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16 Seattle J. Soc. Just. 71 (2017-2018)
Restorative Justice and Retributive Justice: An Opportunity for Cooperation or an Occasion for Conflict in the Search for Justice

handle is hein.journals/sjsj16 and id is 83 raw text is: 71 Restorative Justice and Retributive Justice: An Opportunity for Cooperation or an Occasion for Conflict in the Search for Justice Donald H.J. Hermann I. INTRODUCTION For over a quarter of a century criminal punishment has emphasized the retributive as the principal justification with an emphasis on the degree of deprivation as a significant measure of the appropriate sanction.' This approach has resulted in extended sentences for many offenders, as well as an increase in the population of incarcerated individuals. An integration of the current system2 -of retributive justice, with a recently developed approach of restorative justice, offers promise to reduce the harshness of contemporary sentencing. Critics to such an approach argue that there is a conflict between the reconciliation objective of restorative justice and the condemnatory objective of retributive punishment. This article recognizes that these are two processes for dealing with crime and that each have distinctive features; however, it is argued that there is a firm basis for finding a complimentary in the operation of these two processes, which ultimately have the same goal of justice for the offender, victim, and community. Eleanor Hannon Judah & Michael Bryant, Rethinking Criminal Justice: Retribution vs. Restoration, in CRIMINAL JUSTICE: RETRIBUTION VS. RESTORATION 1, 1 (2004) (Our present criminal justice philosophy is based on the concept of retribution, that is 'something given or demanded in repayment, especially punishment.') 2 Id. at 2 (The criminal justice system is clearly in crisis. Currently, two million people in the United States are imprisoned.)

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