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Peacemaking is a form of conflict resolution which focuses on establishing equal power relationships that will be robust enough to forestall future conflict, and establishing some means of agreeing on ethical decisions within a community that has previously had conflict.
The term peacemaking however is reserved for large, systemic, often factional conflicts in which no member of the community can avoid involvement, and in which no faction or segment can claim to be completely innocent of the problems.
The process of peacemaking is distinct from the rationale of pacifism or the use of non-violent protest or civil disobedience techniques, though they are often practiced by the same people.
Peacemaking Circles is an intervention for arrested offenders or for families involved with a child welfare agency.
Peacemaking Circles gives offenders a stake in the community—it is this community that supports the offender's recovery, monitors the victim's safety and helps facilitate the overall healing process.
Peacemaking Circles brings together the offender, victims who choose to participate, family members, children (if mature enough), support persons (chosen by the victim, offender and children), criminal justice personnel and other service providers to reach agreement on how to address the offender's behavior.
