Restorative Justice Responses to Sexual Violence as Non-Domination Promoting Instruments

This paper introduces two international restorative justice responses (RJR) to sexual violence. I draw on these examples to propose a RJR to sexual violence that could be implemented in Canada. I analyze the RJR using Braithwaite and Pettitâ s Republicanism model. I use the Republican value of non-domination to explore the process of a RJR as against the CJS process. I focus only on offenders who are willing to admit some responsibility for their crime. The work that follows focuses on the process of both the CJS and RJR, it asks the simple question: would a RJR process promote dominion in excess of CJS process? I argue that a RJR leads to greater dominion for the survivor/victim (SV) of the sexual assault, the offender and the public. I argue that a RJR employs a process that is more efficient at rectifying the harm caused by the initial act of domination.LL.M