Written by Mark Umbreit, internationally known for his work in restorative justice, this indispensable resource offers an empirically grounded, state-of-the-art analysis of the application and impact of victim offender mediation, a movement that has spread throughout North America and abroad. The Handbook of Victim Offender Mediation provides practical guidance and resources for offering victim meditation in property crimes, in minor assaults, and, more recently, with crimes of severe violence, including with family members of murder victims who request to meet the offender.
These Guidelines assist administrators in developing or enhancing their restorative justice programs. It provides practical guidance for mediators to facilitate balanced & fair mediation, which will ensure the safety &...
Granted, the relationship is a negative one, but there is a relationship. Amstutz has been a practitioner and a teacher in the field for more than 20 years.
Through the training of mediators, this manual aims to give the victim a voice in the justice system and also give the offender a chance to repair some of the harm they have done.
Examining programs in California, Minnesota, New Mexico, and Texas, this book provides comparison group data on client satisfaction, victim perceptions of fairness, and completion of restitution. Recidivism data is also included.
This book provides a comprehensive and authoritative account and analysis of restorative justice, one of the most rapidly growing phenomena in the field of criminology and justice studies.
" Howard Zeh Director, MCC Office, Crime and Justice"Dr Umbreit is the foremost practitioner and researcher in the areas of crime victim and offender mediation. This book reports findings from the only major study on the topic.
This is not a soft-on-crime, feel-good philosophy, but rather a concrete effort to bring justice and healing to everyone involved in a crime.
Part of the Scottish Executive Child Protection Review, Protecting Children Today and Tomorrow, Glasgow: Centre for the ... (2004) 'Family group conferencing in child welfare: responsive and regulatory interfaces,' in P. Adams (ed.) ...
This is an impressive achievement.
This book documents the state of the art on Victim-Offender Mediation with youth offenders in 15 European nations (Austria, Belgium, England and Wales, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, ...