🔑 Key Definitions
Restorative Justice ⚖️: Focuses on HEALING rather than punishment - brings together victims, offenders, and community to repair harm
⚖️ 4 Types of Restorative Practices
- 1. Victim-offender mediation - Direct dialogue between victim & offender
- 2. Conferencing - Wider group discussion
- 3. Circles - Community-based healing
- 4. Panels - Meeting with community members
✅ 6 Benefits for Victims
- Answers - Understanding why it happened
- Voice - Expressing impact directly
- Apology - Genuine acknowledgment
- Empowerment - Taking control back
- Closure - Moving forward
- Higher satisfaction - Than traditional justice
⚠️ 5 Concerns/Limitations
- Re-traumatization risk
- Must be truly voluntary
- Power imbalances (domestic violence, sexual abuse)
- Trained facilitators essential
- Not suitable for all cases
👶 Child Victims - Special Protections
- Video testimony
- Specialist interviewers
- Support persons
- Child-friendly spaces
- Age-appropriate language
👩 Female Victims - 5 Gendered Violence Types
- Domestic violence 🏠
- Sexual violence 😢
- Stalking 👀
- Human trafficking 👥
- Forced marriage 👰
👩 5 Barriers for Female Victims
- Shame/stigma
- Fear of perpetrator
- Economic dependence
- System distrust
- Cultural factors
💡 Exam Tips
- Restorative Justice = HEALING not punishment
- Know 4 types: mediation, conferencing, circles, panels
- Benefits: answers, voice, apology, empowerment, closure, higher satisfaction
- Child victims need: video testimony, specialist interviewers, child-friendly approach
- Women face unique barriers: shame, fear, economic dependence, distrust