Our chair and vice-chair, Tim Chapman and Annemieke Wolthuis, contributed with an article to the 3rd issue of the 2017 magazine published by our German organisational member, TOA. The article is entitled about “Institutionalization, professionalization and the integrity of the restorative process”. This issue includes many other contributions from EFRJ members, such as Karen Kristin Paus, Martin Wright, Dobrinka Chankova.