Professional insights into sexual violence restorative justice risk assessment, Recommendations for practice

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dc.citation.volumeLatest Articles
dc.contributor.authorBremer C
dc.contributor.authorFletcher RB
dc.contributor.authorShepherd M
dc.contributor.authorJülich S
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-27T02:29:32Z
dc.date.available2025-05-27T02:29:32Z
dc.date.issued2025-05-09
dc.description.abstractConventional criminal justice systems are often ill-placed to offer appropriate justice responses for victim-survivors of sexual violence. Restorative justice following sexual violence (SVRJ) is a trauma-informed victim-centered justice process showing significant benefits for victim-survivors (e.g. meeting justice needs, supporting recovery), perpetrators (e.g. improved insight, community reintegration, reduced reoffending), and their wider communities (e.g. encouraging accountability, addressing harmful beliefs). Careful risk assessment within SVRJ is vital to preventing secondary victimization, yet standardized SVRJ risk assessment guidelines are not currently available in Aotearoa New Zealand. SVRJ professionals (n = 16) engaged in semi-structured interviews exploring their perspectives and experiences of SVRJ risk assessment. Data were analyzed by reflexive thematic analysis resulting in four themes: perceived participant preparedness, safe support systems, culturally competent assessment, and participant alignment. These themes formed the basis for the developed SVRJ risk assessment guideline recommendations. Wider implications of the findings are also discussed. The research contributes to understandings of SVRJ risk assessment and professional practice.
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dc.format.pagination1-20
dc.identifier.citationBremer C, Fletcher RB, Shepherd M, Jülich S. (2025). Professional insights into sexual violence restorative justice risk assessment, Recommendations for practice. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma. Latest Articles. (pp. 1-20).
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/10926771.2025.2502371
dc.identifier.eissn1545-083X
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn1092-6771
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/72951
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Group
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10926771.2025.2502371
dc.relation.isPartOfJournal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma
dc.rights(c) 2025 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectInterpersonal harm
dc.subjectrestorative justice
dc.subjectrisk assessment
dc.subjectsexual harm
dc.subjectsexual violence
dc.subjecttrauma-informed justice
dc.subjectvictim-centered
dc.titleProfessional insights into sexual violence restorative justice risk assessment, Recommendations for practice
dc.typeJournal article
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