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Reducing the Conflict: An Analysis of Victim-Offender Mediation as an Interactive Process

Messmer, H
June 4, 2015

Source: (1990) In: B. Galaway and J. Hudson (eds.), Criminal Justice, Restitution, and Reconciliation. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press, pp. 59-71.

A case analysis developed from audio recordings of victim-offender mediation sessions, including preparatory meetings, illustrates how this process may challenge offender justifications of delinquent behavior.

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