Restorative Circle Process Video Reflection 3/1/23  

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Restorative Circle Process Video Reflection 3/1/23  

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There are five steps in the restorative justice process.
1. referral
2. intake meetings
3. opening circle
4. agreement repair phase
5. closing circle
I feel that the intake meetings is the most important step. It allows all parties to discuss and come to a conclusion about the issue at hand. Sharing each others opinions are important to bring people together rather than tear them apart.

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I think the open circle part of the process is the most important because it is going to be the hardest stage for everyone. It’s hard for the victims, offenders, and all who are affected by the crime to hear all sides of the story and talk face-to-face about it. This stage is the most important because for healing, closure, and moving on, you must get through this part, and this is the part that gives the most healing and closure.

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Takeaways-
- The Peacemaker Theory discusses that the purpose of criminology is to promote a peaceful and just society, which comes from religious and philosophical teachings.
- Peacemakers advocate for policies such as mediation and resolutions rather than going to prison.
- The concept of restorative justice is to address the victim's harms and needs while holding the offender accountable.
- Reintegrative shaming is when disapproval is extended to offenders' evil deeds while being respected people who can be reaccepted in society

Video-
- Both offenders and officers have stigmatizations of each other
- While officers save lots of lives, they don't like taking the lives of others even if they are criminal
- officers support those who are suffering from addiction
- Tyler was reintegrated into society when he went to rehab to cure his addiction

Takeaways 2-
- restorative justice views crime as a wound that needs to be healed
- justice requires that we heal victims, communities, and offenders who have been injured by a crime
- victims, communities, and offenders should be involved in the justice process

Video 2-
- I think the most important part of the process is the agreement/repair phase because this is when the offender is working towards bettering themselves to become respected members of society

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Lecture:
Peacemaking theory- Advocates for policies such as conflict resolution in order to resolve criminology in a peaceful way in order to have a peaceful society.
The process of restoration redefines crime in a way that includes all people involved(the offender, victim, and affected). This process then includes resolution, restoration, and reconciliation.

Video:
There are stereotypes between officers and criminals.
Drugs and alcohol have significant impacts, they lead to the disease of addiction.
When law enforcement does not stigmatize or shame an offender and instead offers help and amends, this offender is then given a chance to reconcile and reintegrate into society as a non-offending individual.

- offenders should have a voice when it comes to their punishing/ justice. Justice should be healing for the offenders wounds (their crime).
- victims should also be able to stay involved in the justice process.

Video 2:
I think that the agreement and repair phase is the most important because this allows the victim and offender to come together and come to an understanding. the offender gets a chance to be involved in the process and repair the wrongs they have committed. The victim gets to state their feelings and impact of the crime and then a repair can be made between both people. This, although it doesn't change what happened, allows for a resolution to take place.

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I think that the most important phase of the cycle is the agreement/repair phase. This is because it is putting everything learned into action and making amends with the people you have wronged.

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Peacemaking theory is a theory that criminology is there to promote peace in society and instead of punishing someone for their crime, they should instead find a resolution for their crime. Restorative justice talks about a criminal righting a wrong. Reintegrative shaming is about showing a criminal to society that they are no longer dangerous and can be accepted in society again. Restorative justice should serve to help criminals recognize what they did was wrong and help them be accepted by society as a person and not be recognized by the crime they committed.

Video notes:
The police officer has a negative impact from alcohol and drugs due to having to handle so many cases where he has had to confront many suspects in this condition. The convict talks about how it is not too late to turn life around, he talks about how close he was to death and now he has a family and a good home. The convict was shamed because he was in constant problems with the police. The police officer that was with him already knew him by the name and knew that he was trouble. When the convict turned his life around, the officer was surprised but now associates him as a good person and someone who does not cause problems anymore.

Second video:
The most important part of the process is opening circles because it allows people to give their initial thoughts and say what they have say. This allows for people to get out what is on their chest and can hear from the other perspective once the opening circle begins.

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I think the idea of group, the opening circle, with everyone ivolved being able to speak out how they feel, their concerns and then regrets is one of the most productive things they can do, esepically in a situation like this. The offender is able to speak about what theyre thinking, while at the same time being held accountable. I think someone having to hear the reprocusions of their actions and how it affected someone else is really productive and a good form of rehabilitation. 

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I think the idea of group, the opening circle, with everyone ivolved being able to speak out how they feel, their concerns and then regrets is one of the most productive things they can do, esepically in a situation like this. The offender is able to speak about what theyre thinking, while at the same time being held accountable. I think someone having to hear the reprocusions of their actions and how it affected someone else is really productive and a good form of rehabilitation. 

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I would say the agreement/repair phase is the most important. When someoneIt als takes full responsibility to committing they've done something wrong, it doesn't mean anything if they do not take steps after to help themselves. This also allows the offender to fix a problem and understand their true emotions that were happening beforehand.

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I believe the agreement/repair phase is the most important in this process because, the offender pays his dues and can hopefully/potentially learn the consequences from his actions.

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Video 2
The most important step in my opinion is the one where they meet in the circle for the first time because it takes courage for the victim to talk with the offender and it is difficult for the defender to open his or her feeling to the victim and wanting to change but once that is done it is easier for both of them to heal.

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I believe that the agreement and repair phase is the most important step within the restorative e circle process. I believe this because this has the offender understand the consequences to their actions for the victims and for themselves. This allows them to "fix" their actions by taking action and dong what they can to restore themselves and apologize to the victim(s).

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The most important part of the process is the open circle. The victim and the offender can explain their thoughts and experience after the crime was committed. The victims and offender can tell the offender their struggles.
The victim can explain why they committed the crime. Everyone would have a chance to speak. They would all come up with a reasonable way the offender can heal.
The offender writes a letter apologizing that's genuine and the victim can help find peace from it.

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I think the most import part of the process is the closing circle because it allows both the victims and perpetrator to get their closure. The perpetrator has time to reflect and start to better themselves. The victim is able to see that the offender regrets their actions and through conversation they can get closure. The closing circle is gives a conclusion and healing to everyone involved.

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referral, intake meetings, opening, agreement/repair phase, closing circle

Agreement/repair phase the most important stage. They begin the closure process and begin to forgive and and move on.

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The most important part of the process is the agreement process because that's when the offender takes actual actions to repair what they caused and the victim can see them trying.

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The most important step of the process is the referral. Without the cooperation of the police department, there would not be many cases sent to the restorative justice program, which would prevent it from happening at all. It is crucial that law enforcement recognizes the potential for the offender to be rehabilitated and for their relationship with the community to be restored in order for the restorative justice process to be possible.

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The most important part of the process is the opening circle as it gives the victims a voice and the offenders a chance to see how their actions can harm others and how they can begin to repair trust.

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I believe that the agreement/repair phase process is the most important part of the process, because we are able to see that the person is trying to repair and show that they want to change. In this step, they are able to show that they know their actions are wrong and they need to change.

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I think that the opening circle is the most important step in the restorative circle process because everyone who was affected by crime gets the chance to speak about what they are feeling and what they want or want the others involve to do in order to fix things.

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The closing circle is the most important because it creates a resolution. In this stage, the victims are able to get closure and see what the offender has done to better themselves. They can see if they are truly sorry or not. If the victims leave satisfied then the process worked. This stage is the solution to the issue.