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Commentary on Day Two: What Values and Concepts Underpin Restorative Justice?

Maxwell, Dr Gabrielle
June 4, 2015

Source: (2006) In, Report on the 2006 COnference — ‘Beyond Retribution.’ Aukland, NZ: Prison Fellowship New Zealand. pp.129-130.

A Restorative Justice approach to the encounter
between the victim and offender has three
components: the encounter itself, the repair of
harm done and the transformation process. (excerpt)

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