Real Justice

by Ted Wachtel

Book Overview

From Wagga Wagga, Australia, to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, a revolution is taking place in how police, courts, schools and workplaces respond to wrongdoing. Instead of just doling out punishment to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0963388738
• ISBN13: 9780963388735
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Piper's Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Deeply thoughtful, though short and sweet

A very short read, Real Justice puts front and center some very interesting ideas about conflict resolution and points out a fundamental problem with the current system. If we add this book into the discourse of philosophy, it makes for 1 very large case study on why institutionalization/bureaucratization is a real issue. Like a hydra there is no one to blame but the state. This is a spin (real example) of the discourse within philosophy that suggests the disconnected feeling people have the consequences of actions, assets itself on the "other" in a bureaucratic system where one does have not have to "face" the victims of their actions. An offense occurs. Instead of the conflict management of the good old days where retribution between two parties was made directly between individuals, children/people/citizens address the state, a feelingless third party who has only passing interest in the emotional aspects of justice. What then are the key elements of government and maintaining the peace? Understanding and appreciating what this book is saying, places such a discourse in an entirely different light for me. As this is my first introduction to the idea and the general oddity of how the system has evolved, I must give it 2 thumbs up and a big gold star. Also, for the ADHD audience of the modern age, this is an easy read with really big font, but tons of knowledge!!