What is RESTORE?

The RESTORE Program provides an alternative to conventional justice for both Survivors of sexual assault and the Responsible Persons who commit such crimes. Using a restorative justice model, RESTORE seeks a solution that is healing for Survivors, Responsible Persons, and the community. Dialogue regarding the act, its impact, and consensus on a redress plan lead to the Responsible Person’s commitment to action that addresses the situation and fosters remorse and acceptance of responsibility. Survivors avoid conventional justice’s sometimes destructive adversarial process that can lead to blaming of Survivors. Survivors are not asked to publicly retell intimate details of the offense or examined by a defense attorney. Survivors are not humiliated through seeking justice. Rather than focusing on the state’s punishment of Responsible Persons, RESTORE's implementation of restorative justice is an alternative punishment that offers meaningful opportunities to express remorse and regain the respect of the community by repairing the harm to Survivors. Restorative justice serves to break the isolation and lack of validation felt by crime survivors and focuses on reconnecting Responsible Persons with the law-abiding community.

RESTORE is funded by grants from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Tucson Police Department.
(CDC) R49CCR921 709-01

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