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Conferencing with young offenders in Norway: cooperation between policymakers and practitioners

Olsen, Ketil Leth
June 4, 2015

Source: (2008) Report of the fifth conference of the European Forum for Restorative Justice, Building restorative justice in Europe: cooperation between the public, policy makers, practitioners and researchers, Verona.

The National Mediation Service of Norway implemented victim-offender mediation services for juvenile justice cases in 2006 and the results have been very positive. The author discusses important considerations for all cases that involve mediation, particularly ones that involve youth.

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