Is Computer-based Communication A Valuable Addition to Victim-offender Mediation? A Qualitative Exploration among Victims, Offenders and Mediators

“What! What kind of apology is this?”: The nature of apology in victim offender mediation

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Restorative justice Victim offender mediation Apology Juvenile offender Victim-sensitive communication This qualitative study examined the multiple perspectives of participants' experiences of a Victim Offender Mediation (VOM) program operating in a Midwestern city. Thirty-four face-to-face interviews were conducted with 37 participants, including juvenile offend...

Participation in Victim–Offender Mediation: Lessons Learned From Observations

Prosecuting Child Sexual Abuse Offenders: a Case Study of Victim, Family, Offender, Incident, and Evidentiary Characteristics

The purpose of this dissertation research is to analyze criminal justice offender outcomes from child sexual abuse (GSA) cases interviewed by the Children's Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis (CASGSL). The study includes 203 child sexual abuse cases referred to the CASGSL for forensic interviews from the County of St. Louis, MO, from 2003-2003. The overarching research purpose is to determi...

Restorative Justice Conferencing (RJC) Using Face-to-Face Meetings of Offenders and Victims: Effects on Offender Recidivism and Victim Satisfaction. A Systematic Review

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.[delete if co-registered] Contributions Heather Strang and Lawrence W. Sherman contributed to the writing and revising of this Review. Daniel J. Woods and Barak A...

ful Offenders Response to Victim rencing in Washington County, M

s the meaning and significance of a victim-offender mediation (VOM) prog . The authors conducted qualitative in-depth interviews with seven youth had recently participated in a VOM conference with the victims. Analys lying motivations for the offenders’ participation in the program, their em otential impact on the offenders for long-standing behavior change. Based o plications for future practi...