Empowering Communities Through Restorative Justice: Addressing Victim Needs

Name Professor Course Code Date [Name] Introduction Victims, offenders, and the community are key stakeholders in promoting justice, and restorative justice enhances the participation of these groups. Restorative justice is the repair of harm caused by criminal behavior. According to (Joyce et al. 43), the role of restorative justice is to bring together the affected parties of the criminal act- offender, victim, and community in a non-adversarial process to encourage offender accountability and meet the needs of the victim. The community has a responsibility for the