Institutionalizing restorative justice procedures in the police

Due to the institutionalization of the traditional function of the police in preventing the occurrence and recurrence of crime, in the practice of providing security has faced a deadlock. Therefore, this study seeks to identify the challenges and mechanisms for the implementation of restorative processes in the police to respond to the needs of the victim, make the offender responsible, increase the sense of security and restore disrupted order in society.

Qualitative research is applied in terms of purpose. Its sampling is purposeful and with a semi-structured interview tool that is used to collect data from experts and consulting staff of Tehran police stations by snowball method to the point of theoretical saturation.

The most important challenges of implementing restorative justice procedures in the police organization; Lack of rules for police remedial intervention, limitations of mediation in punishments, weakness of effective oversight mechanism, lack of interaction between the judiciary and police, dominance of police organizational culture in peace and reconciliation, lack of verbal communication on restorative justice, inadequate police understanding of application The results of restorative justice are to ignore the consent of the parties in referring to the restorative process.

The most important legal, judicial and executive mechanisms of restorative justice procedures in the police organization; The need to formulate laws for police remedial intervention, the need to draft peace and reconciliation regulations, promote a culture of restorative justice, standardize the behavior of police facilitators and monitor and evaluate them, employ expert mediators and teach them the principles of restorative justice, reform the police structure in Introduced to strengthen the restorative justice approach.