Offenders must take personal responsibility for their actions. Offenders face those they have harmed. Offenders take steps to repair harm and make amends. Offenders develop empathy. Offenders learn affective communication skills.
Offenders learn conflict resolution skills.
Victims and community members have an opportunity to tell the offender how they feel. Victims have a say in how the harm should be repaired. Victims have an opportunity to ask questions. Victims and community members can regain a sense of safety, bringing healing and closure to the incident. The Process A Real Justice conference is a structured meeting between victims, offenders, their family and friends, and other community members directly affected by the offense, to discuss the offense and decide how best to repair the harm.