Introduction to Restore:London A Pan-London victim focussed restorative justice service
Definition of Restorative Justice Restorative Justice bring those harmed by crime or conflict, and those responsible for the harm, into communication, enabling everyone affected by a particular incident to play a part in repairing the harm and finding a positive way forward. (RJC 2012)
Benefits to Victim • Opportunity to be • Opportunity to express heard how the offence has • Opportunity to have affected them questions answered • More able to cope and about the crime recover • Increases the • To feel likelihood of receiving R L empowered/acknowled an apology ged R L • Opportunity to tell their • Contribute to a sense story of closure • Evidence of reduced • To be listened to feelings of anxiety and • To better understand Post Traumatic Stress why (Sherman 2014)
Benefits to Offender • Opportunity to accept • To hear how their responsibility for and behaviour has affected acknowledge the harm others caused. R L R L • To discover what needs • An opportunity to make some form of to change and to understand their part in retributive acknowledgement the process, essential for reintegration back in to the community.
The need for a new approach – Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime Low victim awareness and understanding of RJ; Existing provision is patchy Specialist RJ services but good practice does exist at the local level, which the need to be more new service should work accessible; with Limited referrals to RJ Criminal justice system works in silos; facilitators; Embedding protocols and processes for sharing of Police use of RJ varies information across agencies, across the MPS; particularly victims data, which are fundamental to successful implementation;
The Vision One voice – collaboratively working with Improved the sector health & Pan-London wellbeing of Service victims who All stages of are more able the CJS to cope & Restore recover London Any victim that Not requests duplicating restorative existing justice provision All victims of adult offenders who live or are victimised in London
The Victim Assessment Of any age, gender or ethnicity; Victimised in London (offence taking place in London); OR London residents victimised outside of London; At any stage of the criminal justice proceedings; Unless they are victims of crimes committed by juveniles (under 18’s)
Contact Us • Lisa Smitherman Service Director • Daniel Palmer Service Manager • Anika Cosgrove RJ Coordinator • Carol Beckford RJ Coordinator • Chuck Daly RJ Coordinator • Michael Fajobi RJ Coordinator info@restorelondon.org.uk
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