The ACT's Restorative Justice Unit is offering a session for you to learn more about the restorative justice in the ACT, and to deepen your understanding of practice.
Light Lunch and Refreshments from 12:30pm
Please join us at 12:30pm for some light refreshments ahead of our 1:30pm Session.
Learn about restorative justice in the ACT - Session
Duration: 1:30pm – 3pm (1.5 hrs)
Join us for an interactive question and answer session on restorative justice conferencing domestic, family and sexual violence matters. An overview of the ACT’s framework for conferencing these matters will be discussed and then attendees will be invited to reflect on their own practice and to ask questions about the practices and tools used by the Restorative Justice Unit when working with domestic, family and sexual violence matters.
The session is aimed at those with experience in delivering restorative practice, with a particular interest in domestic, family and sexual violence.
For questions about either of the sessions, or accessing the building on the day, please email restorativejustice@act.gov.au.
About restorative justice
Since January 2005 the ACT Government’s legislated Restorative Justice Scheme has given people most affected by a crime the opportunity to meet to discuss the harm caused and work together to determine what needs to be done to repair that harm.
Restorative justice is available for every ACT offence involving a victim and matters can be referred at any stage of the criminal justice system – from the stage of a police report, all the way through to after an offender is sentenced. For less serious matters, the offence can be diverted, more serious offences require a guilty plea or finding.
With the inclusion of domestic, family and sexual violence offences in the scope of the Scheme in 2018, the ACT Restorative Justice Scheme has cemented itself as the most comprehensive Restorative Justice Scheme in Australia. It is also the only service which responds to offending by both adults and young people.
