Restorative Justice and Wider Restorative Approaches

Description

Restorative Justice and wider restorative approaches are playing an increasing role in response to crime and harm around the world. In many countries, such practices are an increasingly integrated part of criminal justice systems, used in sentencing and prisons as well as in community settings such as schools, family services, social care, housing, forensic mental health, and organisational systems and cultures. The UK has experienced significant strategic commitment and funding for such approaches in a range of community and criminal justice settings, with restorative practices become a more familiar tool in contributing to overcoming the harm of conflict, relationship and community breakdown, and crime. In this session, we present some of these developments in the context of Wales. This includes work currently underway in Parc prison with those on IPP sentences, and community collaborative approaches that involve criminal justice, schools, social housing providers and community led local centres. We will consider the restorative opportunities devolution might bring, better aligned to Welsh diverse cultures, legislation and our particular strengths and challenges. We explore the corresponding potential paradigm shift required from traditional justice to a more transformational, holistic, and trauma informed approach that embraces peer and community leadership.

Period	30 Apr 2024
Event title	Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice. Thirteen Annual Conference
Event type	Conference
Conference number	13
Location	United KingdomShow on map
Degree of Recognition	National