Participant Perspectives on Restorative Justice
Restorative justice processes can have a powerful impact on all those who participate - offenders, victims, and facilitators. The New Zealand Department of Courts has captured some of these stories in its newsletter for the Court Referred Restorative Justice pilot project started in 2001.
The five stories reprinted here provide a personal perspective on the impact
of crime and the powerful impact of a restorative justice process. Three
provide the voices of victims through the experience, with one telling why
she decided to become a facilitator. One offers the story of an offender
turned facilitator whose life changed after seeing the impact of crime on a
friend. The remaining story tells of a facilitator's growth and motivation
for participating restorative process.
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Victims' Stories |
An Offender's Story |
A Facilitator's Story |
| Face to Face |
Genuine
Remorse |
Growing
Experience for Facilitator |
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Exorcising
the Ghosts |
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| Making Connections |
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