Restorative justice treats crime as conflict between persons

Restorative justice rests on essential principles: it views crimes as conflicts between individuals (victim and offender) and only secondarily as violations against the state—rejecting the 'people versus the defendant' framing; its primary aim is to repair the harm, resolve the conflict, and restore community harmony by enabling all affected stakeholders (victim, offender, families, community) to actively participate in finding a resolution meaningful to them.