Question: Is there a Position Within Contemporary Sanctions for Restorative Justice and Mediation? If so, where Is It and where Can It Be Effectively Utilised?

Restorative justice (RJ) is a valued-based approach to act in response to unlawful activity and conflict, with equal focus on the offender, victim, and community. Restorative justice focuses on making good the wrongdoing by healing the harm, predominantly to relationships between individuals that is created by harmful behaviour. The primary stakeholders in restorative justice processes are the person(s) who effected the harm (offender), the person(s) harmed (victim), and the affected community (Cavanagh, 2000). …