Restorative Justice on Trial

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   1. Restorative Justice: Steps on the Way Toward a Good Idea

      • Heinz Messmer, Hans-Uwe Otto

      Pages 1-12

3. Restorative Justice in Western Nations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Restorative Justice on Trial in Britain

      • Tony F. Marshall

      Pages 15-28

   3. Implementation and Acceptance of Victim-Offender Mediation Programs in the Federal Republic of Germany: A Survey of Criminal Justice Institutions

      • Hans-Jürgen Kerner, Erich Marks, Jürgen Schreckling

      Pages 29-54

   4. The New Zealand Experience Implementing the Reparation Sentence

      • Burt Galaway

      Pages 55-79

   5. Can Restitution Serve as a Reasonable Alternative to Imprisonment? An Assessment of the Situation in the USA

      • Elmar Weitekamp

      Pages 81-103

   6. Victim-Offender Mediation: Japanese and American Comparisons

      • John O. Haley, Ann Marie Neugebauer

      Pages 105-130

   7. The Norwegian Community Mediation Centers at a Crossroads

      • Sturla Falck

      Pages 131-136

   8. The Process of Mediation in Finland: A Special Reference to the Question “How to get Cases for Mediation?”

      • Juhani Iivari

      Pages 137-147

   9. Same Programmes, Different Outcomes: The Use of English Alternative Practices for Juveniles in the Netherlands

      • Peter H. van der Laan

      Pages 149-162

   10. The Austrian Juvenile Justice Act 1988. A New Practice and New Problems

       • Christa Pelikan

       Pages 163-178

   11. Penal and Community Mediation: The Case of France

       • Jean-Pierre Bonafé-Schmitt

       Pages 179-195

   12. Reparation, Mediation and Scottish Criminal Justice

       • Sue Warner

       Pages 197-210

   13. Victim-Offender Reconciliation — Program and Outcomes

       • Arthur Hartmann

       Pages 211-224

   14. Mediation and Reconciliation Models in Italian Legal Experience

       • Carlo E. Paliero, Grazia Mannozzi

       Pages 225-238

   15. A Review of Research Dealing with Views on Financial Restitution

       • Joe Hudson

       Pages 239-276

4. Legal Constraints and Public Needs

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 277-277

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   2. Diversion and Juvenile Justice: Can We Ever Get It Right?

      • Ira M. Schwartz, Laura Preiser

      Pages 279-290

   3. A Survey on Public Acceptance of Restitution as an Alternative to Incarceration for Property Offenders in Hennepin County, Minnesota, U.S.A.

      • Imho Bae

      Pages 291-307

Victim-offender mediation schemes have experienced significant growth in the last decade. They are seen as an important and innovative alternative to the traditional sanctions of the criminal justice system. After a critical look at mediation schemes in the United States and Canada, most European countries have also increased their efforts to develop informal strategies to deal with deviant behavior. In terms of their legal and organizational base, it turns out that type, extent, and capacities for development are quite different in the individual countries -resulting in a remarkable diversity of programs with different outcomes. The contributions in this book are revised and edited versions of papers presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop Conflict, Crime and Reconciliation: The Organization of Welfare Intervention in the Field of Restitutive Justice in April 1991 at Il Ciocco, Italy. The chapters document the present stage of restorative justice in the individual countries, critically assess legal constraints and public needs, discuss the organizational requirements of implementation, and also evaluate outcomes in a broader context of crime and social policy. In the long run, this book should encourage further debates in the field of restorative justice and help build valid guidelines for an international evaluation research.

• Criminal Justice
• Institution
• Nation
• mediation
• victim-offender mediation

• Special Research Unit 227, Prevention and Intervention in Childhood and Adolescence, University of Bielefeld, Bieleveld, Germany

  Heinz Messmer, Hans-Uwe Otto

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