To elaborate on Reagan's quote, our contention about crime is not that society is guilty when a single individual commits a "crime" -- unquestionably it is important to hold an individual responsible so that accountability can happen afterward -- our contention is that crime is more than just an action, but a reaction to one's social environment. In a capitalist society where there is a minority propertied class and a majority dispossessed class, we hold that crime will often occur from the class that does not have its needs guaranteed, and are sometimes subjected to more detrimental living conditions (such as lack of access to the appropriate health services, suffer from unemployment or underemployment, limited or no access to housing, etc.)
While the utmost priority of our social revolution is to guarantee that the basic needs of all are met, by abolishing institutions that make us unfree and unequal, when criminal or anti-social acts continue to occur, we want to pursue restorative and transformative justice rather than locking a person in a cage for doing wrong, or shunning or banning them from public participation and interaction.
The process involves bringing together the offender, the immediate victim(s), and any other indirect victims affected by the actions of the offender. Each of the victims would let the offender know how their actions have impacted them, and what is needed to allow them to heal (this could entail mental or behavioral health treatment or classes, with transparency on the progress of the offender, or the offender taking on a community project to rebuild, or any other action/request that isn't a punishment).
