An Evaluation Study of Restorative Justice Program for Violence Between Vocational Senior High School Students

• Main Authors: LEE JING MING, 李竟民
• Other Authors: Lan Ying Huang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37272537076260338646

碩士 === 國立臺北大學 === 犯罪學研究所 === 98 === We have existing documents concerning restorative justice cases, but they only focus on the application in elementary and junior high schools. This thesis centers on integrating all research findings to propose ways to deal with the cases of restorative justice in high school campus, to evaluate if the ways work well in practice so as to compare the difference between them and the current procedures, and through this research, to serve as a reference for interrelated studies. From the viewpoint of social science, I adopt the method of group discussion, individual profound interview, and close observations along with questionnaires to develop programs to enforce the circumstance of restorative justice. This research applies the methods of retrospective research and time series designs. I use the former evaluates the procedure of handling bullies in campus and then use the application of five-step procedure to test their degree of satisfaction. On one hand, for the injured party, they are satisfied with the result of restorative meeting. It is evident that their interpersonal relations improved, and they are more likely to think positively. Furthermore, they have forgiven the inflicter and demanded nothing for compensation. What’s better, their long term and short term phobia of being hurt have disappeared and have regained their confidence to live well. That is, the use of restorative justice provides symbolic compensation and the persons involved regain their respect. On the other hand, for the inflicters, we have positive results in helping boost the inflicters to look on the bright side and after the meeting, the inflicters stop doing harm to others. They are even willing to compensate for the injured party and promise to avoid any possible conflicts. In general, the inflicters find it necessary to change their own personality and are eagerly to be reconciled with the injured. They expect that we use restorative justice to deal with the violence cases. The consultants think that the way of restorative justice helps the homeroom teachers with their class management. The conferees agree that this method helps improve interpersonal relations although the current procedure still functions well. Most hold a positive attitude toward this research and find that the questionnaires helpful for students too clumsy to express themselves. I suggest that we create a friendly campus environment to meet our children’s expectations of social justice.