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Wrongdoing
often defined as breaking
the school rules/letting
the school down.
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1
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Wrongdoing
defined as harm done to
well being of one person
or a group by another or
others.
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Focus
on establishing blame or
guilt, on the past -what
happened? who did it?
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2
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Focus
on problem solving by
expressing feelings and
needs and exploring how to
meet them in the future.
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Adversarial
relationship and process -
wrongdoer in conflict with
a person in authority, who
decides on penalty
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3
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Dialogue
and negotiation - everyone
involved in communicating
and cooperating with each
other
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Imposition
of pain or unpleasantness
to punish and
deter/prevent
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4
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Restitution
as a means of restoring
both/all parties, the goal
being reconciliation and
future responsibility.
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Wrongdoing
represented as impersonal
and abstract: individual
versus school
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5
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Wrongdoing
recognised as
interpersonal conflicts
with opportunities for
learning
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One
social injury replaced by
another
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6
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Focus
on repair of social
injury/damage
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People
affected by wrongdoing not
necessarily involved;
victims' needs often
ignored; they can feel
powerless. Matter dealt
with by those in
authority.
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7
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Encouragement
of all concerned to be
involved - empowerment
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Accountability
of wrongdoer defined in
terms of receiving
punishment
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8
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Accountability
defined as understanding
the impact of one's
actions, taking
responsibility, seeing it
as a consequence of
choices and helping to
decide how to put things
right.
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