Restorative Justice
What is Restorative Justice?
Restorative justice is a theory of justice that focuses on mediation and agreement rather than punishment.
- Alleged offenders must accept responsibility for harm and make restitution with alleged victims.
- A fundamental change in how schools respond to rule violations and misbehavior.
- The typical response to bad behavior is punishment. Restorative justice resolves disciplinary problems in a cooperative and constructive way.
Restorative Justice is based on:
- Respect
- Responsibility
- Relationship-building
- Relationship-repairing
