Restorative justice seeks to move away from addressing safety problems with punishment to focus on creating stronger and healthier relationships. Restorative approaches center the needs of those who have been harmed, and ask those who have caused harm to account for the impact of their actions. Restorative approaches also give those who have caused harm an opportunity to right the wrong. Beyond the individuals at the heart of a conflict, restorative justice asks everyone participating in the process about our collective responsibility for creating conditions that enable and foster harm, while also accounting for the ripple effect of wrongdoing in our communities.