The Restorative Process

In order for restorative justice to be used, the student who caused harm must accept responsibility for their actions and agree to participate in the process, to hear the way their behavior impacted others, and to seek ways to repair the harm and rebuild trust. After the conference, the use of a restorative process can be determined.

Impacted parties, too, must be willing to participate, whether directly or by providing impact statements that can be presented by support people representing them.

Restorative justice may be utilized in a conference setting involving affected parties or in a larger circle when the community more broadly has been affected. Each party will have the opportunity to share their experience from the incident, and their desired outcomes to rebuild trust and reintegrate the person who caused harm. Outcomes to restore the harm will be identified by the individuals involved.

Badger Academic Integrity Matters (AIM) is a restorative justice-based program that allows students to reflect on how their decision to commit academic misconduct impacted others and includes educational opportunities to repair harm and rebuild trust. If students follow through with the program, their record will be turned from an academic misconduct record to a non-disciplinary contact record that will not be reported out to jobs, graduate school, or other entities asking about disciplinary action. Eligible students are contacted directly by our office.

A major component of Badger AIM is a facilitated small group dialogue. Trained facilitators lead these dialogues. If you’re interested in becoming a facilitator, please contact Jennifer Van Roy.