What is Restorative Justice?
Restorative justice enables communication after a crime/conflict between the person harmed and the person causing the harm. It is a voluntary process which can help all those involved to talk about what happened, the impact and what each person needs to move forward.
Restorative Justice Delivery
Restorative Justice can be delivered at different stages of the criminal justice system including out of court disposals and post sentence. It can also be delivered in a range of offence types and conflicts, including family and neighbourhood conflicts.
Restorative Justice can be requested by the participants themselves or via agencies who are working directly with them, including the Police, Probation and Victim Services.
Victims, at all times, are then given the opportunity to make an informed choice regarding their wishes to take part or not.
What are the different types of restorative intervention?
Types of Restorative Justice include:
- Face-to-face meeting between the victim/s and offender/s- this is only facilitated after careful preparation and would take place in a controlled environment with facilitators present throughout.
- Written communication- Facilitators will take the various questions the victim has to the offender and seek a written response to those questions.
- ‘Shuttle RJ’- A facilitator exchanging information/answers between the victim and offender verbally without them meeting.
How to refer:
Remedi (Restorative Services) are commissioned by The Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner to provide Restorative Justice Provision across Derbyshire.
The Derbyshire Restorative Justice Hub is available Monday to Friday.
If you have been harmed by an offence or you are responsible for causing harm and would like to explore potential involvement in Restorative Justice, please contact us using one of the following options:
Call: 0300 122 7553
Email: Remedi@DerbyshirePolice.uk
Service users’ feedback quotes:
“I think RJ is excellent for both parties and can bring peace to people’s life.”
“You have been amazing, and my rock, thank you so much for everything you have done for me, you have been everything.”
“RJ has helped me so much, I am truly grateful for all your support. Without you I would not have come this far. RJ has helped me to face my fears and work through it”
“I would like to thank Remedi for giving the community the chance and the voice to explain to the Offender how their actions affected us all.”
“Laura thank you so much for your help and support, you’ll never know how much it means to us. Naively I thought this sort of thing happened to other people. On your bad days just remember you’ve been a lifeline for us.”
“It was a relief that Natasha was able to carry out Restorative Justice so efficiently and with great respect. Having that conversation about the severity of the situation I was involved in really reinstated the realisation that my life would be vastly different if this took an alternate route.”
