Ken Jaray

Restorative justice grew from the criminal law system and most of the restorative justice programs focus on criminal cases. It is important to realize though that the division between criminal and civil court is largely a fiction created by a system that pigeonholes types of cases. Injuries, harms, happen to real people who don't much care which court handles it. Restorative practices can be used in civil matters in much the same way as they are used in criminal matters.