The National Center on Restorative Justice’s Restorative Justice Laws Database was created as a resource for restorative justice advocates, practitioners, and researchers as well as policy-makers across the United States. Our aim is to organize and display in an easily navigated format the ways in which states have codified the use of restorative justice approaches.
Thank you to Shannon Sliva (University of Denver) and Thalia González (UC Law San Francisco) for their advisement and expertise throughout the process of creating this database. Thank you to Karen Sheu and Anna VanRoy for their data collection work.
This Restorative Justice Laws Database builds on an earlier legislative directory created in 2014 by Shannon Sliva in partnership with Carolyn Lambert (Georgia State University College of Law) and hosted by the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work from 2019 to 2024.
The laws included in this database were identified by conducting a search in Westlaw and LexisNexis using the terms visible under “Form of Practice” in the database search options below. Only laws that feature one or more of these terms are included in the database. Use of the terms in the text of the law does not necessarily mean that restorative justice practice is occurring in the given jurisdiction.
The NCORJ is committed to continuing to update this database. If you see something that is missing or a correction is required, please be in touch. For more information about the development of the database, to get assistance navigating it, or to request a copy of the raw data for research purposes, please contact Lindsey Pointer (lpointer@vermontlaw.edu).
12. Disclosure of Records and Release of Information. Information pertaining to juveniles may be released by Outagamie County Department of Health and Human Services upon request under the following circumstances: Restorative Justice Program. All requests by victims or the insurance…
(a) Each community justice center: (1) shall have an advisory board comprising at least 51 percent citizen volunteers; (2) may use a variety of community-based restorative justice approaches, including restorative justice panels, group conferencing, or mediation; and (3) shall include…
(2) A restorative justice communication is not confidential if: (a) A restorative justice program staff member or facilitator reasonably believes that disclosing the communication is necessary to prevent the commission of a crime that is likely to result in death…
The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: (1) Restorative justice programs can promote justice and healing for crime victims and survivors. (2) A facilitated dialogue is most successful when it is conducted in a manner that fosters the participants’ maximum…
The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: (1) Restorative justice programs, including facilitated dialogues and responsibility letter banks, can promote justice and healing for crime victims and survivors and can aid adults in custody in the process of rehabilitation; (2)…
In any juvenile case, the court may provide the parties the opportunity to address issues involving the child’s care and placement, services to the family, and other concerns through restorative justice practices. Restorative justice practices may include, but are not…
C. At the time a person adjudicated to have committed a juvenile crime other than a crime listed in paragraph A is finally discharged from the disposition imposed for that juvenile crime, the court, upon receipt of appropriate notice of…
Participation in a community-based restorative justice program shall not be used as evidence or as an admission of guilt, delinquency or civil liability in current or subsequent legal proceedings against any participant. Any statement made by a juvenile or adult…
(b) Statutory Bars on Use of Evidence from Community-Based Restorative Justice Programs. (1) Participation in a community-based restorative justice program as defined by G. L. c. 276B, § 1, shall not be used as evidence or as an admission of…
(a) This Section1 is intended to encourage the use of restorative justice practices by providing a privilege for participation in such practices and ensuring that anything said or done during the practice, or in anticipation of or as a follow-up…