Source: (2009) International Social Work. 52(2): 181-193.
Based on the Flemish practice of victim–offender mediation for adult offenders, this article shows how mediation can be a social work practice that goes beyond being an instrument for the responsibilization of offenders, but instead recognizes social workers as policymakers. (author’s abstract)
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