Community Justice Initiative

The community justice initiative is influenced by the Partnership Model of community justice, in which officers work in collaboration with other public and private-sector programs to identify problems. (134) My philosophy is that it takes a multitude of contrasting resources to help “heal” an individual. This community justice initiative operates under the belief that these offenders have the potential to restitute for their crimes, and build better lives for themselves. The initiative derives its goals from the goals continuum, where there is an emphasis on the goal of crime prevention, as well as increasing community capacity. (131) The initiative consists of four main steps. Namely: application, risk assessment, restoration, and evaluation.

Although this is commonly used as a tool for judges, I thought it would be an effective way to decide a number of things: what kind of treatment the individual requires, how much and how intense of that treatment is necessary, and how often they need to be monitored. If an individual’s rap sheet shows that misdemeanors were plentiful, or show any history of aggressive behavior, the individual will be treated accordingly, as a “high-risk” individual. This will entail more checkups, and a higher dosage of treatment, as there is no “one size fits all” system, as each individual is

This is mainly due to two reasons: the first, that we need to make sure that every person is staying within the realm of their designated authority. The second reason is that the money that is being used for this initiative is funded by the public, and we must assure that this wealth is not being wasted. However, most people make the mistake of enlisting government officials to make sure everyone is doing their job right. However, this is not the approach I would take under my community justice initiative. In my opinion, the initiative’s aspects should be analyzed and checked by experts and professionals. For example, the cognitive-behavioral therapy should be checked by psychiatrists, and human development professionals. The distribution of monetary resources and funds should be checked by various auditors. Using this approach, we will be able to make sure that our plan is practical, and effective. In addition, no one portion of the initiative will overpower the