It’s all about restoration!

Restorative Justice (RJ) is a frame of mind from which to view and approach crime and conflict. In our ‘traditional’ way of doing things we ask ‘who did it?’, ‘what law/rule was broken?’ and ‘how will we punish  the law/rule breaker?’ With a RJ approach we instead ask ‘what is the harm’?, ‘what needs to be done to repair that harm?’, and ‘who is responsible for this harm?’  RJ operates from the premise that a relationship has been harmed and all involved parties should be given voice to identify those harms and be given the opportunity to participate in a reparation process.