Restorative responses to campus sexual harm: promising practices and challenges

The purpose of this article is to examine restorative approaches to campus sexual harm. A restorative response may provide support and validation for survivors, a pathway for personal change for those who cause sexual harm, and assist in chang‐ ing campus culture. The article addresses three significant challenges to developing a restorative response. The first challenge is the influence of a pervasive ideology that I refer to as crime logic. A second challenge is the need for an intersectional response that addresses the potential for bias in decisions by campus administra‐ tors and restorative justice practitioners. The third challenge is to develop restora‐ tive approaches for circumstances in which a victim/perpetrator dyad is not appro‐ priate.