Law Week 2023 – Restorative responses to sexual violence

In this webinar, the Open Circle team discuss the specialist restorative responses to sexual violence practice model that Open Circle has developed and explain how the option of restorative justice can meet the justice needs of victim survivors.

This is a recording of the webinar ‘Restorative responses to sexual violence’ which took place on Wednesday 17 May 2023 as part of the Victoria Law Foundation’s Law Week 2023.

In this webinar, Melanie Joosten, Katie Christensen, Renee Handsaker and Stan Winford from Open Circle, the Centre for Innovative Justice’s restorative justice arm, discuss the recent developments regarding the availability of restorative justice in response to sexual violence in Victoria. The Open Circle team also discuss the specialist restorative responses to sexual violence practice model that Open Circle has developed and explain how the option of restorative justice can meet the justice needs of victim survivors.