Victim safety As an informal process, RJ may put victims at risk of continued violence; it may permit power imbalances to go unchecked and reinforce abusive behaviour. This critique comes largely from the partner violence literature, which draws on studies of mediation in divorce cases, where there has been a history of partner violence, to show that abusive men control women in ways that others may not recognize. Manipulation of the process by offenders Offenders may use an informal process to diminish guilt, trivialize the violence, or shift the blame to a victim. The concern here is that offenders may use informal processes to their advantage in ways that would not be possible in a formal (court) process. Pressure on victims Some victims may not be able to advocate effectively on their behalf. A process based on building group consensus may minimize or overshadow a victim's interests. Victims may be pressured to accept certain outcomes, such as an apology, even if they feel it is inappropriate or insincere. Some victims may want the state to intervene on their behalf and do not want the burdens of RJ. This large category is ultimately about how an offender-centred process has negative effects on victims to comply or go along with outcomes they do not want. Victims may be used in a process that is centred on helping offenders, and victims may not wish to speak with or see an offender again. Role of the 'community' Community norms may reinforce, not undermine male dominance and victim blaming. Communities may not be sufficiently resourced to take on these cases. Although the ideal of RJ is that community norms will censure an act, this may be less evident in cases of gendered violence, when community members identify more with an offender than a victim or have out-dated understandings of the appropriate demeanour and dress of wives, women, and girls. Although there is much emphasis placed in RJ on reintegrating offenders into the community, there may be a lack of resources for effective forms of treatment for offenders, as well as support and assistance for victims. Mixed loyalties Friends and family may support victims, but may also have divided loyalties and collude with the violence, especially in intra-familial cases. Gendered violence cases can involve complex alliances between an offender's and victim's supporters; and in some cases, the supporter may be the same person (e.g., the mother of a son who sexually abused her daughter). An offender's sister may view her brother's abuse of his partner as justified on some occasions, even though she sees his behaviour as wrong.
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