Responsibility and Repair: The Promises of Restorative Justice
About this episode
This episode discusses the principles of restorative justice and its potential to heal individuals and communities affected by harm or violence.
Too often, the criminal legal system fails people who experience harm or violence. At the same time, it also often fails the communities that harmed people are members of. In many cases, survivors and the accused belong to the same community. Restorative justice centers the specific needs of people who have experienced harm or violence with an eye towards healing both the harmed individuals along with the community that was impacted by the harm or violence. Compared to punitive criminal...
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