Restorative justice: the views of victims and offenders (original) (raw)
2007, Ministry of Justice …
Introduction 6 Obtaining the views of victims and offenders 7 The report 8 2. Approaching restorative justice 0 Approaching offenders and victims 0 Did victims and offenders feel they had sufficient information about restorative justice? 11 The preparation meeting before JRC conferencing 3 Feelings and expectations prior to restorative justice 4 Reasons for taking part in restorative justice 7 Key points 9 3. Conferences and mediation 20 JRC conferences 20 Direct mediation: REMEDI and CONNECT 3 Indirect mediation: REMEDI and CONNECT 32 Key points 34 4. Overall views of restorative justice and interactions with criminal justice 36 Overall reactions to JRC restorative justice 36 Does restorative justice affect perceptions of the effects of the offence? 40 JRC: the interaction with criminal justice 4 Overall reactions to REMEDI and CONNECT direct and indirect mediation 43 Key points 44 5. Conclusion 46 The views of victims and offenders: general satisfaction 46 Occasions when there was some dissatisfaction 46 To meet or not to meet 48 References 50 Appendix Technical details of the interviews and questionnaires 53 Appendix 2 Additional tables 56 List of tables. Numbers of victims and offenders interviewed or responding to questionnaires 9 2.1 Did JRC participants have enough information? (percentages from final interviews) 12 2.2 Expectations of the restorative justice event (percentages from the final interviews) 16 2.3 Participants' reasons for participating in JRC conferences 8 3.1 Communication at the JRC conference (actual percentages) 24 3.2 The role of the facilitator (actual percentages) 26 3.3 Satisfaction with the conference (actual percentages) 27 3.4 Looking back at conferencing (actual percentages) 29 4.1 Overall reactions to JRC restorative justice from the conference group (actual percentages) 37 4.2 JRC: reactions to criminal justice (actual percentages) 42 0 This occurred in all schemes, though only JRC referred specifically to a 'preparation meeting'.
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