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Restorative Justice: Strategies for Change (RJS4C) supports the development of restorative justice in Europe by co-creating new national strategies.
This website hosts the work of the Irish partners, including case studies, service maps and profiles, research, and other resources relating to restorative justice and restorative practices in criminal justice.
This research and website are funded by the Department of Justice.
Restorative Justice:
Strategies for Change – Ireland
RP in the IPS College, becoming a RJ Project Officer, and Louise O’Neill in the Irish Times – August 2022 update
August update - Restorative practices in the Irish Prison Service College, becoming a Restorative Justice Project Officer, and Louise O'Neill...
Ireland hosts Summer Institute on Communicating Restorative Justice to the Public
From 16-18 August 2022, Dr. Ian Marder (Assistant Professor in Criminology, School of Law and Criminology), Dr. Threase Finnegan-Kessie (Manager of...
Mapping of RJ in 2020 published, RJ features in GBV strategy implementation plan – July 2022 update
July 2022 update - Mapping exercise of restorative justice in 2022 published, restorative justice features in new gender-based violence...
New research suggests rising cases, mixed picture, for restorative justice in Ireland in 2020
Dr. Ian D. Marder Maynooth University, School of Law and Criminology In June 2022, Restorative Justice: Strategies for Change (RJS4C) published a...
New Citizens’ Information page, Ireland represented at EFRJ conference, Scottish services launched – June 2022 update
June 2022 update - New Citizens' Information page, Ireland represented at EFRJ conference, Scottish services launched New Citizens’...
Case Studies
Service Map
With funding from the Department of Justice, RJS4C Ireland is map the training and use of restorative justice and restorative practices in Irish criminal justice.
You can see our initial findings here; please contact us if you have any further information for us to include.
An analysis of restorative justice in the Review of Policy Options for Prison and Penal Reform 2022-2024
Dr. Ian D. Marder Assistant Professor in Criminology, Maynooth University On 31 August 2022, the Minister for Justice announced that the Government...
Getting excited about data on restorative justice: the need for standardisation
Dr. Kieran O’Dwyer Independent RP Trainer and Facilitator, former RJS4C Core Member Not everyone gets excited about data and definitions. But the...
My journey to becoming a Restorative Justice Project Officer with Le Chéile
Simon Keating Restorative Justice Project Officer, Le Chéile Mentoring My journey to becoming a Restorative Justice Project Officer with Le Chéile...
New research suggests rising cases, mixed picture, for restorative justice in Ireland in 2020
Dr. Ian D. Marder Maynooth University, School of Law and Criminology In June 2022, Restorative Justice: Strategies for Change (RJS4C) published a...
A While in the Making: An Adult Restorative Justice Strategy for Northern Ireland
Lisa Higgins Reducing Offending Directorate - Department of Justice, Northern Ireland The use of restorative approaches in Northern Ireland’s youth...
Our Strategy
In June 2019, RJS4C Ireland published its national strategy to develop restorative justice in Ireland.
Resources
On our Resources pages, you can find a wide range of information, including links to Irish laws, strategies and policies, summaries of research, and videos, podcasts, news stories and other multimedia resources on restorative justice in Ireland and elsewhere in the world.
Please let us know if there is anything else that you would like us to include in these pages, or any research that you would like us to summarise.