The safety of victims is an immediate priority. The justice process provides a framework that promotes the work of recovery and healing that is ultimately the domain of the individual victim. Victims are empowered by maximizing their input and participation in determining needs and outcomes. Offenders are involved in repair of the harm insofar as possible. The process of justice maximizes opportunities for exchange of information, participation, dialogue and mutual consent between victim and offender.
Victims have the principal role in defining and directing the terms and conditions of the exchange.
Mutual agreement takes precedence over imposed outcomes. Opportunities are provided for remorse, forgiveness and reconciliation. Offender's needs and competencies are addressed. Recognizing that offenders themselves have often been harmed, healing and integration of offenders into the community are emphasized. Offenders are supported and treated respectfully in the justice process.