Victim-Offender Mediation: Observations from Scandinavia

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  • Mari-Louise Pabsdorff Department of criminology and sociology of law, University of Oslo
  • Lise-Lotte Rytterbro Department of criminology, University of Stockholm
  • Saija Sambou Finnish Ministry of Justice
  • Erika Uotila Finnish Ministry of Justice

Mots-clés :

Mediation, Conflict, Violent crimes, Accounts

Résumé

Mediation in the aftermath of conflicts and crimes is getting more common in the European countries. This study analyses the discourse between the parties and mediator(s) during mediation in three Scandinavian countries. Mediation talk is much concentrated on the crime situation, on the actions of the parties and other persons present at the time of the crime. Central to the discourse is “accounts”; an analytical term developed by Scott and Lyman in the 1960’s. Explanations of the crime are primarily found on an individual level, leaving societal issues out: A normative and evaluative inquiry of crimes and why crimes occur play a minimal (if any) role in VOM in Scandinavia.

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2010-11-30

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Pabsdorff, M.-L., Rytterbro, L.-L., Sambou, S. et Uotila, E. (2010) « Victim-Offender Mediation: Observations from Scandinavia », Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 1(2). Disponible à: https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/15 (Consulté le: 19 décembre 2024).