Overview

Victim-offender reconciliation schemes are viewed as an important and innovative alternative to the traditional measures of the criminal justice system. After a critical look at the United States, most European countries have also increased their efforts to develop important organizational base, it turns out that the type, extent, and capacities for development are quite different in the individual countries. The major objective of the present book is a critical examination of victim-offender mediation programs. Research findings are reported in the areas of: legal and public demands; organizational requirements and outcomes; the mediation process. It is found that the implementation of victim-offender mediation depends to a great degree on particular context conditions. This applies not only to the special preferences of the institutions that encourage, support, or implement the programs. It appears, nevertheless, that mediation is acceptable to a variety of backers, and that it offers a viable alternative when considering reforms of the criminal justice system. Despite their many successes, the mediation schemes are not without their failures and these are analyzed in context in order to provide a sign-post for the future development of such schemes. Guidelines for such developement are presented, with the aim of strengthening the preventive aspect of the schemes and increasing their utility to social and criminal policy.

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Author:   H. Messmer ,  H.U. Otto
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Volume:   64
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.920kg
ISBN:  

9789048141289

ISBN 10:   9048141281
Pages:   590
Publication Date:   04 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Restorative Justice: Steps on the Way Toward a Good Idea.- I: Restorative Justice in Western Nations.- 2. Restorative Justice on Trial in Britain.- 3. Implementation and Acceptance of Victim-Offender Mediation Programs in the Federal Republic of Germany: A Survey of Criminal Justice Institutions.- 4. The New Zealand Experience Implementing the Reparation Sentence.- 5. Can Restitution Serve as a Reasonable Alternative to Imprisonment? An Assessment of the Situation in the USA.- 6. Victim-Offender Mediation: Japanese and American Comparisons.- 7. The Norwegian Community Mediation Centers at a Crossroads.- 8. The Process of Mediation in Finland: A Special Reference to the Question “How to Get Cases for Mediation?”.- 9. Same Programmes, Different Outcomes: The Use of English Alternative Practices for Juveniles in the Netherlands.- 10. The Austrian Juvenile Justice Act 1988. A New Practice and New Problems.- 11. Penal and Community Mediation: The Case of France.- 12. Reparation, Mediation and Scottish Criminal Justice.- 13. Victim-Offender Reconciliation — Program and Outcomes.- 14. Mediation and Reconciliation Models in Italian Legal Experience.- 15. A Review of Research Dealing With Views on Financial Restitution.- II: Legal Constraints and Public Needs.- 16. Diversion and Juvenile Justice: Can We Ever Get It Right?.- 17. A Survey on Public Acceptance of Restitution as an Alternative to Incarceration for Property Offenders in Hennepin County, Minnesota, U.S.A..- 18. Victim Offender Reconciliation Schemes in the Greek Justice System.- 19. Morality, Symbolism, and Criminal Law: Chances and Limits of Mediation Programs.- 20. Reflections on the Role of the Media in the English Criminal Justice System.- 21. Mediation Involving Children in the U.S.: Legal and EthicalConflicts. A Policy Discussion and Research Questions.- 22. Mediation and Community Service as Models of a Restorative Approach: Why Would it be Better? Explicating the Objectives as Criteria for Evaluation.- 23. The New Juvenile Penal Procedure Code and the Reparation-Reconciliation Process in Italy: A Chance for a Possible Change.- III: Applying Restorative Justice to Offenders.- 24. Applying Restitutive Justice to Young Offenders: Observations From the United Kingdom.- 25. Minors and Deviance: The Role of Social Services and the Local Community.- 26. The Role of Probation in Restitution Procedures.- 27. Adult Probation in America: Its Role in Restorative Justice.- 28. Juvenile Delinquency in Turkey.- IV: The Mediation Process.- 29. Mediation — A Romantic Ideal or a Workable Alternative.- 30. Mediating Victim-Offender Conflict: From Single-Site to Multi-Site Analysis in the U.S..- 31. Reparation in the UK: Dominant Themes and Neglected Themes.- 32. Communication in Decision-Making About Diversion and Victim-Offender Mediation.- 33. Mediation in Divorce: Does the Process Match the Rhetoric?.- 34. Organizational Demands on Mediation Programs: Problems of Realization.- 35. Approaching Mediation in Juvenile Court: Rationale and Methodological Aspects.- 36. “WAAGE Hannover E.V.” — A Reconciliation and Restitution Program for Adult Offenders and Victims: The Concept for Practice and Research.- V: Toward a Restoration of Justice.- 37. Victim-Offender Mediation as a Step Towards a Restorative System of Justice.- 38. The Function of Forgiveness in the Criminal Justice System.- 39. Restitution, Reconciliation, Retribution: Identifying the Forms of Justice People Desire.- 40. Mediation Interventions and Restorative Justice: Responding to the Astructural Bias.- 41.Restitution and Ethics: An Aristotelian Approach.- Authors.

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