RT Article
T1 Victim-offender mediation: observations from Scandinavia
JF Oñati Socio-Legal Series
VO 1
IS 2
SP 1
OP 15
A1 Pabsdorff, Mari-Louise
A1 Rytterbro, Lise-Lotte
A1 Sambou, Saija
LA English
YR 2011
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1687929203
AB The focus of this article is the discourse between parties and mediator(s) in Victim-Offender Mediation in Scandinavia. The analysis show that mediation talk is concentrated on what happened in the actual crime situation, and what the parties and other persons present at the time did or did not do. Different “accounts” are used actively by the parties, to excuse or justify their behaviour. The explanations for crime are thus primarily found on an individual level, leaving societal issues out. A normative and evaluative inquiry of crimes and why crimes occur plays a minimal (if any) role in VOM in Scandinavia.
K1 Täter-Opfer-Ausgleich
K1 Skandinavien
K1 Mediation
K1 Scandinavia
K1 Conflict
K1 Violent crimes
K1 Accounts
DO 10.15496/publikation-36604