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Victim offender mediation in cases of domestic violence — the Greek experience.

Artinopoulou, Vasso
June 4, 2015

Source: (2010) In, Melinda Gyokos and Krisztina Lanyi, eds., European best practices of restorative justice in criminal Procedure. Budapest: Ministry of Justice and Law Enforcement, Republic of Hungary.pp. 177-185.

Gender perspective is important to take into account in domestic violence as well as in restorative justice issues. Gender inequalities and imbalances affect the victimization potentials and the risks to families and the society as well. Gender issues are also discussed in the present article, with particular emphasis to the debate concerning the appropriateness of victim offender mediation in cases of domestic violence. (excerpt)

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