Research Catalog

Title

Restorative justice on trial : pitfalls and potentials of victim-offender mediation : international research perspectives / edited by Heinz Messmer and Hans-Uwe Otto.

Publication

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Messmer, Heinz, 1955-
• Otto, Hans-Uwe

Description

xi, 590 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

NATO ASI series. Series D, Behavioural and social sciences ; vol. 64

Uniform Title

NATO ASI series. Series D, Behavioural and social sciences no. 64.

Subject

• Reparation (Criminal justice) > Congresses
• Victims of crimes > Legal status, laws, etc. > Congresses
• Mediation > Congresses
• Criminal justice, Administration of > Congresses
• Juvenile justice, Administration of > Congresses
• Negotiating

Genre/Form

• Congress
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Actes de congrès.

Note

• "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.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• 1. Restorative Justice: Steps on the Way Toward a Good Idea / Heinz Messmer and Hans-Uwe Otto -- Pt. I. Restorative Justice in Western Nations -- 2. Restorative Justice on Trial in Britain / Tony F. Marshall -- 3. Implementation and Acceptance of Victim-Offender Mediation Programs in the Federal Republic of Germany: A Survey of Criminal Justice Institutions / Hans-Jurgen Kerner, Erich Marks and Jurgen Schreckling -- 4. New Zealand Experience Implementing the Reparation Sentence / Burt Galaway -- 5. Can Restitution Serve as a Reasonable Alternative to Imprisonment? An Assessment of the Situation in the USA / Elmar Weitekamp -- 6. Victim-Offender Mediation: Japanese and American Comparisons / John O. Haley and Ann M. Neugebauer -- 7. Norwegian Community Mediation Centers at a Crossroads / Sturla Falck -- 8. Process of Mediation in Finland: A Special Reference to the Question "How to Get Cases for Mediation?" / Juhani Iivari -- ^ 9. Same Programmes, Different Outcomes: The Use of English Alternative Practices for Juveniles in the Netherlands / Peter H. van der Laan -- 10. Austrian Juvenile Justice Act 1988. A New Practice and New Problems / Christa Pelikan -- 11. Penal and Community Mediation: The Case of France / Jean-Pierre Bonafe-Schmitt -- 12. Reparation, Mediation and Scottish Criminal Justice / Sue Warner -- 13. Victim-Offender Reconciliation -- Program and Outcomes / Arthur Hartmann -- 14. Mediation and Reconciliation Models in Italian Legal Experience / Carlo E. Paliero and Grazia Mannozzi -- 15. Review of Research Dealing With Views on Financial Restitution / Joe Hudson -- Pt. II. Legal Constraints and Public Needs -- 16. Diversion and Juvenile Justice: Can We Ever Get It Right? / Ira M. Schwartz and Laura Preiser -- 17.
• 18. Victim Offender Reconciliation Schemes in the Greek Justice System / Stergios Alexiadis -- 19. Morality, Symbolism, and Criminal Law: Chances and Limits of Mediation Programs / Kai-D. Bussmann -- 20. Reflections on the Role of the Media in the English Criminal Justice System / Roger Graef -- 21. Mediation Involving Children in the U.S.: Legal and Ethical Conflicts. A Policy Discussion and Research Questions / Frank A. Orlando -- 22. Mediation and Community Service as Models of a Restorative Approach: Why Would it be Better? Explicating the Objectives as Criteria for Evaluation / Lode Walgrave -- 23. New Juvenile Penal Procedure Code and the Reparation-Reconciliation Process in Italy: A Chance for a Possible Change / Pino Centomani and Bruna Dighera -- Pt. III. Applying Restorative Justice to Offenders -- 24. Applying Restitutive Justice to Young Offenders: Observations From the United Kingdom / Roger Bullock, Michael Little and Spencer Millham -- 25. Minors and Deviance: The Role of Social Services and the Local Community / Tiziano Vecchiato -- 26. Role of Probation in Restitution Procedures / Jonna Smit -- 27. Adult Probation in America: Its Role in Restorative Justice / Carol Shapiro -- 28. Juvenile Delinquency in Turkey / Feridun Yenisey -- Pt. IV. Mediation Process -- 29. Mediation -- A Romantic Ideal or a Workable Alternative / Martti Gronfors -- 30. Mediating Victim-Offender Conflict: From Single-Site to Multi-Site Analysis in the U.S. / Mark S. Umbreit -- 31. Reparation in the UK: Dominant Themes and Neglected Themes / Gwynn Davis -- 32. Communication in Decision-Making About Diversion and Victim-Offender Mediation / Heinz Messmer -- 33. Mediation in Divorce: Does the Process Match the Rhetoric? / Janet Walker -- 34. Organizational Demands on Mediation Programs: Problems of Realization / Michael Wandrey
• 35. Approaching Mediation in Juvenile Court: Rationale and Methodological Aspects / Sylvie Dongier and Denis van Doosselaere -- 36. "WAAGE Hannover E.V." -- A Reconciliation and Restitution Program for Adult Offenders and Victims: The Concept for Practice and Research / Frauke Petzold and Lutz Netzig -- Pt. V. Toward a Restoration of Justice -- 37. Victim-Offender Mediation as a Step Towards a Restorative System of Justice / Martin Wright -- 38. Function of Forgiveness in the Criminal Justice System / John R. Gehm -- 39. Restitution, Reconciliation, Retribution: Identifying the Forms of Justice People Desire / Dean E. Peachey -- 40. Mediation Interventions and Restorative Justice: Responding to the Astructural Bias / Harry Mika -- 41. Restitution and Ethics: An Aristotelian Approach / Robert E. Mackay.

ISBN

0792316207 (U.S. : acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^^91045776^

OCLC

• 25163649
• SCSB-9998881

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library