The restorative and transformative justice movements are two other sibling movements of the harm reduction movement, like the sex positive movement, that produced the idea of consent culture. Similar to the sex positive movement, the restorative and transformative justice movements share a lot of the same premises of harm reduction, such as a deep respect for personal autonomy, a lack of belief in overly simplistic responses to complex behavior and conflicting motivations, and a fundamental examination and critical analysis of the intersections in which that behavior takes place.

The basic tenets of restorative and transformative justice are very much the same. They both:

• Are based in peace studies and critical theory as well as other schools of thought,
• Center the victim or survivor on all levels of the response,
• Require the consent of all parties,
• Address root causes and structural harms such as poverty, class, racism, social isolation, past trauma, sex-based discrimination and other social inequalities.

They focus on:

• Accountability, not punishment,
• Dialog and storytelling,
• All stakeholders,
• Community connection and restoration,
• Preventing future harms,
• Empowering all stakeholders, including perpetrators, and
• Sustainability/long-term outcomes.

However, where restorative justice aims to repair harm and restore relationships within the existing social framework, transformative justice seeks to fundamentally change the conditions that lead to harm, promoting broader social transformation and systemic change—which is why it is considered more in-line in some ways with harm reduction. Nonetheless, restorative justice practices have been around for much longer and have had many more opportunities to be tested in real life situations, so there is, at this time, far more evidence to support restorative justice, and it is robust.

Some examples of evidence-based practices include victim-offender mediation programs, restorative circles in schools, restorative justice in carceral situations, community restorative boards, and many truth and reconciliation efforts.

The organization Philly Stands Up addresses sexual assault and other forms of harm through community-based accountability processes. This is one example of a transformative justice project. Just Practice and the Resisting Criminalization Help Desk, where movement builders and community members can get help building strategies to address violence in their communities more effectively without the police, are two others.