TY  - SER
AU  - Jülich, Shirley J. 
AU  - Brady-Clark, Megan
AU  - Yeung, Polly
AU  - Landon, Fiona
TI  - Restorative justice responses to sexual violence : : perspectives and experiences of participating persons responsible and persons harmed
PY  - 2024///
PB  - Taylor & Francis, 
KW  - RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
KW  - SEXUAL VIOLENCE
KW  - SURVEYS
KW  - PERPETRATORS
KW  - VICTIM/SURVIVORS' VOICES
KW  - VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - Victims & Offenders, 2024, First published online, 23 April 2024
N2  - The failings of mainstream Western criminal justice systems in dealing with sexual violence cases, including the potential revictimization and retraumatization, are well established. Accordingly, demand has grown for alternative justice mechanisms. Project Restore NZ is funded by the New Zealand government to facilitate specialist restorative justice processes for sexual violence cases in Aotearoa New Zealand. Referrals come both from the community and from the New Zealand criminal justice system. This research investigated the experiences and perspectives of both persons harmed and persons responsible who undertook a restorative justice process through Project Restore. A survey was made available to participants between 2016 and 2019 and was completed by 37 persons harmed and 28 persons responsible. Comprising both multi-choice quantitative and open-ended qualitative questions, the survey explored the preparatory stage, motivations, and outcomes of the restorative justice process, as well as the emotional and practical experiences of the process itself. Although there is some variation in responses, the findings indicate that a majority of both persons harmed and persons responsible generally had positive perspectives on and experiences of the restorative justice processes offered by Project Restore. (Authors' abstract). Record #8699
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2024.2333311
ER  -