Resources on restorative justice

There are several restorative justice programs across the country. To find organizations in your region, please visit:

• Directory of Restorative Justice – Department of Justice

• Principles and Guidelines for Restorative Justice Practice in Criminal Matters
• Restorative Justice: Key Elements of Success
• Reflections of a Canadian Prison Warden
• Restorative Justice Living Unit at Grande Cache Institution: Exploring the Application of Restorative Justice in a Correctional Environment
• Understanding Restorative Justice Within the Aboriginal Context
• Data collection report: Restorative Justice in the Canadian Criminal Justice Sector

• What is restorative justice: brochure
• What is Restorative Opportunities: brochure
• Restorative Opportunities Program Fact Sheet for Victims
• Restorative Opportunities Program Fact Sheet for Families of Offenders
• Restorative Opportunities Program Fact Sheet for People Working with Offenders

• CSC's Restorative Opportunities Program
• Restorative Justice: Exploring Options

• Restorative opportunities - YouTube
• What is Restorative Justice? - YouTube
• Prisons inside / out : Episode 10 : Restorative justice

CSC releases an annual report on the Restorative Opportunities program and its victim-offender mediation services:

• 2022 to 2024
• 2021 to 2022
• 2020 to 2021
• 2019 to 2020
• 2018 to 2019

Analysis of the Impact of the Restorative Opportunities Program on Rates of Revocation looks at how participating in a face-to-face meeting can improve outcomes for participants released in the community.

Preliminary Analysis of the Impact of the Restorative Opportunities (RO) Program in CSC looks at the impact that participation in the Restorative Opportunities program has on recidivism.