“…Resting on values such as healing and growth (Braithwaite, ; Paul & Dunlop, ; Zehr, ), restorative justice focuses on promoting justice as personal repair, relational rebalance, and human growth through two key practices: dialogic communication between the offender and victim, and restoration of the parties. Dialogic communication, typically facilitated by a third party, is characterized by asking questions of one another about the offense, sharing stories and experiences stemming from that offense, listening empathically, negotiating reparation, and working out their respective ways forward (Black, ; Borton, ; Braithwaite, ; Johnstone, ; Paul & Borton, ; Paul & Dunlop, ; Pavlich, ; Raye & Roberts, ; Schiff, ; Umbreit, ; Umbreit, Coates, & Vos, ; Zehr, ). Restoration refers to the process of helping all the parties feel whole personally, materially, and possibly relationally (Zehr, ).…”