Although it’s not available for the most serious violent offences — such as murder, sexual assault or aggravated assault — it can be used for lesser crimes.

While this program isn’t set up for serious offences, restorative justice can be brought to these situations too. It’s usually less of an “alternative justice” and more of a parallel to our punitive justice system to but can bring healing to both victims and perpetrators.

Priya Parker’s book, right near the beginning, identifies how the court, itself, its configuration, its process, is rigged to reduce its social-value,

& that a specific court tried altering the setup, & got wonderful results…

Here’s her TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/priya_parker_how_to_come_together_in_a_meaningful_way

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