Do we think too oppositionally about Retributive Justice and Restorative Justice?

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Should we assume that retribution and restoration are opposed concepts?

Commonly they are defined thus: retributive justice is a system of criminal justice based on the punishment of offenders rather than on rehabilitation; restorative justice is a system of criminal justice which focuses on the rehabilitation of offenders through reconciliation with victims and the community at large.

Jonathan Burnside suggests they can actually be compatible in this reflection on Retribution and Restoration in Biblical Texts. What do you think?

 

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