Richard Monkhouse

Articles by: Richard Monkhouse

The right direction: The use of restorative justice by PCCs is having clear benefits

1st December 2017

Richard Monkhouse, Chair, Why Me?

OPINION: The Valuing Victims report by the charity, Why me?, revealed wide variations in PCC spending on RJ schemes. In the second of two articles, Richard Monkhouse, the charity's chair, says the findings also demonstrate the benefits of restorative justice.

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Richard Monkhouse
Chair of Why me?
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Richard is currently a trained RJ facilitator and Witness Support Volunteer for Manchester Crown Court. He has also previously worked with the Restorative Justice Council to increase magistrates’ knowledge and decrease fears about the restorative justice process. Professionally, Richard, as a self employed consultant, helped industry to improve quality and resource utilisation by using statistical methods such as Statistical Process Control. Richard joined Why me? in April 2016 and was nominated Chair in December 2016.