Definitions
Reparations
Making amends for the wrong or injury you've done or caused, usually involves money
Tanya sees an unlocked car. Thinking she needed the car to drive her grandmother to her chemo treatments, Tanya hot wires the car and drives off with it.
What type of thinking did she use?
Rationalizing
Owning One's Actions Process (2)
1) Accept responsibility
2) Make efforts to repair/make amends
Examples of things that interfere with decision making (list 4)
1) Drug/alcohol
2) Peer Pressure
3) Impulsive thinking
4) Acting without thinking
5) Stinkin Thinkin
6) Not enough information
What is restorative justice and who are the three people involved?
Restorative Justice- a way of looking at crime by focusing on the harm caused and how to repair it instead of just the crime and the punishment itself
Victim, Offender, Community
Feelings vs thinking
Feelings: emotions based on a person's thoughts
Thinking: ideas or words in a persons mind
"Come on Ron, you've never let us down before. He's the real homie, right? You know the party won't be lit without you, you're so fun!"
Peer Pressure- Flattery
What makes a gang (list 3)
1) Share common interests
2) Wrongful/delinquent activities
3) Three or more people
Define Ripple Effect and give one example containing at least three ripples
A spreading effect or series of consequences caused by a single action or event
Example- Lady gets her pursed snatched, victim becomes too scared to leave house, victim loses money because of this, victim can't get medicine and gets sick
Give into _________ and do something you don't want to do in order to fit in or be accepted.
Peer Pressure
Dating Violence
A pattern of assaultive and controlling behaviors one person uses against another in order to gain or maintain control or power in the relationship. Physical, emotional, psychological and sexual
A victim is not wanting to go back to a certain part of town because of what happened to her there
Emotional harm
Decision-Making Process (3)
1) Identify the problem/situation
2) Think about all the options and the consequences of each
3) Choose the best option
The Four Stinkin' Thinkin' and examples of each
1) Denying
2) Minimizing
3) Rationalizing
4) Victim-Blaming
Victims Rights (3)
To be present
To be informed
To be heard
Simple vs aggravated assault
Simple: the intent to inflict less serious harm or injury without a weapon
Aggravated: an unlawful attack on another person with the intent of causing harm or injury with a weapon of some sort
A person develops severe paranoia and is always checking his doors and windows after being a victim of robbery.
Psychological harm
Responding to Feelings Process (4)
1) Identify the emotion
2) Reframe the emotion
3) Understand it, control it
4) Do something with it
Four types of harm and examples
1) Physical
2) Financial
3) Emotional
4) Psychological
Ways an abuser can control their partner (list 4)
1) Isolation
2) Emotional
3) Intimidation
4) Coercion
5) Stinkin thinkins
6) Physical
7) Sexual
Remorse vs Regret
Regret- a feeling of disappointment or distress about something you wish could be different; more about you and the feeling
Remorse- feelings caused by actions resulting in serious or painful errors or judgment, powerful urge to want to fix the mistake; more about the action and the other people involved
If a car door received $270 of damage and the deductible on the car is $250, how much money would you get from the insurance companies?
$20
$270-$250= $20
Peaceful Conflict Resolution Process (6)
1) Take turns talking and listening
2) Identify common interests
3) Brainstorm all solutions
4) Weigh the solutions
5) Choose a solution/path
6) Do it
Prejudice vs Discrimination and examples
Prejudice: Unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling formed without enough though or knowledge
Example: All women suck at driving
Discrimination: The treatment of a person or particular group of people differently in a way much worse than people are usually treated
Example: Killing African Americans, The Holocaust
The Three Principles of Restorative Justice
1) Crime is a violation of people and relationships
2) Hold youth accountable for their actions
3) Balanced approach