restitutions
recompense for injury or loss
Restoration
Restorative restitutions focus on restoring the victim as best possible to a state before they suffered harm. Sub-categories of restorative restitution include:
- Financial: monetary repayment or reimbursement
- Emotional or mental: bringing them back to a sense of peace and security
- Status: restoring their reputation among peers, family, and/or friend
Preventation
Preventative restitutions focus on making sure the reason(s) leading to the harm will no longer occur. This correlates to solving the root cause(s) which motivated the harmful conduct.
punitive
Punitive restitutions solely exist to punish the wrongdoer & should be avoided. While a sense of revenge can soothe the victim in the short-term, punitive restitutions are performative at best and will not fix the victim’s harm nor help the relationship’s standing.