Three Core Elements of Restorative Justice
Restorative justice is a response to wrongdoing that prioritizes repairing harm and recognizes that maintaining positive relationships with others is a core human need. It seeks to address the root causes of crime, even to the point of transforming unjust systems and structures.
What is Restorative Justice?
The three core elements of restorative justice are the interconnected concepts of Encounter, Repair, and Transform. Each element is discrete and essential. Together they represent a journey toward wellbeing and wholeness that victims, offenders, and …
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What is restorative justice? Where in the world is it being used? Does it really make a difference in people’s lives? Our handbook on Restorative Justice Principles and Practice will answer these questions and more.
What Is Restorative Justice?
Feb 25, 2022 · Restorative justice is an approach to understanding and responding to crime. In terms of understanding crime, restorative justice theory emphasizes crime as harm to people, relationships, and communities.
Why Restorative Justice?
Restorative Justice is a theory of justice that emphasizes repairing the harm caused by criminal behavior. It is best accomplished through cooperative processes that allow all willing stakeholders to meet, although other approaches are available when that is impossible.
Our Network - Restorative Justice
Our Restorative Justice Roots. Since 1996, the Restorative Justice Exchange (RJE) has created programs, advocated for systemic reform, aggregated benchmarks and best practices in prison reform, and worked to expand knowledge about restorative justice.
UN Handbook on Restorative Justice Programmes
Feb 25, 2022 · The handbook covers a wide range of issues concerning restorative justice programs: applicable standards; various types of programs; program design and implementation issues; the dynamics of restorative justice interventions; program development and operation and the mobilization of community assets; as well as program monitoring and evaluation.
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Restorative Justice
In this guide, we will provide an overview of the restorative justice concept, discuss why it is such an important aspect of PFI’s work, and outline a three-step process to increase the impact of our programs through restorative justice practices. Step 1: Clearly define restorative justice
Circles: Healing through restorative justice
Apr 18, 2014 · Restorative Justice (RJ) seeks to cultivate both peacemaking and healing by facilitating meaningful dialogue. Practiced through conversation circles, whose norms include “listen with respect†and “speak from the heart,†RJ provides contexts for sharing feelings and perspectives related to community issues and conflicts.
The Four Circles of Hollow Water - Restorative Justice
Jun 4, 2015 · The four circles in the title of the document refer to the following scheme for understanding the variety of experiences and for organizing the presentation of the materials in the report: the Ojibwa circle; the offender circle; the victim circle; and the Hollow Water circle.