ABSTRACT

This chapter is composed of three sections: the methodology, in which a brief description of the research method and sample is provided; findings, entitled the implementation of restorative justice from a victim perspective', subdivided into the context in which restorative justice has been implemented and victim support and restorative justice practitioners' perspectives on victims participation; and final thoughts, where an effort is made to identify the main issues that rise from the data. In general terms, the chapter argues that the local practice of restorative justice seems to have an important pending task in terms of victims' inclusiveness. The literature on restorative justice has always described the relevance of victims' involvement in general terms. Victims should participate in restorative justice, voice their opinions and emotions, be part of the decision-making and have a say in how the harm can be restored.