Roundtable: Restorative Justice: Reducing the Risk of Revictimization

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract/Description

During this roundtable, three presenters will explain how restorative justice approaches can perpetuate individual and collective harms and offer insights into how to reduce these risks. Canadian researchers Dr. Alana Abramson and Jenelle Palfreyman will present results from a 2018 qualitative study where victims of serious and violent crime shared their experiences participating in restorative justice. These findings will be presented to highlight strategies that can successfully reduce the risks of harm through well-meaning restorative justice practitioners. Dr. Juan Tauri will summarize research findings with respect to Maori social workers, youth and their families following restorative justice interventions in New Zealand. Dr. Tauri's work will highlight the processes through which restorative justice practices can lead to the disempowerment of Indigenous peoples and offer strategies and changes to restorative justice-related policies and practices to ensure these can meaningfully support Indigenous self-determination.

Sub Unit

• Area XI. Roundtables

Individual Presentations

• Educating for Change: Honouring the Voices of Restorative Justice Participants in British Columbia - Alana Abramson, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

• Restorative Justice & Indigenous peoples empowerment - Juan Marcellus Tauri, University of Waikato

• A Victim-Centered Perspective of Restorative Justice: Serious and Complex Crime in British Columbia, Canada - Jenelle Palfreyman, Kwantlen Polytechnic University