Restorative Justice

Advocacy

To promote justice policies that recognize crime as harm against persons, and that suggest responses that are victim sensitive, promote offender responsibility to make things as right as possible and engender community participation and support.

Connection

To promote interaction and dialogue between programs and institutions with similar restorative justice goals and processes, to provide a place for mutual challenge, support and encouragement.

Education

To promote awareness within the Mennonite constituency and in the general public of restorative justice values, principles and practices and encourage application of them in specific contexts.

Research

To gather pertinent emerging information regarding all aspects of RJ in a national sense and making any useful information available to the relevant persons and programs.