The Impact of Participation in Victim-Offender Mediation Sessions on Recidivism of Serious Offenders
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DOI: 10.1177/0306624x17752274
Abstract: The federal correctional agency in Canada offers victim–offender mediation services to address serious crime. The current study used survival analysis to compare revocation rates of 122 offenders who participated in facilitated face-to-face meetings to a… read more here.
Keywords: victim offender; impact participation; offender mediation;
The Psychological Impact of Participation in Victim-Offender Mediation on Offenders: Evidence for Increased Compunction and Victim Empathy
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.812629
Abstract: Participation in victim-offender mediation (VOM) can reduce the risk of reoffending. However, relatively little is known about how VOM affects the intermediate psychological changes underlying this effect. It was hypothesized that VOM increases feelings of… read more here.
Keywords: victim offender; offender mediation; participation victim; victim empathy ... See more keywords