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Family group conference can stop family violence.

van Pagee, Robert
June 4, 2015

Source: (2006) Papers presented at the Fourth Conference of the European Forum for Restorative Justice, “Restorative justice: An agenda for Europe”, Barcelona, Spain, 15-17 June 2006.

Rob van Pagée took the floor and started with an introduction of the situation of the past and current project on conferencing in The Netherlands: Eigen Kracht Conference. Following this, Rob van Pagée explained more in to depth the model of Family Group Conferencing (FGC). The importance of empowerment of civil society was discussed, and the process of problem solving within families and their wider networks. (excerpt)

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