Domestic Violence and Restorative Justice: Advancing the Dialogue Domestic Violence and Restorative Justice: Advancing the Dialogue

Interest in domestic violence work has been growing for many years in the restorative justice movement, particularly on an academic level. Resources and discussions that connected restorative justice and domestic violence were very few five years ago, but that is changing. Publications such as the collection Restorative Justice and Family Violence (ed. by Strang and Braithwaite), the multi-year consultations between restorative justice advocates, domestic violence workers and victims in the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island, and the prevalence of domestic violence discussions at restorative justice conferences, are all reflections of this movement’s interest in exploring what restorative justice may have to offer, if anything, in cases of domestic violence.