Research reports
Implementing Restorative Justice with Child Victims
- Click on the IJJO website to download the practice guide (2018) translated in 7 different languages!
Values & Standards for Restorative Justice
- EFRJ Values and Standards manual, 2018 (eds. Tim Chapman and Edit Torzs)
Victims of Road Traffic Offences
- Click here to download the manual and report and watch the digital stories (2018)
Efficiency and Effectiveness of RJ
- Paper on efficiency and effectiveness of RJ, 2017 (main author of this paper is Martine Rietman)
Restorative Justice in the Victims’ Directive
- PRACTICE GUIDE FOR RJ SERVICES: The Victims’ Directive – Challenges and opportunities for restorative justice, 2016 (Emanuela Biffi)
- Briefing Paper about the Regulation of Restorative Justice in the Directive 2012/29/EU, 2016 (Brunilda Pali)
- Restorative Justice in the Victims’ Directive: Survey results, 2017 (Brunilda Pali)
ALTERNATIVE- Developing alternative understandings of security and justice through restorative justice approaches in intercultural settings within democratic societies
- All publications of the ALTERNATIVE project (2012-2016) can be downloaded from the www.alternativeproject.eu. More material can be found on the online film platform and blog.
Restorative Justice in cases of domestic violence: Best practice examples between increasing mutual understanding and awareness of specific protection needs
- First Comparative report on Restorative Justice in Cases of Domestic Violence, 2015
- Second Comparative report on Restorative Justice in Cases of Domestic Violence, 2015
- Restorative Justice and Domestic Violence: A guide for practitioners, 2016
Desistance and Restorative Justice: Mechanisms for desisting from crime within restorative justice practices
- Desistance and Restorative Justice: Mechanisms for desisting from crime within restorative justice practices. Research report, 2015 (Katrien Lauwaert and Ivo Aertsen, editors)
- Guidance for developing restorative justice processes supporting desistance. Promising practices, 2015 (Katrien Lauwaert)
Developing integrated responses to sexual violence: An interdisciplinary research project on the potential of restorative justice
- Doing restorative justice in cases of sexual violence: A practical guide, 2015 (Vince Mercer & Karin Sten Madsen; Eds. Marie Keenan & Estelle Zinsstag)
Victims and Restorative Justice: An empirical study of the needs, experiences and position of victims within restorative justice practices
- Victims and Restorative Justice: An empirical study of the needs, experiences and position of victims within restorative justice practices. Country reports, 2015 (Daniela Bolívar, Ivo Aertsen & Inge Vanfraechem, editors)
Developing judicial training for restorative justice: Towards an European approach
- Developing judicial training for restorative justice: Towards an European approach. Final research report, 2014 (Tzeni Varfi, Stephan Parmentier & Ivo Aertsen (eds.))
- Workbook Judicial training in restorative justice, 2014 (Tzeni Varfi & Stephan Parmentier)
The research report and the practical guide can be bought in paper version. If you are interested, please contact the Secretariat.
Accessibility and Initiation of Restorative Justice
- Accessibility and Initiation of Restorative Justice, 2014 (Malini Laxminarayan)
- Accessibility and Initiation of Restorative Justice. A Practical Guide, 2014 (Emanuela Biffi and Malini Laxminarayan)
The research report and the practical guide can be bought in paper version. If you are interested, please contact the Secretariat.
How can Peacemaking Circles be implemented in countries governed by the “principle of legality?
- Developing Peacemaking Circles in a European Context, 2013 (Elmar G. M. Weitekamp)
- Handbook for Facilitating Peacemaking Circles, 2013 (Borbála Fellegi and Dóra Szegő)
Conferencing: A way forward for Restorative Justice in Europe
- Conferencing, a way forward for restorative justice in Europe, 2011 (Estelle Zinsstag, Marlies Teunkens and Brunilda Pali)
- Practical Guide, 2011 (Joanna Shapland, Ivo Aertsen, Kelvin Doherty, Marlies Teunkens, Inge Vanfraechem, Rob van Pagée and Estelle Zinsstagi)
The practical guide can be bought in paper version (members: 10 euro; non members: 15 euro + postage costs). If you are interested, please contact the Secretariat.
Building social support for restorative justice:
- Building social support for restorative justice: Media, civil society and citizens, 2010 (Brunilda Pali and Christa Pelikan)
- Media toolkit for restorative justice organisations, 2010 (Brunilda Pali)
- This report can be bought in paper version (members: 10 euro; non members: 15 euro + postage costs). If you are interested, please contact the Secretariat.
- Restorative justice and civil society: promising practices, 2010 (Carmen Borg): available soon
AGIS 3: An agenda for Europe:
- Supporting the implementation of restorative justice in the South of Europe, 2008 (Clara Casado Coronas). This report can be bought in paper version (members: 10 euro; non members: 15 euro + postage costs). If you are interested, please contact the Secretariat.
- The role of the European Union in the further development of restorative justice, 2008 (Jolien Willemsens. This report can be bought in paper version (members: 10 euro; non members: 15 euro + postage costs). If you are interested, please contact the Secretariat.
Restorative Justice and Crime Prevention:
AGIS 2: Meeting the challenges of introducing victim-offender mediation in Central and Eastern Europe
- Meeting the challenges of introducing victim-offender mediation in Central and Eastern Europe, 2005 (Borbála Fellegi)
AGIS 1: Working towards the creation of European training models for practitioners and legal practitioners in relation to restorative justice practices
- Training of mediation practitioners, 2004
- Training of legal practitioners: Please contact the secretariat if you are interested in the results of this part of the project
More information on the different projects can be found here.
