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 Justice Crime 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.

5. Accountability is accepting punishment

6. The government and the offender are the important participants

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

14. Repair

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

18. Receive support from the community

20. Hear how their actions affected others

21. Apologize to the victim

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

24. Take responsibility

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 Processes Victim 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……

30. Pre-conference

31. Preparation

32. Conference

34. Victim Opportunities The 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 Accountability Offenders acknowledge their actions and decisions (wrongdoing/crime) and accept the obligations to those they have harmed.

36. Focus on thePresent and Future We cannot change the past. The restorative justice process focuses on the repair of the current harm and the prevention of reoccurrence in the future.