Victim – offender relationships lie at the heart of every criminal transaction, but appropriately addressing the harm done to victims or to the community can be a complex exercise, not easily addressed within the adversarial justice system model. Restorative justice has risen as an effective approach to justice that focuses on repairing harm and providing better experiences for victims. Research regarding restorative justice programming is encouraging. When programs are well designed, administered and executed, they can increase victim and offender satisfaction, positively impact communities, and reduce recidivism.

Governments interested in capturing the gains of restorative justice programming have, however, encountered difficulties in ascertaining the best way to maximize program effectiveness with limited public resources available. ICCLR Associates have completed extensive work developing high level guides for restorative justice programming. Thanks to this background work ICCLR is uniquely placed to efficiently develop restorative justice initiatives that are uniquely tailored to the context of the communities in which they are to be employed.