Victim-offender Mediation With Youth Offenders in Europe

by Mestitz, Anna; Ghetti, Simona

• ISBN13: 9781402037665
• ISBN10: 140203766X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

European Union member states are requested by the EU Council to adapt their legislation to promote Victim-Offender Mediation by March 2006 (Framework Decision of March 15, 2001, arts. 10, 17). Are European countries ready to meet this requirement? Can those European countries currently falling short of VOM programmes be assisted in initiating them?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, Poland, Spain, Sweden). It provides an up-do date review of current theory and practice and presents a critical discussion of problems and benefits which may help guide future policy decisions and applications. The book informs both those who are interested in evaluating the current state of affairs of Victim-Offender Mediation with youth offenders in Europe, and those who would like to promote Victim-Offender Mediation in their own countries.The common format used in each chapter facilitates comparison across countries. Per country, five areas of investigation are explored and discussed: norms and legislation allowing for the implementation of victim-offender mediation programmes; values and theoretical frameworks of victim-offender mediation; organizational structure of victim-offender mediation services; professional characteristics of mediators; benefits, potential problems, and criticisms of current practice.The book has broad interdisciplinary appeal and is of interest to policymakers, lawyers, psychologists, social workers, mediators, and academics.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	v
Contributors	ix
Introduction
A comparative perspective on Victim-Offender Mediation with youth offenders throughout Europe	3	(20)
Anna Mestitz
Part I British isIes
Victim-Offender Mediation in England and Wales	23	(24)
David Miers
Michael Semenchuk
Victim-Offender Mediation with juvenile offenders in Ireland	47	(30)
Kieran O'Dwyer
Part II Northern countries
Victim-Offender Mediation in Sweden	77	(24)
Lottie Wahlin
Victim-Offender Mediation with juvenile offenders in Norway	101	(14)
Siri Kemeny
Victim-Offender Mediation with juvenile offenders in Finland	115	(22)
Ossi Eskelinen
Juhani Iivari
Victim-Offender Mediation with juveniles in Poland	137	(20)
Beata Czarnecka-Dzialuk
Dobrochna Wojcik
Part III Continental countries
Victim-Offender Mediation with juveniles in Austria	157	(24)
Veronika Hofinger
Christa Pelikan
Victim-Offender Mediation for juveniles in Belgium	181	(30)
Anne Lemonne
Inge Vanfraechem
Victim-Offender Mediation with juveniles in Luxembourg	211	(18)
Paul Schroeder
Victim-Offender Mediation with juvenile offenders in Germany	229	(30)
Michael Kilchling
Chance of Victim-Offender Mediation in Hungary	259	(16)
Maria Herczog
Victim-Offender Mediation and Conferencing with juvenile offenders in The Netherlands	275	(26)
Ytje Minke Hokwerda
Ido Weijers
Part IV Southern ``Latin'' countries
Mediation and reparation for young offenders in France: an overview	301	(20)
Philip Milburn
Victim-Offender Mediation and youth offenders: the Italian experience	321	(26)
Anna Mestitz
Simona Ghetti
Juvenile penal mediation in Spain: the experience in Catalonia	347	(24)
Jaume Martin Barberan
Conclusion
Juvenile offenders and the legal system: what we have learned from Victim-Offender Mediation	371
Simona Ghetti