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b'Kim Book, Founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit Victims\\u2019 Voices Heard, speaks with Danielle Vota and Ruth Decosse, conflict resolution practitioners at the University of Delaware\'s Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about why restorative justice matters.\\n\\nTopics covered in this interview include Kim\\u2019s personal story of how she transformed the painful experience of her daughter\\u2019s murder into a program that creates opportunities to heal for both victims and offenders. She shares how the program works, what it is like for a victim and offender to meet face-to-face, and how restorative justice practices can reduce recidivism.\\n\\nKim is responsible for Delaware\\u2019s statewide Victim-Offender Dialogue Program. Since 2002, Kim has helped thousands of victims and offenders in Delaware. Her organization has also played a significant role in reducing recidivism rates amongst offenders. To learn more about Kim Book and her nonprofit, please visit www.victimsvoicesheard.org.\\n\\nFirst State Insights is a podcast presented by IPA. This episode was produced by IPA\'s Conflict Resolution Program\\u2014a resource dedicated to building statewide capacity for collaborative approaches to resolving conflict. Learn more about IPA at ipa.udel.edu, and listen to all First State Insights episodes at soundcloud.com/first-state-insights/.\\n\\nOpening and closing music: "I Dunno" by Grapes, used under Creative Commons 3.0 License'