RJ is an important part of the University of San Diego's conduct process and a key way we build community within Residential Life. Residential Life and other professionals across campus are trained Restorative Justice Facilitators and provide safe spaces to discuss harm in our community through dialogue circles and restorative conferencing. These services are available to all students, staff, faculty, and other community members whenever they are in need.
Restorative justice is different because it is balanced between its attention to offenders and to victims. It is different because it is a harm-centered approach. The first questions asked are different. Instead of ‘Who did it, and what should we do to them?’ restorative justice asks, ‘What is the harm, and how can it be repaired?’
What is Restorative Justice?
What is a Restorative Conference?