Environmental stewardship refers to responsible use and protection of the natural environment through conservation and sustainable practices. Aldo Leopold (1887â1949) championed environmental stewardship based on a land ethic dealing with man's relation to land and to the animals and plants which grow upon it..
The approach is based on a theory of justice that considers crime and wrongdoing to be an offense against an individual or community, rather than the State. Restorative justice that fosters dialogue between victim and offender has shown the highest rates of victim satisfaction and offender accountability.
Theory in criminal justice represents an attempt to develop plausible. explanations of reality, which in this case is crime and criminal justice. system. Theory attempts to classify and organize events, to explain the. causes of events, to predict the direction of future events, and to understand. why and how these events occur (Turner, 1997, p.2).