More on Restorative Justice

Sunday 10 August 2003 at 12:43 am | In News | Post Comment

Restorative Justice – bringing victims and offenders into contact – offers victims in particular, things which traditional justice can’t:

A chance to speak directly to the offender, and tell them the real impact of their offending

A chance to receive an apology

The opportunity to get answers to questions – like ‘why me – why did this happen to me?’

And the opportunity to get reparation from the offender – to themselves, or to the community if that is what they want.

Lord Chancellor’s speech, here

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