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).
“Court approved diversion program” means a program that has been approved by the administrative judge of the judicial branch family division and has been approved to accept court referrals. An approved diversion program is a community based alternative to the…
An Act creating a two-year restorative and transformative justice pilot program focused on reducing initial and repeat youth involvement with the youth justice system, and making an appropriation.
The training course and curriculum shall include a component emphasizing the value of restorative justice in sexual assault cases.
identifying, developing recommendations on, and setting crime response policies that may impact the range of victim populations, including restorative justice approaches and other solutions; and
“Restorative justice” means a system of dispute resolution tools that allow all parties of a dispute to be involved in defining the harm and devising remedies while giving the necessary attention to community safety, victims’ needs, and the need for…
An Act establishing the Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance in the Department of Law and Public Safety, and amending and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
An Act establishing a “Sexual Violence Restorative Justice Pilot Program.”
The legislature recognizes that incarcerating offenders carries an extremely high cost and may not be the most effective strategy for restoring victims, reforming offenders, and reducing recidivism. It is the intent of 44-7-302 to have the board of crime control…
(1) There is an account in the state special revenue fund established by 17-2-102 to be known as the restorative justice fund. (2) There must be deposited in the account: (a) money received from legislative allocations; (b) a transfer of…
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…