Restorative Justice and Sexual Assault

Sexual Assault and Restorative Justice

Sexual assault and restorative justice

Restorative Justice Responses to Sexual Assault

A large international literature promotes restorative justice options as satisfying and empowering to crime victims. This paper examines restorative justice for sexual assault from the perspective of three groups of survivors: (a) adults victimized by adult perpetrators; (b) adults or juveniles victimized by juveniles; and (c) adults sexually molested as children by adults. Sexual violence with...

Restorative justice for victims of sexual assault

Restorative Justice and Sexual Assault: Outcome Appraisal Through Textual Analysis

Restorative Justice is a community alternative to criminal justice. Its principles and practices are grounded in harm reduction, consensually-determined reparation, and in many applications, a facilitated conference between an offender and respective victim, and family members and/or community persons impacted by the crime. Projects based on Restorative Justice are rare for sex offenders. In th...