Heinz Messmer

Restorative Justice on Trial: Pitfalls and Potentials of Victim-Offender Mediation - International Research Perspectives - - NATO Science Series D: Heinz Messmer 1992 edition

Marc Notes: Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division.; Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Conflict, Crime, and Reconciliation: the Organization of Welfare Interventions in the Field of Restitutive Justice, Il Ciocco, Lucca, Italy 8-12 April 1991--T.p. verso.; Includes bibliographical references. Table of Contents: Preface. Introduction. Part I: Restorative Justice in Western Nations. Part II: Legal Constraints and Public Needs. Part III: Applying Restorative Justice to Offenders. Part IV: The Mediation Process. Part V: Toward a Restoration of Justice. Publisher Marketing: 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 informal strategies for dealing with deviant behaviour. In terms of their 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 programmes. Research findings are reported in the areas of legal and public demands; organizational requirements and outcomes; and the mediation process.