Toward Administrative Justice: Social Ecology and Preventive Intervention in the Transformation of Juvenile and Adult Criminal Justice Systems
26 Pages Posted: 17 Dec 2021
Date Written: November 6, 2020
Abstract
This paper will present the outline of an administrative model of criminal justice that provides a conceptual framework and empirical justification for transforming our system from a backward-looking, adjudicative model grounded in principles of retribution toward a forward- looking model grounded in consequentialist principles aimed at crime prevention and recidivism reduction. The historical roots and justifications for our current system will be reviewed along with recent advances in the behavioral, social, and biological sciences that inform with empirical evidence why and how it fails to deliver justice and fuels injustice. The concept of social ecology will be introduced as an organizing framework for 1) understanding why individuals do and do not obey the law, 2) identifying and evaluating what works in preventing crime and reducing recidivism, and 3) informing the transformation of criminal law substance and procedures into a comprehensive system of administrative justice that spans the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems.
Keywords: Administrative Justice, Procedural Justice, Retribution, Consequentialism, Criminal Justice, Social Ecology, Prevention
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