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Victim Offender Mediation and Conferencing




Resources covering the general applications of victim offender mediation and conferencing, typically with less serious offenses and often focused on juveniles. Quick Link to Center VOM Research Reports
Books
The Handbook of Victim Offender Mediation: An Essential Guide for Practice and Research, by Mark Umbreit (2001). San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass Publishers. To Order or any bookstore

Victim Meets Offender: The Impact of Restorative Justice & Mediation, by Mark Umbreit (1994). Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press. To Order or any bookstore.

Victim Sensitive Victim Offender Training Manual PDF

Book Chapters

Victim Offender Mediation: Evidence based Practice Over Three Decades, by Mark Umbreit, Robert Coates, and Betty Vos (2005). In The Handbook of Dispute Resolution, by Michael Moffitt and Robert Bordone (Editors). San Francisco: Jossey Bass. To Order or any bookstore.

Victim Offender Mediation in Juvenile and Criminal Courts, by Mark Umbreit (2004). In The ADR Handbook for Judges: Designing ADR Programs for Courts, American Bar Association. To Order

Victim Offender Mediation: An Evolving Evidence Based Practice, by Mark Umbreit, Betty Vos and Robert Coates (2006). In The Handbook of Restorative Justice: A Global Perspective, by Dennis Sullivan and Larry Tifft (Editors). New York: Routledge. To Order

Articles and Handouts
An Analysis of Statutory Provisions for Victim Offender Mediation, by Elizabeth Lightfoot and Mark Umbreit (2004). Criminal Justice Policy Review. To Order

Avoiding the Marginalization and "Mcdonaldization" of Victim Offender Mediation: A Case Study in Moving Toward the Mainstream, by Mark Umbreit (1999). In Restorative Juvenile Justice. By G.Bazemore & L. Walgrave (Eds.), Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press. To Order

Cross Site Analysis of Victim Offender Mediation in Four States by Mark Umbreit and Robert Coates(1993). Crime & Delinquency, 39(4), 565 585.

Endorsement of Victim Offender Mediation/Dialogue Programs, by the American Bar Association, Approved August 1994. Link to Endorsement

Mediation In Penal Matters: European Resolution on Victim Offender Mediation (1999) Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers, Recommendation No. R(99)19 (Sept.15,1999). PDF

National survey of victim offender mediation programs in the United States, by Mark Umbreit and Jean Greenwood, J. (1999). Mediation Quarterly, 16(3), 235 251.

The Impact of Victim Offender Mediation: A Cross National Perspective, by Mark Umbreit, Robert Coates and Annie Roberts (2000). Mediation Quarterly. 17(3): 215

The Impact of Victim Offender Mediation: Three Decades of Practice and Research by Mark Umbreit, Robert Coates and Betty Vos (2004).Conflict Resolution Journal.

The Restorative Justice and Mediation Collection: Executive Summary, (2000) OVC Bulletin  PDF

Victim Offender Mediation Continuum: From Least to Most Restorative Impact. by Mark Umbreit (1998)   PDF

PowerPoint Presentations
Cross-National Impact of Victim Offender Mediation by Mark Umbreit,(2002) PPT

The Mediaiton & Dialogue Process: Phases and Task by Mark Umbreit (2003) PPT

Video
Overview of Victim Offender Mediation and Conferencing    MOV  
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