Restorative justice focuses on repairing the harm caused by criminal behavior rather than solely punishing the offender. It aims to give victims, offenders, and the community an active role in the justice process. In a restorative justice framework, criminal acts are seen as harming individuals and relationships rather than laws. The goals are to make victims whole again through offender accountability and community involvement in the resolution.

1. Restorative JusticeCrime wounds…Justice should Heal.

2. Restorative Justice…is a philosophy about the way we view crime and wrongdoing and what we do about it.

3. Restorative Justice values relationships and focuses of the harm that was created.

4. Guiding Principles of Current SystemCrime is lawbreaking

5. Accountability is accepting punishment

6. The government and the offender are the important participants

7. Pubic safety requires increased governmental intervention.Guiding Principles Guiding OfCurrent System Principles of Restorative JusticeCrime is lawbreaking

8. Accountability is accepting punishment

9. The government and the offender are the important participants

10. Pubic safety requires increased governmental intervention.

11. Crime and wrongdoing cause harm

12. Victim, Offenders, Community identify the harm and decide what needs to happen

13. Government is responsible for order --Communities are responsible for peaceElements of Restorative JusticeEncounter

14. Repair

15. TransformationImportant FeaturesAn opportunity for encounterEmphasis on repairing the harmInclusion of victim and offenders in programGoal of reintegration of victim and offender

16. VictimsGet the opportunity to :Tell the offender how they have been affected

17. Have a voice in deciding how the harm should be repaired

18. Receive support from the community

19. Have questions answeredOffendersGet the opportunity to :Be accountable for their actions

20. Hear how their actions affected others

21. Apologize to the victim

22. Have a voice in deciding how the harm should be repaired

23. Begin the process of restoring trust CommunitiesParticipants get the opportunity to talk about how the behavior has affected them

24. Take responsibility

25. Have a voice in the outcomeCurrent Questions What happened? (fact finding)Who is to blame?What is the appropriate response to deter and possibly punish those at fault, so they will not so the same thing again?

26. CurrentQuestions Restorative Questions What happened? (differing perspectives)Who has been affected?How can we involve everyone that has been affected in finding a way forward?How can everyone do things differently in the future?What happened? (fact finding)Who is to blame?What is the appropriate response to deter and possibly punish those at fault, so they will not so the same thing again?

27. Restorative ProcessesVictim Impact Panels.Community Restorative Boards.Restorative Community Service.Transition Programs.Victim Offender Dialogue in Cases of Severe Crime.Restorative Circles/Healing Circles.Victim-Offender Mediation. Family/Community Group Conferencing

28. Restorative Justice in the Roanoke Valley……

29. Family Group/Restorative Justice ConferencingReferral

30. Pre-conference

31. Preparation

32. Conference

33. Follow upRestorative Justicevalues relationships and focuses on the harm that was createdandrecognizes the importance of including victims, offenders and community members to identify the harms and decide the outcomes.

34. Victim OpportunitiesThe victim has an opportunity to have feelings acknowledged, to have effects of harm recognized and explored, and to be an active participant in the process of reparation.

35. Offender AccountabilityOffenders acknowledge their actions and decisions (wrongdoing/crime)and accept the obligations to those they have harmed.

36. Focus on thePresent and FutureWe cannot change the past.The restorative justice processfocuses on the repair of the current harm and the prevention of reoccurrencein the future.