RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

Restorative Justice is understood as a set of principles, values and methods that preach the culture of peace, non-violent communication, and is concerned with observing and meeting the needs of the victims, not only aiming at punishing the offender. Moreover, like traditional retributive justice, it has an international scope, being applied in various areas, such as education, due to its restorative and preventive social function of new conflicts. Firstly, a historical-evolutionary approach of Restorative Justice was carried out, followed by a critical analysis of its current context in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, with emphasis on the central region. In a second moment, an approach was developed about the concept, the principles, values and procedures applied by Restorative Justice, with emphasis on the Peace Circles and Restorative Circles procedures. And finally, an analysis of the application, the importance and the effectiveness of Restorative Justice in the resolution of school conflicts, in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul in the years from 2014 to 2016, based on data obtained in the field research, carried out through the application of two questionnaires in a