Restorative Thinking | Restorative Justice and Restorative Approaches

Restorative Justice emphasises repairing the harm caused by criminal behaviour, by giving victims answers to their questions, and offenders the chance to make amends.
Restorative Justice reduces the frequency of re-offending by 14%, according to the latest MoJ evidence, and has been shown to deliver 85% victim satisfaction for victims who choose to participate.
The Restorative Thinking programme is used in several ways: as a stand-alone Restorative Justice intervention programme, to prepare participants for a meaningful restorative conference, as a line of communication between the victim and offender when a restorative conference will not take place and to offer opportunities for peer mediation.
Written and developed with Prison and Probation Trust colleagues, Restorative Thinking provides an engaging forum through which to explore Restorative Justice, giving participants the skills and understanding to practically apply restorative practices to past offences and to help prevent future conflict situations.
The Restorative Thinking intervention programme supports wider RJ provision in Prison and Probation settings, leading to comprehensive RJ delivery and positive outcomes for participants and facilitators.

I see the potential for the Restorative Thinking Programme to enhance successful outcomes for RJ Conferencing and Victim/Offender mediation through preparing offenders to better understand the concept of RJ and RJ approaches.

Welcome to Restorative Thinking

Restorative Thinking Limited is a Social Enterprise. We work WITH Police and Crime Commissioners, Prison and Probation Services and Youth Offending Services to implement and develop restorative ways of working. Our input ranges from restorative training to whole organisational culture change. Our restorative intervention programmes (delivered via licensing agreements) empower offenders with a restorative education, leading to meaningful engagement with victims, promoting responsibility-taking and improving self-talk, supporting a reduction in reoffending and improving life chances.

We work in partnership with the Shackleton Foundation, University of Central Lancashire Criminal Justice Unit and Odd Arts.

Restorative Thinking Limited has been awarded the Restorative Service Quality Mark (RSQM) and the Training Provider Quality Mark (TPQM). We aim to model restorative practice in all our dealings. Download Restorative Thinking Limited’s company introduction here.

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Developments

November 2, 2017 |

Evaluation

Please click on the boxes to the right to read about recent evaluation and feedback from Prisons and Probation Trusts working with Restorative Thinking.

Recent evaluation

Restorative Relationships facilitator feedback

Recent evaluation

Welcome to Restorative Thinking

Developments

Parenting poem

Restorative domestic abuse perpetrator programme (external evaluation)

Restorative Relationships – film

Restorative Relationships programme graduates

Restorative Thinking Limited awarded the RSQM

NOMS restorative practice pilot

Evaluation