Abstrack:
Justice is usually understood as rendering to each person or community their own and due by right. It implies that someone will get reward of his or her good act, and punishment of his or her wrongdoing. Reward and punishment are fairly the consequence of someone?s action. But, in the context of building peaceful living which emphasizes the restoration of the conflicting communities, such understanding about punishment is no more compatible. The restorative justice theory, according to me, suggests a principle which is more appropriate to cope with conflicts, violences, and wars which decorate the human world recent days. It offers the paradigm about crime and punishment in the context of building peace and reconciliation. Crime is not law breaking or, in the middle era, breaking the divine order of the universe. Crime is an action which affects the victim, the community, and the actor himself/herself. With this paradigm, then, it considers punishment is not relevant just beecause it is the consequence of someone?s act. The most important one is how to restore the victim, the perpetrator, and the community affected by the crime. Therefore, the judicial process in the court is not relevant as well. The conference which involves the three sides of the victim, the perpetrator, and the community is suggested for the restoration of all sides affected by the wrongdoing.
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