What Is Restorative Justice?

"The philosophy of restorative justice is based on community healing. In other words, the community decides what is best for itself in terms of resovlong certain criminal matters. While the formal justice system is adversarial and punishment based; the focus of restorative justice is on offender accountability, problem solving, and creating an equal voice for offenders and victims. The best results occur when the vicitm, offender and the community jointly resolve the effects of an offender's behaviour."

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