Restorative Justice

Restorative Justice is a unique model of justice that gives victims the chance to tell offenders how their crime has affected them.

A trained facilitator enables the two parties - the offender and the victim to come together and talk about the incident.

It provides the victim an opportunity to confront the offender, ask questions and to receive an apology.

Seeing firsthand the consequences of their actions, an offender can be moved to do something to repair the harm that they've caused.

In a local example of Restorative Justice, after meeting with the victim, a teenager apologised for their actions and made up for it by painting over the graffiti damage that they had caused.

Restorative Justice makes offenders responsible for their actions and helps victims to move on with their lives.