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Implementing VOM in Finland – cooperation between poicy makers and practitioners

Kinnunen, Aarne
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.

In 2006, victim-offender mediation in Finland became national and state-funded. This article is a report on what victim-offender mediation looks like in the country and what the future of it looks like.

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