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).
Completion of a restorative justice program. For purposes of this section, “restorative justice program” means a system of justice which focuses on the rehabilitation of offenders through reconciliation with victims and the community at large.
Belknap County Restorative Justice Program shall share records and information relative to juveniles participating in their programs as the result of diversion or a court order under RSA 169-B. Records and information that may be released shall be limited to…
The victim-offender dialogue program, which shall be a victim-initiated, voluntary program to assist crime victims who seek access to restorative justice programs as provided under RSA 21-M:8-k, II(u), under the direction of the victim services coordinator, who shall:
AN ACT STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine AN ACT relative to access to restorative justice programs by victims of crime.
The claimant may be reimbursed for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, medical expenses, funeral expenses, counseling expenses, rehabilitative expenses, expenses associated with the victim’s participation in post-conviction proceedings and victim-offender dialogue programs or other restorative justice programs, and lost wages directly resulting…
The right to access to restorative justice programs, including victim-initiated victim-offender dialogue programs offered through the department of corrections.
The New Hampshire Superior Court has established a Felony Settlement Conference Program in order to provide an avenue of negotiation between parties and settlement of criminal cases. Settlement conferences may be used for evaluative, facilitative, and restorative justice purposes, and…
The claimant may be reimbursed for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, medical expenses, funeral expenses, counseling expenses, rehabilitative expenses, expenses associated with the victim’s participation in post-conviction proceedings and victim-offender dialogue programs or other restorative justice programs, and lost wages directly resulting…
“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.